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Jacob Frey

πŸ‘€ Speaker
1050 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

It was like the politics literally stopped at the water's edge where that bridge was going over the river.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

And people say, you know, we're going to work together.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

The shocking thing is that isn't happening here.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

And this is a case, unlike the 35W bridge, where this was a federal agency that did the killing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

By the way, you know, their stated reason for coming in here is safety.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Thus far, this year in Minneapolis, there have been two shootings.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Two.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Two.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

One of them was ICE.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

So literally 50% of these gunshots that have been fired in Minneapolis have been ICE.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

We are a safe city.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Crime is down dramatically.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

They are driving it up.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

I thought that I had a great deal of respect for Yale law grads, and I hope I still do in some cases.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

But that is bizarre.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

They don't have absolute immunity any more than city officials have absolute immunity.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

They have qualified immunity.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

That qualification necessitates that you're doing your job and doing what you're supposed to be doing under those circumstances.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

I would hope that part of what these agents are supposed to do is not kill people and de-escalate tense situations.

The Bulwark Podcast
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

This was the furthest thing from that.