Janet Mills says the violence has to end
Governor of Maine
“Before more gunshots shatter another windshield, steal another person’s life and fracture the freedom of all who seek peace, this has to end.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Official statement and letter from Governor Janet Mills responding to Durán Guerrero’s death and calling for ICE to be fundamentally reformed or abolished.
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Mills wrote Maine’s congressional delegation two days after the shooting.
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She urged Congress to require ICE to respect the rule of law and said the agency should be abolished if it could not be reformed.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Was the ICE officer justified in fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero?
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Why this label?
The statement condemns the fatal use of force and demands institutional change in response.
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