It appears she’s ok
The man was swiftly tackled by someone else in the room and was eventually escorted out of the room. Omar returned to speaking after a few minutes.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has reached out to Omar’s office for more information about the incident.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/rep-ilhan-omar-charged-at-by-man-sprayed-with-unknown-substance-at-town-hall-meeting/ (arc)
e; added paragraph of quote and arc link
It’s easier to serve civil paperwork to people who are in prison, let’s make sure to do that too
It appears she’s ok
The man was swiftly tackled by someone else in the room and was eventually escorted out of the room. Omar returned to speaking after a few minutes.
Only way that could happen would be if this guy stayed in the race and ran as an independent, which is what he is not doing and I believe is what the other commenter is saying he should have done instead
I wonder if the FBI had to give him another $50k in cash to get him to say yes to this
C’mon, it’s not like his administration killed a US citizen or anything /s
Shutdown risk? How about the risks of not shutting down this government
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426 (arc
At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the man who was shot was a 37-year-old white man with no serious criminal history and a record that showed only some parking tickets.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said in a statement to Axios: “This tragic event requires a thorough and independent investigation with full transparency.”
However this fuckin shithead is feeling today it isn’t nearly badly enough
The bill [funding DHS without constraining ICE or CBP] passed the House but needs support from at least seven Senate Democrats, who are now under more pressure than ever to block it.
Not saying they will, but the Dems totally could do something about this right now. Call or email your senator.
If you approach a federal agent (who will likely be wearing a mask and sneaking around) while exercising your 2nd amendment rights you can be killed, cool cool cool /s
Some updates from the live feed on this article,
1113am
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement Saturday morning that her office is working alongside the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to coordinate a state response to Saturday’s shooting.
“The scene must be secured by local law enforcement for the collection and preservation of evidence,” Moriarty said. “We expect the federal government to allow the BCA to process the scene.”
1125am
Federal agents are repeatedly tear-gassing a crowd at Nicollet Avenue and E. 27th Street, deploying the irritant each time residents reappear in the intersection.
Residents are calling agents “Nazis” and chanting that all immigrants are welcome in Minnesota. Meanwhile, several residents are frantically trying to move their parked cars away from the area
1137
The shooting scene is tense on 26th Street in south Minneapolis with dumpsters being set on fire, while Minnesota state troopers have arrested at least a couple of protesters who crossed the police tape.
These updates smh
1113am
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement Saturday morning that her office is working alongside the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to coordinate a state response to Saturday’s shooting.
“The scene must be secured by local law enforcement for the collection and preservation of evidence,” Moriarty said. “We expect the federal government to allow the BCA to process the scene.”
1125am
Federal agents are repeatedly tear-gassing a crowd at Nicollet Avenue and E. 27th Street, deploying the irritant each time residents reappear in the intersection.
Residents are calling agents “Nazis” and chanting that all immigrants are welcome in Minnesota. Meanwhile, several residents are frantically trying to move their parked cars away from the area
Yeah, I feel like throwing tear gas grenades around a place isn’t exactly crime scene preservation best practice
Yeah, I feel like they’re going to go martial law in October no matter what, but in the meantime violence from protesters is just going to a) fracture the anti fascist coalition b) provoke retaliation from ICE that will hit bystanders
Things may get worse no matter what but violence is likely to make them worse
Good to know what their deflection is going to be, I hope journalists press them on the fact that the ICE officers had their hands on this guy and were beating on him before they shot him. If that pistol is his and he did actually brandish it, it’d still be a strong case for self defense, and either way this is just objectively shit police work. How tf do you put hands on someone with multiple people and still end up in a situation where you’re forced to shoot them?
Yeah, Fox News is apparently saying DHS told them he had a gun so that is going to be the only thing they’re going to want to talk about, archived every video of this you can because they are going to try to drown out what actually happened here
It appears she’s ok
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/rep-ilhan-omar-charged-at-by-man-sprayed-with-unknown-substance-at-town-hall-meeting/ (arc)
e; added paragraph of quote and arc link