Gov. Tim Walz has called on people to videotape ICE agents, and that is, of course, legal. But do you agree that politicians should be encouraging that? To tape what’s going on? Look, sunlight is the best disinfectant. Our police officers have body cameras. They like using the body cameras because it also protects them. If they do the right thing, they know that they’re going to get supported. And they know that it will be visible to both their bosses, the chain of command, and the broader public. So do I support people actively recording what’s taking place in public? Yeah, I support that. Absolutely. I mean, it’s called “in public” for a reason. It’s happening in public. Imagine if we didn’t have some of these recordings. Imagine if the shooting that took place recently of Alex Pretti was not recorded for everybody to see, then we’d be running with these garbage narratives that are created by the federal government that are false, and we’d all be living in a lie. Earlier this week, Anderson Cooper interviewed Stella Carlson, a woman who captured video of Alex Pretti being shot and killed. And she said, and I’m quoting here, “I think people are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. There’s nobody who can step in to protect us.” What would you say to that? Well, first, let me applaud the tens of thousands of people in Minneapolis and in Minnesota that have been just standing up for their neighbors. And whether that’s encouraging constitutional conduct through videotaping and transparency or that’s taking your neighbor to the grocery store that is terrified to go outside or standing watch outside of a day care. And of course, there are limitations on what we’re able to do at any level of government. Those limitations are not just baked in under the law, it’s also baked in on the practical reality of where we find ourselves right now. Explain. We’re not going to outgun the federal government. Not to mention, that would be wildly dangerous for the very communities that we want to protect. Nobody wants that. Now, fortunately, we don’t need to fight in a physical format. We don’t want that. We can have the law be the court and the battlefield. And we believe it’s a battle And we believe it’s a battle that we’re going to win.
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