Chapter 1: What happened in Minneapolis involving ICE officers?
Today in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman. The Department of Homeland Security described the woman as a violent rioter who attempted to run over law enforcement officers. Here's Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
This goes to show the assaults that our ICE officers and our law enforcement are under every single day. These vehicle rammings are domestic acts of terrorism.
But the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Fry, a Democrat, says the video paints a different picture.
I myself saw a video of the shots being fired as the car was driving away. What I can tell you is the narrative that this was just done in self-defense is a garbage narrative. That is not true.
Consider this an immigration crackdown gone wrong. What do we know? From NPR, I'm Mary Louise Kelly.
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Chapter 2: What are the conflicting narratives surrounding the shooting?
On Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman was shot dead by a federal immigration officer. The circumstances around the shooting are hotly disputed. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the woman attacked federal immigration officers and attempted to ram them with her vehicle.
A DHS statement says an ICE officer feared for his life and for public safety and fired defensive shots. Minnesota politicians who have seen the video of the incident strongly contradict this account. Joining us from Minneapolis is reporter Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio. Hey there, Matt. Hi, Mary Louise. Start with just the backdrop here. ICE has been on the ground.
They've been in Minneapolis last year, now again at the beginning of this year. So update from there to what happened this morning?
Video shows a maroon Honda SUV blocking Portland Avenue. This is a one-way street south of downtown Minneapolis. Federal agents are heard telling the driver, ma'am, get out of the car. The footage taken by a witness shows one federal officer walk around the right side of the car and around the front. Moments later, two other agents walk up to the driver's side. One tries to open the door and
At this point, the driver begins to reverse on the icy street. As the officer hangs on the door, the driver begins to drive away from the scene. And then an officer in front of the SUV appears to fire into the car three times. The driver was pronounced dead at a hospital.
At a news conference this afternoon, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara described the deceased as a 37-year-old white woman. He said that she was not the subject of any immigration actions. This incident comes as the Department of Homeland Security is stepping up immigration enforcement in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area with what the department says is 2,000 agents.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the area yesterday.
Okay, and then what is the Trump administration? What is their account of what happened this morning? Because so far they've said the shooting was justified.
Administration officials immediately tried to take control of the narrative. On social media, DHS called the woman a, quote, violent rioter who, quote, weaponized her vehicle. The agency says the ICE agent fired in self-defense. The president also posted on his website saying the woman was obviously a professional agitator.
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Chapter 3: How did local officials react to the ICE incident?
Thank you so much. Brian O'Hara is Minneapolis Police Chief. Thank you. This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, Daniel Offman, and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Meebane. It was edited by Cheryl Corley, Ahmad Dahman, Jeanette Woods, and Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Mary Louise Kelly.
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