Walz, Who Called ICE the Gestapo, Whines About Feds Keeping Minnesota Out of Shooting Investigation

Walz, Who Called ICE the Gestapo, Whines About Feds Keeping Minnesota Out of Shooting Investigation

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz held another press conference today about the shooting yesterday that left one woman dead.

Refresher: DHS claimed a woman attempted to run over an ICE agent, who then shot her. She died.

Walz already threatened to deploy the Minnesota National Guard.

At today’s press conference, Walz whined that the feds are icing out Minnesota officials from the investigation.

Yes, the man who once called ICE the Gestapo is mad that the feds don’t want him or his cronies near the investigation:

In rich corporations, who have risen to the moment they are trusted by people, people who are not by inclination, trusting of law enforcement or government, have come to see the professionals at the BCA [Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension] as true arbitrators that can get them justice. The unit is the result of years of scrutiny, public engagement, and bipartisan legislative action. Minnesotans have made it clear time and again they expect transparency through this process where a police officer uses deadly force. The BCA commissioner and Superintendent [Drew] Evans, have earned that trust by delivering on that expectation.

I think it’s clear to everyone, as they saw this, that it feels now that Minnesota has been taken out of the investigation. It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome, and I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment. From the President to the Vice President, to Kristi Noem, have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate. They have determined the character of a 37 year old mom that they didn’t even know. Don’t know. They’ve determined that the actions are done, I don’t know.

I’ve not used inflammatory terms of what happened. I’ve asked us to find the answers. The only way we find the answers is a thorough investigation by non partisan professionals. We’ve delivered that we’ve been able to do it. We’ve earned the trust.

And when I say that the trust of BCA and I tell Minnesotans the trust of law enforcement here, everyone knows, globally, certainly here, that George Floyd, who has murdered a few blocks from this site told the soul of who we were.

But we healed. We build back trust. Chief Brian O’Hara came in and took one of the most difficult jobs in America of building back trust in the police force in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. And he’s earned that, and he’s level and he’s fair, and he’s asking for that.

And so Minnesotans, I will continue to press that we be part of the investigation, that we do the investigation, so that Minnesotans can trust what the outcome is.

Wait, let’s back up. Walz thinks he hasn’t used inflammatory terms to describe what has happened?

Dude, you literally told people not to trust a federal investigation.

Honestly, I’m going to have a hard time believing a federal investigation. But I wouldn’t believe a Minnesota investigation either.

Let’s not forget all the Democrats who have already issued a verdict.

Yesterday, Walz said, “We’ve never been at war with our federal government.”

Gee, that sounds like Walz believes Minnesota is at war with the federal government.

Walz also said he hoped this shooting was America’s “McCarthy moment,” accusing the government of acting like Joe McCarthy.

You know, accusing them of causing fear due to unsubstantiated accusations and public shaming.

Then there’s the fact that he threatened to deploy the National Guard, which he repeated at this conference.

Not only that, but Walz said additional protection for schools “is a situation we’re going to have to explore, bringing up Ruby Bridges, who had to be escorted when attending a white school in Louisiana.

Give me a break.

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