No. of Recommendations: 4
...because of course they are:
nypost.com - Police union head slams minn as gov walz agrees to have top cop work with border czarMinnesota cops beg Walz, pols to let them work with ICE, say they could have prevented shootingsThe punch line:
St. Paul Police Federation President Mark Ross blamed state and local officials for the anti-ICE protest violence — saying that if highly trained cops were allowed to work with the feds, it likely would have prevented the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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“Since the Republican National Convention was held in St. Paul back in 2008, Minnesota law enforcement has undergone extensive training in mobile field force configurations and crowd management for major events. And because of that, I think we’re in the best position to deal with that,” Ross said.
“Unfortunately, our local politicians would not allow us to do that,” he added.
“Had we been allowed just a little bit of coordination – not in terms of what ICE is doing, but if they say, ‘Hey, we need to go to this place to serve a warrant, we’re going to be out there a couple hours. We’re nervous that crowds are going to form and give us trouble. Can you come out and help?’ That’s something we can easily coordinate with a little bit of notice, and sometimes with hardly any notice, we can get out there quickly,” Ross said.
“I believe, had we been able to do that, that there would be no loss of life at this point,” he said.Minnesota politicians are engaging in a Heckler's Veto-like scenario writ large: they believe they can thumb their noses at federal policy knowing that the results will be violence and the odd death with the hope that the federal government backs down.
They have the tools to allow ICE to operate safely
even within the confines of their Sanctuary Laws...but choose not to use them.
