Former ICE agent Tim Miller and former state prosecutor Elliot Felig joined ‘Sunday Night in America’ to discuss the use of deadly force after a fatal CBP-involved shooting, the importance of cooperation with local enforcement and more.
Local law enforcement agencies that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are putting public safety at risk, former ICE agent Tim Miller warned Sunday, calling the practice a “formula for disaster” in the wake of a second civilian death involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
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A federal law enforcement agent stands outside a home during a raid in south Minneapolis on Jan. 13. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“It starts with the law. Were laws broken in this case? Absolutely. Then the facts. What are the facts? And to your point, that’s what’s being carefully analyzed. And then the reasonable force. Well, we know when a gun’s in play, deadly force is an option. It has to be,” he argued.
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“We have learned in very painful ways, including with the Renee Good shooting, [that] the people who spout off their mouths early without full information are in a very precarious position and do a great disservice to the ultimate cause of justice,” he said, raising questions surrounding the use of deadly force in the situation.
This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. (Michael Pretti via AP)
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“What we know now raises a lot of questions and a lot of concerns, but we need to let the evidence come forward more fully,” he said.
Narratives have clashed in the wake of Saturday’s shooting, with members of President Donald Trump‘s administration and allies of federal law enforcement defending the agent’s actions as self-defense.
Others, including Pretti’s parents, rebuked law enforcement’s version of events as “sickening lies.”
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“The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed,” they continued.
Pretti’s death marks the second involving a federal agent in Minneapolis this month.
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