CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operating in Minneapolis are held to an unrealistic standard.
Unrest targeting ICE in Minneapolis broke out after Homeland Security said an ICE officer, attacked by three individuals during a focused traffic stop, fired on a Venezuelan national who was in the country unlawfully. Jennings said on “The Arena with Kasie Hunt” that the idea that careful policing builds trust falls apart when activists instead urge the public to harass and provoke officers rather than cooperate with them.
“If the community were being encouraged to support the agents, that would be good. They’re being encouraged to confront the agents, to blow whistles in their faces, to agitate them,” Jennings said.
Jennings added that the
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