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Newly Obtained Video of #Minneapolis #Shooting Undermines #ICE Account

Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.

Almost immediately after an #immigration agent shot & wounded a #Venezuelan #immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the #Trump admin cast the injured man as an attempted murderer & the agent as the victim of a brutal beating.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #UseOfForce
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.OmDN.Fv5buFePrRMO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account

Prosecutors did not watch video of the shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.

The New York Times
Apr 6 at 5:02pmWeb
Show threadNonilex1d ago

That version of events began unraveling when prosecutors dropped felony charges against the injured man, Julio C. Sosa-Celis, & one of his housemates, Alfredo A. Aljorna, who had fled from #immigration agents.

Yet video footage of the #shooting, newly obtained by NYT, raises questions about why it took weeks for the government’s case to fall apart.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

Show threadNonilex1d ago

The video contradicts the agent’s claim that 3 assailants had beaten him with a shovel & broom for roughly 3 minutes before he opened fire. Instead, the confrontation depicted in the video lasts about 12 seconds & shows 2 men struggling with the agent. It shows no sustained attack with a shovel.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

Show threadNonilex1d ago

The federal govt had access to that video within hours of the #shooting on Jan 14, the #Minneapolis police chief said. Yet prosecutors did not watch the footage, an official said, until nearly 3 weeks after they filed charges against the 2 men.

“Bare #DueDiligence would have shown that the agents were lying,” Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said in a recent interview, shortly after he watched the video for the first time.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce

Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷1d ago
@Nonilex
Sounds like there should be charges against the Agents for perverting the course of justice!
Show threadermo | Rune Morling1d ago

@KimSJ

Funny you should mention that. I can think of one "Agent" in particular who is *clearly* perverting the course of justice. Except he's been declared immune as it pertains to discharging his official duties.

@Nonilex

Show threadNazo1d ago
@Nonilex I think we are *WAY* past the point of even needing videos for anything. If a member of ICE opens their mouth, it is a lie. Even the act of opening their mouth is a lie in itself.
Show threadgrrl_aex23h ago

@Nonilex

One thing you can depend upon when it comes to cops and fascists:

They _always_ lie to cover their own asses.