Trump Says ICE Agent ‘Lucky to Be Alive’ After Minneapolis Shooting

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00:00Trump says ICE agent lucky to be alive after Minneapolis shooting

00:04President Donald Trump said an ICE agent hospitalized after a fatal shooting in Minneapolis

00:10narrowly survived being struck by a vehicle, calling the incident an act of violent resistance

00:16against federal law enforcement. According to the New York Post, in a statement posted to

00:20Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump described the woman involved as very disorderly and said the

00:25agent acted in self-defense after being hit. The woman driving the car was very disorderly,

00:31obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE officer,

00:36who seems to have shot her in self-defense, Trump wrote, while sharing a wide-angle video clip of

00:41the incident. He said the agent was taken to the hospital following the encounter and emphasized

00:47the severity of the injuries. It is hard to believe he is still alive but is now recovering in the

00:52hospital, Trump added. The president used the statement to condemn what he described as rising

00:58hostility toward immigration and customs enforcement, since his administration intensified its crackdown

01:04on illegal immigration. The situation is being studied in its entirety, but the reason these

01:10incidents are happening is because the radical left is threatening, assaulting and targeting our

01:16law enforcement officers and ICE agents on a daily basis, Trump wrote in the same post.

01:21He argued that ICE officers are being unfairly vilified while carrying out their duties.

01:27They are just trying to do the job of making America safe, Trump continued. We need to stand

01:32by and protect our law enforcement officers from this radical left movement of violence and hate.

01:38Video from the scene shows a heavy federal law enforcement presence in the south uptown area of

01:42Minneapolis, where the shooting occurred. Authorities have confirmed that an ICE agent was struck

01:47by a vehicle before the woman was fatally shot. Following the incident, a large crowd of protesters

01:52gathered in the area, prompting heightened tensions and drawing national attention. The shooting occurred

01:57less than a mile from the location where George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer

02:02Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was later convicted and sentenced to 21 years in prison for murder,

02:08a case that sparked widespread protests and unrest in the city and across the country.