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Brian O'Hara: “Our cops are tired. They are thin stretched as it is.”

Featuring: Brian O'Hara, Chief of Police, Minneapolis Police Department | Minnesota

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says "people have had enough" after Border Patrol shooting

Published | Video Starts at 09:52

And it's back to just the Minneapolis police responding to calls and trying to protect the city. But this is absolutely not sustainable. Our cops are tired. They are thin stretched as it is. And we have a job to do trying to keep the people of this city safe. So before this shooting, CBS reported that there were at least 10 people from the Minneapolis U.S. attorney's office who had resigned. (09:52–09:56)

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Asserts that Minneapolis police officers are tired and stretched thin.

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