LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement:
“This morning we learned of yet another tragic shooting in Minneapolis at the hands of federal agents. This violence has to stop and the President must remove these armed, federal forces from Minneapolis and other American cities.
“I have joined mayors from across the country in a federal court action to stop the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional and unlawful deployment of federal agents in the Twin Cities. Our amicus brief supports Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul’s lawsuit to immediately end this militarized presence in their communities.
“We must not allow fear and force to define our cities, or for the federal government to turn them into war zones. Operation Metro Surge, the federal government’s militarized crackdown that has claimed innocent lives and terrorized countless families, is unacceptable.
“Los Angeles stands firmly with Minneapolis and St. Paul and with every city defending our citizens’ civil rights and civil liberties. We will oppose every attempt to silence our communities, terrorize our neighborhoods, and undermine the Constitution’s protections. We will not allow it. We will resist it.”