Both Friday editions of ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News highlighted a Minnesota family that got caught in the chaos that ensued on Wednesday after an ICE officer shot a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in the leg after he fled a traffic stop. However, both shows omitted the detail that the man fled only to eventually join in with two other men—one of whom had a snow shovel—and attack the pursuing agent.
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Over on CBS, reporter Matt Gutman was marginally better when it came to the Jacksons’ story but still omitted relevant shovel details, “The latest skirmishes come after a Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg by a federal agent during an arrest Wednesday night, prompting hours of clashes. During the chaos, Shawn and Destiny Jackson and their six children can be seen fleeing their vehicle after they say ICE agents dispersed tear gas near their car.”
After a conversation with the family, Gutman at least made it known that the Jacksons were not targeted, “The family says that three of the six children had to be hospitalized. They’re now all at home recovering. DHS said in a statement that it never targeted the family or its innocent children, and if anything can quell the tension here, it might be this brutal cold snap that you are seeing, Tony, descend on the Midwest here.”
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. steve malzberg
. steve malzberg
. steve malzberg
