Trump backs actions of ICE agents who killed 37-year-old man in Minneapolis
President of the United States Donald Trump publicly supported the actions of employees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who, during the immigration control operation a 37-year-old resident of Minneapolis was shot dead. This is reported by the publication Politico, The US has been making a lot of progress in the area of security, confirming the data from a number of US media and official statements.
Circumstances of the incident
The incident occurred during the of an immigration operation in Minnesota, where federal agents, according to local law enforcement, opened fire on a 37-year-old man. According to the official version of the US Department of Homeland Security, the ICE agent was acting allegedly in self-defence, He tried to disarm the man who was resisting.
At the same time eyewitness videos and investigative journalism showed that the deceased at the time of the shooting held a phone, not a weapon, This caused considerable outrage and doubt in the version of the federal services.
Trump's reaction
Trump defends himself ICE officers, calling them «patriots» and urging local authorities to allow agents to do their job. He also accused the state's governor and the mayor of Minneapolis of «incitement to rebellion» and obstructing the activities of federal forces, claiming that their open border policy has led to the entry of «illegal criminals» into the state.
Trump tweeted that many of the 12,000 «illegal alien criminals» had been arrested and removed from Minnesota, and warned of «even worse consequences» if they had not.
Political and public reactions
The fatal shooting caused widespread outrage among local authorities and the public. Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey and the governor Tim Walls demanded an end to the operations of the agents and expressed concerns about the use of force and its legal basis.
The protests that erupted after the incident were part of a long wave of criticism of immigration policy and the use of force by federal agents.
Context.
The shooting was one of a series of controversial incidents in Minneapolis related to the activities of ICE and other federal agencies in Minnesota. The fatal use of force has sparked a national debate about the role of immigration policy, the rights of local authorities, and the limits of the use of force in law enforcement.
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