Ilhan Omar: ICE Agent “Should Know You Shouldn’t Be Trying To Get In Front Of A Moving Car”
Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar defends the right of citizens to “document” what ICE officers are doing and questions why the officer involved in shooting and killing Renee Good in Minneapolis this week didn’t “know that you shouldn’t be trying to get in front of a moving car.” “Prove to us what documentation you have that, one, that she was paid, two, that she was agitating when we can hear her say she’s not mad, she’s not upset, she’s clearly trying to wave cars to bypass her,” Omar said during an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan. “So it is just this level of rhetoric that is unjustifiable to the American people.”
REP. ILHAN OMAR, DEMOCRAT OF MINNESOTA: Yeah, Renee Nicole Good, as you hear her say, she’s not mad, she’s sitting in her car, peacefully waving cars to get by. This agent, as you see, gets out of his car, automatically starts running towards her, trying to open her door. She feels scared, she tries to turn the wheel away and then you see the other officer who can clearly see the car is moving, move toward the front of the car – which, if they are saying that he has ten years of service and is trained, he should know that you shouldn’t be trying to get in front of a moving car. And so it is not acceptable for Kristi Noem and the President and the Vice President to make these kind of judgments without there being a full investigation, even though we can see in the videos that have been produced so far that what they are describing is really not what is taking place. And if they’re saying we shouldn’t believe our eyes, then let the investigation take place before you characterize this mother of three as a domestic terrorist. Prove to us what documentation you have that, one, that she was paid, two, that she was agitating when we can hear her say she’s not mad, she’s not upset, she’s clearly trying to wave cars to bypass her – and so it is just this level of rhetoric that is unjustifiable to the American people. MARGARET BRENNAN, CBS NEWS: You said accountability, and it is important for people to document what is happening. I want to be abundantly clear, because the administration says their officers are being stalked and harassed. When you say accountability, you are only describing recording, like she was doing? REP. ILHAN OMAR: I think it is fair for citizens to document what law enforcement is doing in their communities. MARGARET BRENNAN: There has been violence against some of these officers, as well. REP. ILHAN OMAR: There has been violence against residents in Minneapolis.
