"The staff writers Emily Witt and Ruby Cramer discuss the situation in Minneapolis, a city effectively under siege by militaristic federal agents. "This is a city where there's a police force of about six hundred officers [compared] to three thousand federal agents," Witt points out. Cramer shares her interview with Mayor Jacob Frey, who talks about how Minneapolis was just beginning to recover from the trauma of George Floyd's murder and its aftermath,"
"and with the police chief Brian O'Hara, who critiques the lack of discipline he sees from immigration-enforcement officers. Witt shares her interviews with two U.S. citizens who were detained after following an ICE vehicle; one describes an interrogation in which he was encouraged to identify protest organizers and undocumented people, in exchange for favors from immigration authorities. Ruby Cramer's "The Mayor of an Occupied City" was published on January 23rd."
Minneapolis faced an influx of militaristic federal agents that greatly outnumbered the city's police force, creating a de facto siege. Mayor Jacob Frey described a city only beginning to recover from the trauma of George Floyd's murder and its aftermath. Police chief Brian O'Hara criticized immigration-enforcement officers for a perceived lack of discipline. Two U.S. citizens were detained after following an ICE vehicle; one recounted an interrogation where agents encouraged him to identify protest organizers and undocumented people in exchange for favors. Related pieces were published January 23rd and January 25th. The New Yorker Radio Hour releases new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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