Tim Walz pleads Trump to pull federal agents from Minnesota

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The governor's plea comes just one day after Bondi sent him a letter urging the Minnesota government to 'cooperate fully' with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
51% : She called on the governor to 'repeal sanctuary policies' in Minnesota and asked that 'all detention facilities' in the state 'cooperate fully with ICE' and 'honor detention retainers'.
46% : He also implied the ICE had overstepped its authority in Minnesota.
46% : 'I believe it's highly likely the first shot was a negligent discharge from the agent in the grey jacket after he removed the Sig P320 from Pretti's holster while exiting the scene,' Rob Dobar, a lawyer for the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, wrote on X. Multiple bystander videos show a Border Patrol agent shooting and killing Pretti after a roughly 30-second scuffle around 9am Saturday.
44% : At one point in the speech, Walz pleaded: 'Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity but to bank evidence for future prosecution.' His comments come the same night as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a shovel-wielding assailant in the leg after he was 'ambushed' during ongoing ICE operations in Minneapolis.
44% : ICE claimed she deliberately drove her burgundy SUV at agents but witnesses dispute that and Mayor Jacob Frey called it '
43% : Pretti was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in broad daylight in Minneapolis on Saturday during a targeted immigration enforcement operation.
42% : Federal officials have not released the agent's identity, but did confirm the officer who shot Pretti is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who has led the administration's big-city immigration campaign, said the officer who shot Pretti had extensive training as a range safety officer and in using less-lethal force.
41% : ICE insist the woman was trying to use the SUV she was driving as a deadly weapon.
40% : Footage of the shooting showed the victim blocking the road with her car until ICE agents told her to move away.
39% : He was killed just weeks after Renee Good, 37, was shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer less than a mile away.
39% : Good was shot three times in the face at a protest in Minneapolis on Wednesday after she ignored ICE agents' demands to get out of her car, reversed it and tried to drive off.
30% : 'The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the VA who died bearing witness to such government.' The governor's plea comes amid a war with Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who in a letter Saturday set conditions that must be met before Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be withdrawn from Minnesota.
24% : The Minnesota governor, who dropped his run for re-election amid the Somali daycare fraud scandal, spent part of his speech asking Minnesotans to 'create a database' of alleged ICE misdeeds, as another ICE-involved shooting took place in Minneapolis.
3% : Share your thoughts in the comments Tim Walz had to bail out on a livestream meant to continue his anti-ICE crusade Tim Walz had to bail out on a livestream meant to continue his anti-ICE crusade against Donald Trump and Kristi Noem due to embarrassing technical issues.
3% : Continue reading here on Walz bailing out: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accuses ICE of contaminating 'crime scene' Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of contaminating the crime scene after a 37-year-old woman was shot dead after she drove at an agent.

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