Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., called the fatal shooting Wednesday in Minneapolis a “murder,” while calling for the ICE agent involved in the incident to be arrested.
“This has now turned into what our greatest fear is and has been for a long time around ICE – that this will be used as an anti-civilian force, that it has no accountability,” she told reporters. “At the end of the day, what we saw today is a murder. And murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.”
Ocasio-Cortez said the incident was the “manifestation of every American's worst nightmare,” which she described as “their government turning into a tyranny.”
The New York congresswoman said footage of the incident showed a woman trying to flee the scene.
“I think what we saw was a woman trying to reverse her vehicle and leave a scene,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez also said due process should unfold to allow investigators to determine what transpired.
The Department of Homeland Security has said ICE agents repeatedly ordered the woman to exit her SUV, which appeared to be blocking the roadway, but that she refused to comply with their commands.
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