"Jacob Frey, only days into his third term as mayor of Minneapolis, stepped to a microphone last week hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on the south side of town. Federal officials were defending the shooting. The mayor was having none of it. Frey, a Democrat, called the federal government's self-defense claim "bullshit." He told ICE to "get the fuck out of Minneapolis." And he asked residents to stay peaceful, lest the Trump administration send in the military."
"A senior federal law enforcement official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, cited the mayor's fiery remarks as the reason state agents had been removed from the shooting investigation. On social media, the Trump administration said that Frey was a "scumbag" who "should be ashamed of himself." And in a statement, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, described the mayor as "a disgrace" who had "rushed to publicly lie and incite more violence against law enforcement.""
Mayor Jacob Frey publicly condemned the federal government's self-defense claim and told ICE to leave Minneapolis after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good. Frey urged residents to remain peaceful and warned that escalation could invite military intervention. His comments won praise from some local quarters while provoking sharp criticism from the Trump administration and a senior federal official. State agents were removed from the shooting investigation, a federal official said, citing the mayor's remarks. Local Democrats largely joined Frey in criticizing federal actions, marking a shift from the fractured political landscape around policing in 2020.
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