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The review describes how Alex Preddy resisted arrest before two officers shot him, but the review makes no mention of Alex Preddy attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon as the administration first described the incident.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has come under intense bipartisan scrutiny for her initial characterization.
She was quick to describe Preddy's actions as, quote, domestic terrorism, saying Preddy was attacking officers first and brandishing a weapon.
The review does not mention an attack or that a weapon was brandished.
Instead, it notes officers noticed a gun once there was already a struggle to arrest him.
The review describes how Alex Preddy resisted arrest before two officers shot him, but the review makes no mention of Alex Preddy attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon as the administration first described the incident.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has come under intense bipartisan scrutiny for her initial characterization.
She was quick to describe Preddy's actions as, quote, domestic terrorism, saying Preddy was attacking officers first and brandishing a weapon.
The review does not mention an attack or that a weapon was brandished.
Instead, it notes officers noticed a gun once there was already a struggle to arrest him.
There is no law mandating the use of body cameras by federal immigration agents.
Any such mandate would need to come from Congress.
The House recently passed a spending bill that would provide DHS with $20 million for these cameras, but the bill only mandates that the money be spent.
It does not mandate the use of the cameras.
And now the broader package is in limbo.
Senate Democrats are seemingly more resistant to pass the package, which would fund the entire federal government as well after this latest shooting.
The investigation into Preddy's death is being led by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and supported by the FBI.
Customs and Border Protection will also do an internal investigation.