Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is The FBI & Trump Administration Covering Up For The ICE Shooter?!
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello everybody, welcome to the Don Lemon Show, Lemon Live at 5.
What happened in the Minneapolis ICE shooting and why are people outraged?
We're grateful that you are here and I know that a lot of you are tuned in today because of what happened in Minneapolis and you are outraged and you have every reason to be outraged if you have paid attention at all today to the cover-up That is going on what looks like a cover-up from the administration and just how brazen and bold they are with lying about what's in the video, what the woman was doing, and really trying to make this officer seem like a victim rather than the victim who is no longer with us. So thank you for joining us. Make sure you hit the thumbs up, the like button, like and subscribe. It affects the algorithm. More people become aware of our conversation. So we're going to get right into it, everyone.
You can let us know where you're streaming from. We appreciate it. We'll shout some of you out. We'll get some of your comments on. We also have our legends who are on today. We'll show the legends. There they are. They are going to be on and they're going to have some questions and we're going to see them. So we're glad to have the Lemon Legends on. Thank you, Legends. We'll see you in just a moment. But first, I want to get to our guests as we discuss what's going on in Minneapolis and in Washington, D.C. Dr. Cedric Alexander is here. He is an MSNOW law enforcement analyst, a former law enforcement executive, and a former member of President Barack Obama's task force on 21st century policing. He is also an old friend, and I'm grateful that he is here.
Friend of the show, Monique Presley is here, a friend as well as a legal analyst, a political commentator. and trial attorney and we're so happy that they're both here okay let's get into this you we want a law enforcement expert we wanted to have you on earlier um dr uh alexander but you were busy obviously you have a lot to do dealing with all of this stuff when you look at that video is there anything in there that warrants this woman losing her life Well, first of all, let me say hello to everyone. And thank you, Don, for the invitation to share a little time with you this afternoon. But to your question, the video is troubling. The process in which that vehicle was chased, the process in which that vehicle was shot at, and subsequently having a victim to die as a result of gunfire, there's appearance that there was absolutely no reason in call for this.
When I look at this video, Don, and I've been around for a very long time, chief of a number of agencies across the country, including Minneapolis, I will tell you that their actions at that scene is not based on any current training of policing across this country, municipal policing. There was just no reason to fire up on that vehicle. However, when we look at the video, and I think what outrages most people is the proximity of that vehicle from those officers, from what we can see from the angles of these videos. But in addition to that, I think what's very, very troubling is was deadly force necessary? And I want to answer that question based on what I'm seeing and millions of people across the country are saying no.
And the other part that is going to be difficult about this, this really should have an extensive and thorough investigation based on the video footage here and any other forensics evidence that may be present or may be learned about later so that this shooting will have a sense of legitimacy and make sense to people in the community. but all likelihood of that taking place is probably not going to happen. And if it does, it's probably not going to be meaningful because from the highest points of government, from the white house to the department of Homeland security, they have already, uh, Moments after this shooting decided that they were going to defend this shooting, even without anyone formally looking into this entire piece.
And even if it is investigated from a shooting perspective, officer involved shooting perspective. What is the likelihood of people going to believe that it's going to have any legitimacy whatsoever?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:17–0:19
2
What happened in the Minneapolis ICE shooting and why are people outraged?
0:19–9:22
3
What does a former law enforcement chief say about the use of deadly force in the video?
9:22–36:49
4
Why are federal officials claiming immunity and blocking state investigators?
36:49–1:17:06