Geraldo Rivera Calls ICE Officer Shooting in Minneapolis 'Outrageous' and 'Indefensible'
NewsNationJanuary 8, 20264 min119,499 views
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- π‘ Geraldo Rivera expresses that an ICE officer fatally shooting a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis was outrageous and lacked reasonable justification.
- π― The incident involved masked ICE agents, and the woman was shot while driving an SUV in the streets of Minneapolis.
- π― Rivera questions how the facts of the shooting can be spun into an act of domestic terrorism.
Criticism of "Domestic Terrorism" Label
- β οΈ Rivera argues that using the term "domestic terrorism" to brand the situation is an obscenity and misrepresents the necessity of deadly force.
- π§ He states that one does not need to be an expert to see from the video that the officer's actions were indefensible.
Disputing Official Narrative
- π£οΈ Rivera challenges the president's narrative that the woman was driving disorderly, obstructing, and resisting, and then violently ran over the ICE officer.
- π He asserts that the video does not support this description and questions whether the president's account reflects reality.
Lack of Imminent Threat
- πͺ Rivera emphasizes that he has been in many perilous situations throughout his career but believes deadly force was not warranted in this case.
- π He concludes that there was no imminent deadly threat and that the officer's actions were beyond the pale and not reasonable, resulting in the woman's death.
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ICE officer shootingMinneapolisDeadly forceDomestic terrorismReasonable justificationOutrageous incidentIndefensible actionsVideo evidenceImminent threat
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