Walz: Carry Your Phone With You At All Times, Help Us Create An Evidence Database For Future Prosecutions
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) delivered a message on Wednesday emploring citizens to record ICE agents to “bank evidence for future prosecutions.”
GOV. TIM WALZ: You’re angry. I’m angry. Angry is not a strong enough word, but we must remain peaceful. Second, you are not powerless. You are not helpless and you are certainly not alone. All across Minnesota, people are learning about opportunities, not just to resist, but to help people who are in danger. Thousands upon thousands of our fellow Minnesotans are going to be relying on mutual aid in the days and weeks to come, and they need our support. Tonight I want to share another way you can help. Witness. Help us establish a record of exactly what’s happening in our communities. You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities. So carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans. Not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution. The third thing I want to say to you tonight is we will not have to live like this forever. Accountability is coming at the voting booth and in court. We will reclaim our communities from Donald Trump. We will reestablish a sense of safety for our neighbors, and we will bring an end to this moment of chaos, confusion, and trauma. We will find a way to move forward, and we’ll do it together.
