Kristi Noem ‘justifies’ murder of the 2nd American by ICE officers as US simmers amid angry protests

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defends a deadly Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis as a justified response to what she repeatedly labels an attempted act of domestic terrorism, while sharply attacking Minnesota’s governor for encouraging “resistance” to federal law enforcement. Noem says that at 9:05 a.m. Central Time, federal officers were conducting a “targeted operation” in Minneapolis against an undocumented immigrant with prior convictions for domestic assault causing bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license. She says an individual then approached Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi‑automatic handgun and two magazines “with dozens of rounds,” refused to be disarmed, reacted violently, and was shot by an agent who, she argues, feared for his own life and those of nearby officers; medics provided aid but the man died at the scene.