"The Minneapolis police cruiser was heading south toward sections of the city hit hardest by recent immigration raids. The police chief, Brian O'Hara, was in the passenger seat, and I was in the back. How candidly, I asked him, was he willing to discuss his views of President Trump? "I have my personal opinions," O'Hara allowed warily. "I don't think my personal opinions are relevant for my job.""
"We were approaching Karmel Mall, a hub of the Somali community in South Minneapolis. The shopping corridor had emptied out in recent weeks as armed federal agents in tactical gear swarmed the city. The sun was setting, and I saw a woman in a headscarf ushering a young boy along the sidewalk in front of her. "I guess," I said to O'Hara, "I was thinking specifically of when he talks about Somali residents of Minnesota as garbage.""
A Minneapolis police cruiser moved into neighborhoods targeted by recent immigration raids while Police Chief Brian O'Hara sat in the passenger seat. O'Hara said he had personal opinions but considered them irrelevant to his job. Karmel Mall, a Somali community hub, emptied as armed federal agents in tactical gear swarmed the area. O'Hara called the president's slur "crazy" and "disgusting." O'Hara faces pressure quelling violence he attributes to federal law enforcement actions. The situation reflects a reversal of past federal oversight, with officials accusing the president and aides of encouraging brutality.
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