Mayor Jacob Frey to Minneapolis Citizens Amid ICE Tensions: ‘Speak Out ... But Let’s Not Take the Bait’

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FREY: “No protest. Great First Amendment awesome. Speak out. People are angry. I get it. If you can‘t tell, I‘m angry. But let‘s not take the bait. They want residents of Minneapolis. They want me to make some sort of mistake in their mind. That would authorize, at least in their mind, a deployment of a whole lot more troops. We know how devastating that would be to our community. We know how injurious that would be to safety in our city. And we all recognize, for those of us that care deeply about our immigrant community. And I do, having deployment of additional troops is not the right route at this moment or any moment here. And so what we are going to do is meet that hate with a whole lot of love. We‘re going to do the right thing in Minneapolis. We‘re going to, of course, speak out. Of course, express First Amendment rights. We‘re going to do that peacefully. And I have a really good feeling”