When you read the TPD “critical incident reviews” (available online), patterns emerge. Officers show remarkable restraint and heroism when suspects ignore instructions to drop their guns, and typically don’t fire their weapons until fired upon. On Friday, TPD officers wounded an armed man. There will be two investigations about this incident - one by the University of Arizona Police, and one by TPD. I don’t know what the results of the investigations will be, but the point is, the shooting will be investigated.
Trump Administration officials say the two killings in Minneapolis will not be investigated. They immediately slandered the victims as terrorists. ICE and the Border Patrol are blocking Minnesota officials from examining evidence. The videos we have all seen put the lie to the gaslighting by Noem, Bovino, Vance, and Trump. If their agents are acting correctly, they need not fear independent investigations.
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Donald Reese
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