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U.S. President Donald Trump defended the work of federal agents and blamed Democratic politicians after the death of a man at the hands of ICE in Minneapolis.
Trump showed in a post on his social network Truth the victim's gun and claimed that it was "loaded (with two additional full magazines!) and ready to fire."
"What does all this mean? Where is the local police? Why were they not allowed to protect the ICE agents? Did the mayor and the governor order them to withdraw? It is claimed that many of these police officers were not allowed to do their jobs, and that ICE had to protect itself, which is not an easy thing to do!" he questioned.
Then, the magnate launched an attack on the local Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
"Why does Ilhan Omar have 34 million dollars in her account? And where are the tens of billions of dollars that have been stolen from what was once the great state of Minnesota? We are here because of massive monetary fraud, with billions of dollars gone missing, and the illegal criminals who were allowed to infiltrate the state through the Democrats' open borders policy. We want our money back, and we want it NOW," she stated, referring to the excuses put forth by her Administration to justify the federal intervention in the city.
"The scammers who stole the money will go to jail, which is where they belong! This is no different from a major bank heist. Much of what you are witnessing is a COVER-UP of this theft and fraud. The mayor and the governor are inciting insurrection with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!" he added.
"Instead, these self-righteous politicians should be searching for the billions of dollars that have been stolen from the people of Minnesota and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 illegal foreign criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and removed from Minnesota. If they were still here, they would witness something far worse than what they are seeing today," concluded the Republican.
This Saturday, a man died after being shot by federal agents during an operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The man was a 37-year-old resident of the city and the Police believe he was a U.S. citizen.
According to reported by the Chief of Police of Minneapolis, Brian O’Hara, in a press conference this Saturday, the case—occurring amid federal operations related to immigration control in the city—sparked new protests and renewed calls from state authorities for Minnesota to lead the investigation.
O’Hara noted that the victim was a resident of Minneapolis and that the Police "believe" that he is a U.S. citizen.
In the same appearance, he added that preliminary information suggests that more than one federal agent was involved in the shooting and mentioned the existence of a public video showing several agents grappling with a person.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that the incident occurred around 9:05 a.m. during a federal operation, and that the man approached the officers with a firearm.
According to the federal version, when attempting to disarm him, a struggle ensued and an officer fired "in self-defense."
National media reported that the man was a legal gun owner and had a permit to carry, although the full identification of the victim was not immediately disclosed in the consulted reports.
According to CNN, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller claims, without evidence, that the American citizen who was killed was an “internal terrorist” who “attempted to assassinate a federal agent.”
However, an investigation has not yet been conducted, and the circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.
After the shooting, Governor Tim Walz activated the State Emergency Operations Center and publicly called for Minnesota to lead the investigation into the incident.
Walz stated that he communicated to the White House that the state must lead the process to ensure justice and called for calm.
The case prompted the arrival of protesters and new moments of tension in Minneapolis, a city that had already been experiencing protests related to previous incidents
Local authorities and press reports indicated confrontations and the use of crowd control measures during the subsequent gatherings.
This is the second death caused by ICE agents in three weeks.
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