Tina Smith: “That's exactly what I heard from the Minneapolis police…”

“They haven't shown much control, but whatever control they had, they were the ones in charge of the scene. They did not allow the state investigators onto the scene, and then they withdrew. That's exactly what I heard from the Minneapolis police chief who said that the Border Patrol folks that had the scene were... the Minneapolis police showed up and they told those officers to leave. And Chief o' Hara said, you know, no, don't leave. This is our job. Our job is to track down crime and to get the evidence.” (01:15–01:28)

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