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Council President Hill declines to comment on the shooting

President of the Harrisburg City Council

“City Council President Danielle Hill also declined to comment.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)ICE opened fire after wanted man hit agent’s vehicle in Harrisburg, feds say · PennLiveICE account; FBI email statement; responses from the mayor and the council president
Open source (opens in a new tab)Harrisburg residents voice frustrations during council meeting after ICE incident · abc27Report on the July 14 council meeting

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Reporting

ICE opened fire after wanted man hit agent’s vehicle in Harrisburg, feds say (opens in a new tab) · PennLiveICE account; FBI email statement; responses from the mayor and the council president

About this source

PennLive's same-day report on ICE's account of the July 1 shooting. It quotes the FBI's emailed statement, reports that Mayor Wanda Williams and City Council President Danielle Hill declined to comment, and says PennLive could not immediately verify the criminal history ICE cited.

Reporting

Harrisburg residents voice frustrations during council meeting after ICE incident (opens in a new tab) · abc27Report on the July 14 council meeting

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abc27 reports on public comment at the July 14 council meeting and says Councilman Ralph Rodriguez's remarks were the council's first mention of the shooting. abc27 spells his surname Rodrigues.

Before the quotation

PennLive reported the same day that Mayor Wanda Williams had declined to comment and referred questions to city police.

After the quotation

On July 14, Councilman Ralph Rodriguez addressed the shooting in the council's invocation, which abc27 reported was the council's first mention of it.

How this statement is classified

Explicitly stayed out

Case context: Was the ICE officer justified in firing at a driver during a Harrisburg vehicle stop?

The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.

Why this label?

The reference point is the officer's decision to fire. Hill declined to comment when PennLive asked on July 1, so no position on the shot can be attributed to her.

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Was the ICE officer justified in firing at a driver during a Harrisburg vehicle stop?

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Rodney Harrison

“Was anybody at risk of serious physical injury or death? And the answer is no ... I don’t think there’s a need for deadly physical force in that situation.”
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Kenneth Corey

“He takes a little sideswipe damage, but he doesn’t ram his way out of that, by any means. ... If you’re saying that the officers are firing because the car was trying to run them over, then they’d be firing at the car as it was heading towards them, not speeding away from them”
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Ralph Rodriguez

“Recently our neighborhood was traumatized by the acts of ICE agents firing rounds at an individual in the city. ... To the families traumatized due to these actions, I say to you we are truly apologetic and stand with you.”
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