Walz vows to stop at nothing to seek justice for | Political News

Gov. Tim Walz has vowed to “stop at nothing” to seek justice after an ICE agent shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday – and issued a warning to put together the National Guard.

The alarming incident occurred during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American metropolis — a taking pictures that federal officers said was an act of self-defense but that town’s mayor described as “reckless” and pointless.

The lady was shot in a residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Her killing rapidly drew a crowd of offended protesters.

Walz said: “Our administration is going to stop at nothing to seek accountability and justice. The state bureau of criminal apprehension are working on the investigation.”

He added: ” We do not need any further help from the federal government to Donald Trump and Kristi Noem. You’ve done enough. I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard.

“These National Guard troops are our National Guard troops. Minnesota is not going to permit our neighborhood to be used as a prop in a national political combat.”

The grisly incident comes as Walz exchanges insults with President Donald Trump over allegations of tax fraud and the incumbent’s recent comments on Somali migrants in the state.

“We’ve never been at struggle with the federal authorities before,” the Minnesota Gov. said.

Videos taken by bystanders with different vantage points and posted to social media show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.

The SUV begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots into the SUV at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.

It was not clear from the videos if the vehicle made contact with the officer. The SUV then sped into two cars parked on a curb nearby before crashing to a stop. Witnesses screamed obscenities, expressing shock at what they’d seen.

The shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major cities under the Trump administration. The death of the Minneapolis woman, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was at least the fifth linked to immigration crackdowns.

The Twin Cities have been on edge since DHS announced Tuesday that it had launched the operation, which is at least partly tied to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. During her Texas visit, Noem confirmed that DHS had deployed more than 2,000 officers to the area and said they had already made “hundreds and hundreds” of arrests.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara briefly described the taking pictures to reporters but, in contrast to federal officers, gave no indication that the 37-year-old driver was making an attempt to hurt anybody. He said she had been shot in the top.

“This woman was in her vehicle and was blocking the roadway on Portland Avenue. … At some point a federal law enforcement officer approached her on foot and the vehicle began to drive off,” the chief said. “At least two shots were fired. The vehicle then crashed on the side of the roadway.”

A large throng of protesters gathered at the scene after the taking pictures, where they vented their anger at the local and federal officers who have been there, including Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official who has been the face of crackdowns in Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere.

In a scene that hearkened back to the Los Angeles and Chicago crackdowns, bystanders heckled the officers and blew whistles that have turn out to be ubiquitous during the operations.

“Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ICE out of Minnesota!” they loudly chanted from behind the police tape.