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FBI Blocks Minnesota From Investigating Federal Shootings
Is federal evidence-blocking undermining justice or is the left creating a false martyr narrative?
Above: People march in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Feb. 16. Image credit: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto/Getty Images
The Spin
Left narrative
The federal government's refusal to share evidence with Minnesota investigators represents an unprecedented breakdown in cooperation that undermines public trust and due process. For decades, joint state-federal investigations have been standard practice, but now the FBI blocks access to crime scenes while ICE officers face perjury probes. This obstruction of independent investigation into federal killings of Minnesota residents demands immediate legislative action to restore accountability.
Right narrative
There is no conspiracy — the DOJ has already opened a civil rights probe into Alex Pretti’s death and the relevant authorities are following due process in relation to all clashes and fatalities in Minnesota. As ICE is a federal body, information related to these deaths is a matter of federal jurisdiction and rhetoric speculating about injustice will only succeed in whipping up further tensions that could result in avoidable harm.’.