Todd Chretien says agents executed Durán Guerrero
Organizer speaking at an anti-ICE protest in Scarborough, Maine
“These people are killers, and they're going to kill somebody. And yesterday morning, they executed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in the streets of Biddeford in front of his 3-year-old daughter.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Armed ICE supporter confronts protester outside ICE facility in MaineTodd Chretien soundbite at 00:00 in the published shot list
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Armed ICE supporter confronts protester outside ICE facility in Maine (opens in a new tab)Todd Chretien soundbite at 00:00 in the published shot list
About this source
Reuters video records a protest outside an ICE facility in Scarborough, Maine, the day after the shooting.
Before the quotation
Chretien spoke at a protest outside an ICE facility the day after the shooting.
After the quotation
He called for immigration officers to leave Maine and said Durán Guerrero must be the last person ICE kills in the state.
How this statement is classified
Condemned
Case context: Was the ICE officer justified in fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The language explicitly condemns the shooting as an execution.
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Was the ICE officer justified in fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero?
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