Backlash grows after the latest fatal shooting by federal agents
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Good morning. After a second fatal shooting in Minnesota, local and national opposition to ICE intensifies.
They are making us less safe, not more safe. Law enforcement is based on trust, and we have had a total breakdown of trust.
The Wall Street Journal speaks to us from the ground in Minneapolis, and we'll look at how political resistance to more ICE funding could lead to another government shutdown. And after a day of historic winter storms, there could be more disruption in the days ahead.
What are the details surrounding the latest fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis?
We're subject to Mother Nature. We're doing all we can, but Mother Nature is pretty tough, unforgiving. So we're just encouraging people to stay home.
It's Monday, January 26th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. By now, many, if not most, Americans have seen for themselves the video that captures the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Preddy, shot by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis over the weekend.
people. What the f*** is wrong with you? Honestly!
In the footage, Preddy is wrestled to the ground by a group of officers. The Department of Homeland Security says he had a handgun, which he had a permit to carry. Officers can be heard shouting that he has a gun, and they pull what appears to be a firearm from his waist area. Video analysis from multiple news outlets suggests he never unholstered a weapon. And just after one agent seemed to disarm him, at least one other officer fired multiple shots. His death comes just a couple of weeks after that of another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good. As with Good, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described Pretty's behavior as, quote, domestic terrorism. She said this without providing evidence and before any formal investigation had taken place.
Minneapolis' police chief, Brian O'Hara, said Pretty appeared to be exercising his Second Amendment rights. The city's mayor, Jacob Fry, condemned the Trump administration and again urged enforcement agents to leave the city.
How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values? How many times must local and national leaders must plead with you, Donald Trump, to end this operation and recognize that this is not creating safety in our city?
On CNN, Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino agreed with Noem that Preddy had been, quote, brandishing a weapon, but that isn't clear from the video. He described Preddy as the suspect.
Border Patrol agents and law enforcement were conducting a targeted law enforcement effort against a violent illegal alien that was nearby. And that suspect injected himself into that law enforcement situation with a weapon.
Mariah Timms is a national legal affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and was in Minneapolis over the weekend. Timms told us about Preddy, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital with no criminal record.
He was out there filming with his neighbors, as lots of people in Minneapolis are doing these days, out there with whistles and cameras and observing what these federal immigration officers are doing. Everyone that my colleagues have talked to describe him as a good guy, someone who cared for veterans and his patients, someone who was kind to his neighbors and was part of the community where he worked and lived.
Tim's reports that Preddy put himself between an immigration officer and another individual who that agent shoved to the ground and was pepper spraying. Friends, colleagues, and those who knew him well told the journal that standing up for others was indicative of who Preddy was as a person.
They say he's someone who would do something like that, who would help others. And no one has any sense that he would be the type of person who would have gone out there that day to try and cause chaos or violence or harm.
On Friday, thousands had braved the brutal cold shutting down streets as hundreds of businesses closed to demand ICE leave the city.
The crowds I saw were still a wide mix of people.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:34
2
What are the details surrounding the latest fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis?
0:34–4:42
3
How is the local community responding to the shooting incident?
4:42–13:05
4
What are the implications of the shooting on ICE funding and potential government shutdown?
13:05–16:11
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