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Jacob Frey: “It was a reckless abuse of power.”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Mayor Jacob Frey Fires Back After Question About His Rhetoric On Minneapolis ICE Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

I stand by my statements. We stand by our statements. I'll look back to what I said. What I said was it was reckless abuse of power. Yes, It was a reckless abuse of power. I said that what the narrative that the administration was pushing in the immediacy following this shooting was garbage and false and bs. It was. I stand by every one of those. (00:36–00:39)

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Asserts that the actions following the shooting were a reckless abuse of power.

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