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Minneapolis man reacts to fatal shooting

A Minneapolis man told CBS News Minnesota's Frankie McLister that he couldn't believe federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man "in cold blood." "Today this could've just as easily been me that got shot," he said.
Jan 24 (04:37)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “MINNEAPOLIS MAN SAYS HE CAN'T BELIEVE FEDERAL AGENTS SHOT PERSON "IN COLD BLOOD"”

FRANKIE MCLISTER:
00:01:49

Why? Why so? Because I'm a Minnesota permit carrier. I love donuts. I could have been in the donut shop. I would have came out, and I probably would have filmed ICE, because I don't think what they're doing is right. And so I had to come down here and see the spot. And I just can't believe that they shot him in cold blood and get murdered.

FRANKIE MCLISTER:
00:02:11

As a Minnesotan-- as a Minnesotan, seeing everybody out here today, you said that you were also out on these streets during 2020. Is that correct? Yes, sir. I rode my bike down here after they killed George Floyd, and I cried after what I saw that they did to my neighborhood. And I just pray that everybody stays vigilant, but also peaceful, because I don't want to see this happen to my city again. Call in National Guard, keep things quiet, but get ICE out of here. I don't think ICE belongs here. I've never had a problem in South Minneapolis with immigrants. They feed me, they roof my house. They-- they are-- I just don't get it. 3,000 of them? I don't get it. That's why I'm here.

FRANKIE MCLISTER:
00:03:02

Can I give you a hug, man. Yes, sir. All right. I think you need more of that today. That's something easily that we can agree on. Yeah. So I'm going to go see the spot and figure out what my next move is. OK. You take care of yourself-- All right. --and that's what's most important today. All right, guys. OK. Thank you very much. Yeah, and Susan-Elizabeth has been saying all morning long, I think we can all agree that an individual did die. And so that's why that man was saying earlier that he showed up here. But I do want to show you guys, because we were out here earlier when chemical irritants were deployed and it was more intense, as right now you can see it's a little calmer. And that's just where we are right now. Things were just changing like crazy. Earlier that whole crowd was down here, the original crowd. But as we know, 2026, the social media works, videos circulate, facts get out. And now we're just seeing people pouring all around. What I do want to show you is something we found on the ground. And that's a rubber bullet right there, just one of the tools that has been used. My photojournalist Ray has just asked me to back up right there. Is that good, Ray? Can you see that right there? Yeah. So that's just a rubber bullet on the ground. We are seeing just different canisters being used and stuff. We were here when at this intersection right here, irritants were first deployed, the very first time they were deployed at this intersection. And that was after a protester threw snow at the time where federal agents-- but we don't see any federal agents here anymore. Guys. All right, Frankie McLister, thank you.

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