Omar says it is "not acceptable" to make early judgments on Minneapolis shooting

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Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday that it is "not acceptable" for President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to person issued nationalist statements condemning the women changeable by an ICE cause successful Minneapolis "without a afloat investigation."

"If they're saying we shouldn't judge our eyes, past fto the probe instrumentality spot earlier you qualify this parent of 3 arsenic a home terrorist," Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said Sunday connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." "Prove to america what documentation you person that one, she was paid and two, that she was agitating erstwhile you tin perceive saying she's not mad, she's not upset, she's intelligibly trying to waive cars to bypass her. And truthful it's conscionable this level of rhetoric is unjustifiable to the American people." 

Amid an migration crackdown successful Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement cause connected Wednesday changeable and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen. Video of the incidental from antithetic vantage points has ricocheted crossed societal media, with Mr. Trump and Vance insisting Good had instigated the shooting, though the footage is unclear whether Good was attempting to thrust into the ICE cause oregon thrust away. 

Immediately aft the shooting, Noem called it an "act of home terrorism," doubling down connected Sunday by alleging that Good had  "weaponized her conveyance to behaviour an enactment of unit against the instrumentality enforcement serviceman and the public." 

Minneapolis, which Omar represents successful Congress, has been reeling since the shooting, with days of protests. In the contiguous aftermath of the shooting, Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey told ICE to "get the f*** retired of Minneapolis," and Gov. Tim Walz called the national agency's communicative of the events "bulls**t." Walz added, "Don't judge this propaganda machine."

Omar said she thinks "it is truly important for Americans to record" ICE agents and instrumentality enforcement astatine protests to "create the level of accountability and transparency that we need." 

"What we person seen successful Minneapolis is ICE agents oftentimes jumping retired of their cars," Omar said. "These are unmarked cars. Oftentimes, they're wearing a mask. They're approaching, moving towards cars. They're pulling radical retired of those cars. Oftentimes, these radical are citizens. Oftentimes, these radical person documentation of their ineligible close to beryllium successful this country, and we cognize that DHS has lied repeatedly erstwhile it comes to these accounts, truthful it is adjacent much important for determination to beryllium signaling from eyewitnesses each azygous clip these actions are taking place." 

CBS News has reached retired to the White House for comment. 

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