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AMY GOODMAN: Extra little print are rising about Renee Trusty, the mother of three, the award-winning poet, who was shot and killed in her vehicle by a federal immigration agent Wednesday all the plot by a surge of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, prompting restful vigils and protests for the previous two days in Minneapolis and around the country. Trusty’s household and neighbors roar she had persevered after the loss of life of her second husband, who was a defense force extinct who suffered from post-tense stress dysfunction, and chanced on a recent dwelling and group in Minneapolis.

Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance addressed the killing of Trusty all the plot by a White House press conference Thursday.

VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: I’m succesful of contemplate that her loss of life is a tragedy, while moreover recognizing that it’s a tragedy of her own making and a tragedy of the some distance left, who has marshaled a full stream, a lunatic fringe, towards our regulation enforcement officers.

AMY GOODMAN: Vice President Vance claimed Renee Trusty had aimed her vehicle at the ICE agent, but The Unusual York Times published a slack-stream prognosis exhibiting how her vehicle was turning some distance from the officer when he opened fire, taking pictures her within the face. Vance moreover claimed the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Trusty is safe by “absolute immunity.”

VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: The precedent right here is terribly easy. You may per chance maybe maybe well presumably moreover enjoy got a federal regulation enforcement legit conducting federal regulation enforcement action. That’s a federal topic. That man is safe by absolute immunity. He was doing his job. The root that Tim Walz and a bunch of radicals in Minneapolis are going to transfer after and invent this man’s lifestyles sorrowful because he was doing the job that he was requested to preserve out is preposterous.

AMY GOODMAN: The ICE agent who’s seen on video taking pictures Trusty was wearing a conceal, but has now been identified as Jonathan Ross. Court docket records imprint that all the plot by a traffic conclude final year, he was pulled about 100 yards while firing a stun gun at the driving force’s head.

This comes as Minnesota boom investigators roar the FBI is obstructing them from having access to, quote, “case topic topic, scene proof or investigative interviews significant to full a thorough and just investigation,” unquote, into the ICE taking pictures of Renee Trusty. On Thursday, Place of beginning Security Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned the Minnesota Bureau of Legal Apprehension, the BCA, does no longer enjoy the jurisdiction to analyze the taking pictures. That unit was plan up after the police assassinate of George Floyd in 2020. The transfer brought on outrage among Minnesota boom officials, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who posted this video Thursday evening on social media.

GOV. TIM WALZ: You witnessed in Minnesota the day prior to this a tragedy: the loss of life of Renee Trusty on the streets by the hands of a federal agent. You moreover witnessed final evening an ideal vigil, a restful vigil, folks expressing their constitutional and First Modification rights in a restful manner. And for that, I roar, “Thanks.”

I’ve been very obvious: We want a couple issues right here. We want Minnesota to attain this investigation, to invent certain the consultants at the BCA and that local regulation enforcement, who’s to blame of regulation enforcement, invent certain we present out the investigation, and then to drag aid this pointless surge.

And so, with that, I’d request for all of us to continue to preserve out this peacefully, continue to preserve shut our voices, but operate so in a manner that brings about that sense of group. In Minnesota, I’m declaring the next day, at 10 a.m. on January ninth, I’d request all people to pause for a second of silence to be aware Renee Trusty, moreover to be aware all that’s correct and lawful about this nation.

AMY GOODMAN: Meanwhile, on Thursday in Portland, Oregon, ICE agents reportedly shot and injured two folks. This brought on the Oregon attorney in type to roar his own investigation targeted on, quote, “whether any federal officer acted delivery air the scope of their lawful authority,” unquote.

Some assign else, in Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner had this warning for ICE agents.

LARRY KRASNER: If any regulation enforcement agent, any ICE agent, is going to return to Philly to commit crimes, then potentialities are you’ll maybe well presumably get the F— out of right here, because if you happen to operate that right here, I will charge you.

AMY GOODMAN: For more, we’re joined n Minneapolis by the manager regulation enforcement officer of Minnesota, Attorney Accepted Keith Ellison. He oversaw the investigation and prosecution of ragged Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other police officers taking into account the assassinate of George Floyd.

Welcome aid to Democracy Now!, Attorney Accepted Keith Ellison. Whenever you happen to can begin off by explaining what has taken assign, first responding to the killing of Renee Trusty, and then, while firstly the FBI was cooperating with the boom and investigating her loss of life, now they’ve pulled out?

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Certain. At this point, the assign there isn’t very any such thing as a joint investigation as that we started out and that there — and that was occurring, we’ve been notified that at this point federal authorities enjoy claimed fresh authority over the proof. And that is neatly a bid, for a mess of reasons. One is that this case favor to be independently investigated. There favor to be an finest, clear investigation of the entire info.

You understand, homicides — and this clearly is a homicide. And I’ll correct indicate to your readers, homicide and assassinate are no longer exactly the a similar thing. Execute is a lawful conclusion. Homicide genuinely correct says loss of life by the hands of 1 other. Here’s clearly a homicide. And due to that, the states, traditionally, historically, enjoy had priority and jurisdiction over most of those issues. It’s without a doubt the lawful thing for local authorities, boom authorities to be intimately taking into account conducting this investigation.

So, the truth that the federal authorities enjoy mentioned, “Here’s our case, no longer yours,” and whenever you add on that the president, vp and the secretary of hometown security enjoy already exonerated the — Jonathan Ross in this case, the ICE agent, that’s deeply stressful. And my thought is: What are you hiding? I mean, if you happen to genuinely feel that you’re — that the ICE agent operated inner the regulation, then let there be an investigation so that that will be printed. However if you happen to correct exclude boom authorities, conclude, frustrate, undermine an finest, clear investigation, then any result you near up with will perceive simply admire a whitewash and, you understand, covering up, you understand, what may per chance maybe maybe well moreover neatly be noxious, sinister exercise.

I correct favor to enlighten to your listeners, too, of course, I genuinely enjoy my own eyes which enjoy seen the tape. However I, thanks to the characteristic I play in our boom, favor to preserve a assign that the case needs to be investigated sooner than I jump to and expose an end result. I’m attempting to no longer operate what these — what I contemplate is irresponsible rhetoric by the president, vp and secretary by simply stating a conclusion sooner than we’ve been ready to preserve out an investigation. I obtained in type sense, and I obtained correct imaginative and prescient. Here’s an outrage. However I contemplate those of us who are responsible for delivering essential justice, as we did within the Floyd case, it’s our job to no longer prejudge the info, but to construct up them, look them and then decide charging choices. That’s no longer what the federal authorities are doing. And I’m calling on them to rethink their very unfortunate coverage resolution and to conclude their rhetoric that prejudges the info, and, please, conclude smearing the title of Renee Trusty.

This woman lost her lifestyles attempting to perceive out for the most prone of her neighbors. That is how she died, as a lawful observer attempting to invent certain the most prone of her neighbors were stable and stable in their lives. She was a correct particular person. She was a mother of three, a mother of a 6-year-extinct, who, in accordance to reports, she had correct dropped off from college. And I breeze these leaders in our federal govt to knock off the smear tactics on this woman’s lifestyles.

AMY GOODMAN: And how operate you respond to Vice President Vance announcing that the ICE agent who killed Renee Trusty has immunity?

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: That may per chance maybe maybe well moreover be a misstatement of the regulation. It simply is fraudulent. It is sinful. And I don’t know what regulation college he went to, but he certain didn’t recede to — he certain wasn’t paying consideration if he was there. Clearly, boom authorities can, within the lawful conditions, topic to the necessities of the — one thing called the Supremacy Clause, boom authorities can charge and investigate prison acts by federal authorities. There’s a couple of precedent in it. There’s a great deal of case regulation on it. There’s no interrogate that it is absolutely one thing the boom has the authority to preserve out.

Now, all yet again, there may per chance be an immunity, but it’s no longer absolute. And genuinely, if the boom can meet the burden of the Supremacy Clause, that are a two-pronged test, lawful test, those prosecutions can without a doubt recede forward. It’s that potentialities are you’ll maybe well presumably contemplate of that potentialities are you’ll maybe moreover conclude up attempting the case in federal court, without a doubt that potentialities are you’ll maybe well presumably contemplate of. I’m no longer announcing that that’s what will happen. I’m no longer prejudging the info or the conditions of the case. I’m simply announcing that Mr. Vice President Vance is sinful on the regulation, or he’s intentionally misrepresenting it to the American folks.

AMY GOODMAN: And the Hennepin County district attorney moreover mentioned that he may per chance maybe maybe well moreover be arrested and charged. Whenever you happen to may per chance maybe maybe well moreover indicate — 

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: She’s lawful.

AMY GOODMAN: Whenever you happen to may per chance maybe maybe well moreover indicate: How operate you conduct an investigation if the FBI is withholding their — what they’ve amassed thus some distance? And operate they’ve preserve of the bullets? Attain they’ve the casings, the vehicle? Who’s obtained regulate of all of this?

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: It’s within the feds’ possession. They usually’re announcing they’re no longer going to consist of the boom authorities or local authorities, and that it’s easiest up to them to conduct the investigation. And so, how operate — you requested: How operate you operate it? Correctly, it’s very laborious, isn’t it? You understand?

I’m succesful of guarantee the oldsters of the boom of Minnesota and the United States that we are leaving no stone unturned, either from an investigative or from a lawful standpoint. We are working around the clock to invent certain justice is served. And justice is no longer an end result; it is a course of.

So, I correct favor to be — you understand, as the attorney in type for the boom of Minnesota, you understand, of course, I’m a particular person particular person, can enjoy my person functions of scrutinize. Again, as I mentioned, my eyesight is correct. I seen the a similar video as all of you are staring at. However I’m no longer going to expose what happened in this. However I’m succesful of expose you this: Clearly, the federal authorities enjoy made the investigative course of infinitely more hard by the action that they’ve taken. I’m urging them publicly now to reverse this unsuitable and substandard resolution.

Let me correct roar, theoretically, presumably, let’s correct roar that there’s some proof on the market that will by some means exonerate this Mr. Jonathan Ross. Whenever you happen to don’t enjoy a just investigation, then no person will ever contemplate that there was proof that will exonerate. And I’m no longer announcing he favor to be exonerated; I’m no longer announcing he shouldn’t be. I’m simply announcing, having a closed-off, fresh investigation, when top authorities within the federal govt enjoy mentioned the boom is excluded from the investigation, is a recipe for no self assurance in whatever end result they’ve. They favor to reverse this very sinister resolution, let justice, the course of of justice, unfold, including the boom of Minnesota absolutely as a accomplice in this investigation, and then correct let accountability recede the assign it goes.

You understand, in reality, is that right here’s significant for public self assurance, for — and public self assurance is principal to public security and belief. So, right here’s an urgent and worrisome topic that the federal govt has taken this assign. And so, I correct roar, to your interrogate, correct interrogate, the federal govt is taking the sinful tack right here, and they favor to reverse their resolution.

AMY GOODMAN: The Bureau of Legal Apprehension was plan up after George Floyd’s assassinate.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Merely.

AMY GOODMAN: The BCA is now — the FBI is refusing to cooperate with them. You understand neatly take over an investigation. The truth is, as attorney in type, when Hennepin County wasn’t going to charge the police officers in George Floyd’s loss of life, you took that over. So, what classes enjoy you ever realized for how you’re going to address this at the recent time, after they’ve obtained the proof, but you’ve obtained to conduct an just investigation?

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Correctly, Amy, I want I could per chance maybe maybe well moreover expose you and your viewers every single thing that I’m engaged on lawful now. Unfortunately, I’m succesful of’t operate that. However I want to correct expose you and your listening viewers that I’m doing every single thing I’m succesful of to invent certain there’s a fleshy, elegant and just investigation, and if charges are warranted, they’ll be filed. I correct favor to let you bear in mind the truth that. However by technique of the inner workings of our investigative course of, I will correct request you and the public for moderately bit of deference for us to preserve out the work that we present out. However please know: No one on this planet needs to push me to inspect justice. As you correct pointed out, you understand, we went after justice within the topic of the assassinate of George Floyd. We prevailed. We were ready to attain convictions in those conditions. And we are succesful of operate the a similar at any time after we’re called upon to play a characteristic in some unspecified time in the future of of justice.

So, folks can leisure assured, we’re going after it, and we’re pursuing the regulation to the diploma — I mean, absolutely. We’re pursuing the info to the diploma that we are ready and no longer blocked by the feds. So, I’m correct assuring the oldsters of that, asking for deference, that you no longer invent me correct quote chapter and verse on every single step we’re taking, because it’s no longer to the advantage of the case.

AMY GOODMAN: Last interrogate, and this isn’t on the killing of Renee Trusty, but what happened hours after.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Merely.

AMY GOODMAN: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other officials are calling on ICE agents to lead clear of colleges in Minneapolis, after armed, masked —

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Merely.

AMY GOODMAN: — Border Patrol officers came onto the property of Roosevelt Excessive College all the plot by a dismissal — all the plot by dismissal on Wednesday. Brokers deployed chemical weapons, tackled folks, handcuffed two team participants. U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was at the college all the plot by the operation. Minneapolis colleges closed all yet again at the recent time for in-particular person classes. I want to play a clip of the ragged Minnesota governor, just, Jesse Ventura. He’s a ragged Navy SEAL, who spoke to Fox 9 after visiting his alma mater, Roosevelt Excessive College.

JESSE VENTURA: As a graduate of Roosevelt Excessive College and as the ragged governor of Minnesota, I’m so soft with Roosevelt Excessive College and the plot in which they stood up for what is imagined to be The united states and freedom. And freedom is no longer sharp folks without warrants. Now we enjoy a system right here. It’s called the Structure. And we enjoy a occasion, the Republicans, who don’t appear to favor to abide by the Structure.

AMY GOODMAN: That’s ragged Governor Jesse Ventura, wearing a SEAL group hat. Attorney Accepted Keith Ellison, what about what’s occurring at the colleges, these students and lecturers being hit with chemical weapons, with — being sprayed at recess?

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: It’s Third Reich stuff, Amy. And I absolutely embrace the sentiments expressed by Governor Ventura. However it surely’s colleges, and it’s moreover daycare facilities. It’s browsing division retail outlets, mercados. It is spiritual establishments. It’s all the pieces. Here’s an unheard of assault on American establishments.

And let me correct expose you, linking your interrogate to what happened to Renee Trusty, and leaving aside whatever happened in those serious seconds when Jonathan Ross shot her and killed her, the surge and escalation within the tactics directed by the president are straight away responsible for the upheaval and interruption of training and the loss of life of Renee Trusty. The escalation, the unwarranted, I contemplate unconstitutional, escalation, illegal escalation, is why these tragic events are unfolding. Absent this escalation, I contemplate Renee Trusty is taking her 6-year-extinct to varsity all yet again. Absent this, the formative years of Roosevelt Excessive are going to take algebra and math and gym.

And so, right here’s what it is. Here’s Third Reich stuff. Here’s paying homage to every authoritarian, tyrannical chief. It’s paying homage to this form of conduct. Governor Ventura is admittedly lawful. And I’m asking Minnesotans exactly what Tim Walz is asking them for: reveal. It is your lawful. It be significant to reveal. Attain it peacefully. Let’s no longer give the president the excuse he’s procuring for. However you enjoy to preserve shut your voices. However let’s operate it in a restful manner, in a approach that demonstrates our outrage and disgust with this, but in a approach that retains all people as restful as that potentialities are you’ll maybe well presumably contemplate of. However I’ve obtained to expose you, I believe the governor, Governor Ventura, on this one.

AMY GOODMAN: Governor — Minnesota Attorney Accepted Keith Ellison, thanks so great for joining us from Minneapolis.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Thanks, Amy.

AMY GOODMAN: Next up, the Oscars shortlist aspects 5 movies on Israel and Palestine. We’ll perceive at two of them, starting with The Bid of Hind Rajab, a couple of 6-year-extinct Palestinian woman killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. It’s up for the finest world characteristic film. Be pleased with us.

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AMY GOODMAN: “Sabbal ’Uyūnuh,” “He Lowered His Eyes,” a funeral song, conducted by the Unusual York City Palestinian Formative years Choir.