Protests in Minneapolis after man shot dead by immigration agents - VANNY RADIO

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The observers have been following ICE officers, filming them in some cases and and alerting residents of their presence.
52% : The "credibility" of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security are at stake, he said in a post on social media.
50% : Protests have spread to other US cities, with more than 1,000 demonstrators out in New York on Saturday, holding signs including "Justice for Alex" and "abolish ICE".
48% : Now." Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also called for ICE agents to leave the state.
48% : Mayor Frey has previously described federal ICE agents as an "occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city".
43% : Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino told a press conference on Saturday that it looked like Pretti wanted to "massacre" law enforcement.
42% : During the day, hundreds of protesters showed their anger against the shooting and ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the city, as armed and masked agents deployed tear gas and flashbang grenades.
39% : Earlier this month, an ICE agent shot dead Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, during an enforcement action, which triggered widespread protests and accelerated political backlash against the federal operation.
35% : Several state leaders said Good was volunteering as a legal observer of ICE activities, but the Trump administration called her a "domestic terrorist".
33% : "Fearing for his life... a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots," Bovino added.
29% : The deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis follows President Trump's pledge to oversee the biggest deportation operation of undocumented migrants in history. ICE agents have the power to stop, detain and arrest people they suspect of being in the US illegally.
24% : The Trump administration is characterising the moments leading up to Pretti's death as an attack by him, claiming he approached officers with a handgun and, after he violently resisted attempts to disarm him, a border patrol agent fired in self defence.
17% : Trump launched an immigration crackdown in December after some Somali immigrants were convicted in a massive fraud of state welfare programmes.

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