Pittman says federal accounts of Minneapolis lead "all of us" to question what happened in Glen Burnie

County Executive of Anne Arundel County

“The fact that federal authorities lied about what happened in front of the cameras in Minneapolis makes all of us question what happened in the absence of cameras here in Glen Burnie.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Police dispute ICE's account of Glen Burnie shooting, as Minneapolis raises more questions · The Baltimore BannerStatements by Steuart Pittman, Chris Van Hollen and a Wes Moore spokesperson; police spokesman comments

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Police dispute ICE's account of Glen Burnie shooting, as Minneapolis raises more questions (opens in a new tab) · The Baltimore BannerStatements by Steuart Pittman, Chris Van Hollen and a Wes Moore spokesperson; police spokesman comments

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Reports the county police statement of January 8 and reactions from county, state and federal officials. The reactions were made a day after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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Anne Arundel County police had released a statement that day saying one of the two injured men was already in ICE custody. It came a day after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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Pittman said in a text message that the county police investigation was ongoing.

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Challenged the characterization

Case context: Was ICE justified in shooting Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins in Glen Burnie, Maryland?

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The reference point includes DHS's public account of the Glen Burnie shooting. Pittman says federal statements about Minneapolis lead him and others to question what happened in Glen Burnie, which casts doubt on the account without saying whether the shooting was warranted. Condemns loses because he does not condemn the Glen Burnie shooting itself.

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