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Tina Smith: “This was in Little Earth, which is a very large indigenous…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Tina Smith Accuses DHS Of 'Cover Up' Around Killing Of Alex Pretti BY CBP Agents In Minneapolis

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

This morning, this afternoon, I went to the scene of where Alex was killed, and then I went to visit some of the mutual aid locations. In fact, one place we had to hold because there was a raid happening right there. And This was in Little Earth, which is a very large indigenous community in Minneapolis. And the sense of community and people just, like, running to trouble, figuring out how they can help is every place in this community, not just Minneapolis, but it's in small towns all over the state where we're seeing the same kinds of ice tactics. (03:37–03:42)

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