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Ilhan Omar: “A third of our schools had presence of children.”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Rep. ILHAN OMAR Talks Terror In Minneapolis And Becoming American

Published | Video Starts at 51:55

You know, obviously, they killed Renee Good and Alex Preddy for just monitoring and documenting the brutality that they were witnessing. So many people being disappeared, so many businesses being shut down, lots of empty schools. There was a third. A third of our schools had presence of children. It was very, very scary. What's it like to be a leader of a community that's going through that? It's terrifying, especially when you, yourself, your family members are Also part of the targeted group. (51:55–52:00)

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Asserts that only a third of schools had children present during the federal occupation.

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