Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account (Gift Article)
Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
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Of course ICE lied about what happened, that's literally their brand at this point. Zero accountability as always.
so prosecutors charged someone without even watching the video first? that's wild, but also why am i not shocked that nothing happens to anyone involved when this comes out
This is exactly why we need body cameras on EVERY officer and the footage reviewed BEFORE charges are filed, not weeks later!! How many people are sitting in jail right now based on lies from ICE??
The fact that prosecutors charged someone BEFORE watching the video says everything you need to know about how broken this system is!! This isn't even about the shooting anymore, it's about how little these agencies actually care about getting the truth.
How do you even charge someone without watching the available video first, that's just basic due diligence.
They don't want to watch it - they already decided what story they're telling.
The video's existence doesn't automatically prove institutional bad faith; agencies often provide incomplete accounts simply because initial investigations are messy and witnesses contradict each other.
That's fair, though we should expect better initial transparency from federal agencies than we typically get from chaotic street-level incidents.
Did they actually lay out the timeline of when the video existed versus when charges were filed, or are we just told prosecutors didn't watch it until weeks later? That's a pretty significant difference if the footage wasn't even available at charging.
So they charged the *victim* without basic evidence review, then the video comes out and suddenly the story changes—how many other cases are sitting in the system with the same problem?
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Weeks?? WEEKS before they even watched the video?? How is that even legal, how are these people still employed??