Mayor Jacob Frey: ‘The Notion That This Is Domestic Terrorism on the Form of the Victim ... It’s Positively Ridiculous’

‘This was clearly not with any sort of intention to run somebody over, but to get out of there’

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FREY: "I‘m not going to preempt the investigation that will be taking place. I‘m told, by the bureau of criminal apprehension at the state. But I got two eyes. I saw the same videos that you saw, and the notion that this is domestic terrorism on the form of the victim yeah, it‘s positively ridiculous. I mean, the way that ice is behaving is reckless, not just in this incident, but numerous others. And here‘s the thing. The chief and I have been saying, not just privately, but very publicly for well over a month, that something like this was going to happen, either a civilian, a police officer, or even an ICE agent getting injured badly or killed. And so, look, I saw exactly what happened. I mean, what you saw was the victim taking at least like a three point turn. This was clearly not with any sort of intention to run somebody over, but to get out of there. And you"

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