Citizen video challenges the administration’s account of a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
Disturbing news broke Wednesday that a federal agent had shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement operation.
Immediately, the world wanted to know: What exactly happened?
If you listened to those within the Trump administration, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot at a woman who was using her car as a weapon, trying to run him over.
But videos from regular citizens on the scene told a very different story.
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