Tom Holman
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The investigation just started.
I'm not going to make a judgment call on one video when there's 100 videos out there.
I wasn't on the scene.
I'm not an officer that may have body cam video.
It would be unprofessional to comment on what I think happened in that situation.
Let the investigation play out and hold people accountable based on the investigation.
That's the question for Homeland Security.
I'm the border czar.
Well, I can tell you what I've seen on my airplane ride here, looking at numerous videos, seeing numerous social media posts, statements from Homeland Security, statements from Secretary Noem.
I'll leave it at that.
But as a law enforcement officer... What good is it to do right now, to me, prejudge the facts of what happened today without giving law enforcement professionals, whether it's the FBI or the local police there, give them time to look at all the videos, talk to all the witnesses, talk to the officers, and make an educated...
decision on what occurred today.
That's what needs to happen.
I've been a cop since 1984.
That is a process we must go through now.
We talked to several state and local officials who said that the number of Somali immigrants who are living in the U.S.
illegally there is very, very small and that this is about scaring people more than it is about arresting criminals.
So what have you actually accomplished with this operation so far in Minnesota?
Take a look at this.