Doggett calls for ICE to release any available body-camera footage
U.S. representative for Texas's 37th District
“We don’t know enough because ICE as usual is not providing the facts. They should’ve already released any body camera footage that they had.”
Source and context
Reporting
About this source
KXAN's September 23 report attributes these remarks to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett. It says KXAN had asked ICE whether the agents involved wore body-worn cameras and had not received a response as of publication; the report does not establish whether a camera was worn or activated.
Before the quotation
KXAN reported that questions remained about the circumstances of the September 20 shooting of Wilber Garces Perez and sought an ICE response about body-worn cameras.
After the quotation
KXAN reported that ICE had not answered its question about whether the agents were wearing cameras as of publication. The report does not establish whether a camera was worn or activated.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should DHS lead the investigation of the ICE shooting of a delivery driver in Austin?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Relative to the case's oversight question, Doggett criticizes ICE's handling of information about the shooting and calls for available footage. He does not assert that a body camera was worn or activated.
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