WASHINGTON: The federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis had previously been dragged by a vehicle and injured, US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Vance said the officer “nearly had his life ended” after being dragged by a car six months ago, causing an injury requiring more than 30 stitches in his leg.
“So you think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile,” Vance said. State and federal officials have offered starkly different accounts of the shooting, which took place during President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump and his allies have defended the shooting as an act of self-defense, while Minnesota officials have denounced it as an act of unrestrained violence.
Department of Homeland Security officials have not responded to questions about the officer’s identity.
Officer in fatal Minneapolis shooting had previously been dragged by car, Vance says
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Officer in fatal Minneapolis shooting had previously been dragged by car, Vance says
- Vance said the officer “nearly had his life ended” after being dragged by a car six months ago
- Trump and his allies have defended the shooting as an act of self-defense
France to open consulate in Greenland in February
- The comments came on the day that Denmark’s top diplomat is to meet senior US officials at the White House for talks over Greenland
PARIS: France will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6, the foreign minister said Wednesday, calling the move a “political signal” over the strategic Danish territory, which US President Donald Trump has vowed to seize.
The comments came on the day that Denmark’s top diplomat is to meet senior US officials at the White House for talks over the future of vast, mineral-rich Arctic island.
Since returning to office nearly a year ago, Trump has repeatedly mused about taking over Greenland from longtime ally and European Union member Denmark.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told French RTL broadcaster that the decision to open the consulate was taken last summer, when President Emmanuel Macron visited Greenland in a show of support.
“For my part, I went there at the end of August to plan the consulate, which will open on February 6,” he said.
“It’s a political signal that’s associated with a desire to be more present in Greenland, including in the scientific field.”
“Greenland does not want to be owned, governed... or integrated into the United States. Greenland has made the choice of Denmark, NATO, (European) Union,” he said.
Greenland’s leader has said that the island would choose to remain an autonomous territory of Denmark over the United States.
Trump has said the United States needs Greenland due to the threat of a takeover by Russia or China.
The two rival powers have both stepped up activity in the Arctic, where ice is melting due to climate change, but neither claims Greenland, where the United States has long had a military base.
