Mayor: 'All we want in Minneapolis is justice and the truth'
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is pleading for transparency and is urging federal investigators to include Minnesota's state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the investigation of Wednesday's fatal shooting.

Frey said it is "deeply concerning" if the DOJ and the Trump administration have "already come to a conclusion" in the investigation. Minnesota's BCA "has consistently run these investigations before" with expertise and without bias, the mayor said, and he said including the state agency will help ensure a "fair investigation."
"We got nothing to hide from here -- all we want in Minneapolis is justice and the truth," he said at a news conference on Friday.
"In 2020, the state legislature created the Force Investigations Unit after the murder of George Floyd," Minnesota state Rep. Aisha Gomez said at the news conference.
"One of the things that we learned is that if you actually are interested in public safety, if you actually are interested in the legitimacy of a law enforcement force in your community, then you must be invested in accountability, in transparency and in fair investigations when bad things happen," she said.
"We call on the FBI to share the evidence with the Force Investigations Unit at the BCA and have this be a legitimate and trusted investigation," Gomez said.
Another local official said, if a joint investigation isn't possible, the federal investigators should share the evidence with state investigators so the state can conduct a parallel investigation to determine if the ICE agent's use of force was justified.







