Rachel Abrams

That's also your hometown, we should note.

And you have spent a lot of time recently with our producer, Michael, who we just heard from when you were both covering the protests over the weekend.

And we just heard voices from residents, some of whom you spoke with, who are responding in real time, sometimes in very personal and precarious ways, to federal officers.

So I want to start by asking, why has this federal force descended on the Twin Cities specifically?

Minneapolis, of course, is also we should note the site of George Floyd's murder and the eruption of protests that obviously convulsed the country back in 2020.

It is really interesting to think about how what happened after George Floyd changed the city in a way that is affecting the response currently.

But I want to also acknowledge that while we are talking about broad opposition to what the federal government is doing, there are also people who support what ICE is doing, of course.

I wonder how many of those supporters you've actually encountered on the ground.

Right.

There have been all these videos and images, some very graphic and violent, of federal agents detaining people, grabbing people out of cars.

We know in at least some instances folks that have been detained by federal agents ended up being U.S.

citizens.

The video, of course, that has gotten the most attention in recent days is the footage of Rene Good being fatally shot by an ICE officer a couple weeks ago.

That certainly infuriated people all over the country and mobilized people on the ground in Minneapolis.

Can you talk a little bit about how that shooting changed things on the ground in the Twin Cities?

I wonder what you make of what we've seen in Minneapolis the last couple weeks just in total.

So I just wonder if you have any sense from your reporting what to expect in the coming days.

Charlie, thank you so much.

We'll be right back.

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