Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem praised local officials in Memphis for cooperating with federal officials in a crackdown by law enforcement in the city that began in October.
Noem’s comments came Saturday, as she addressed the death of Alex Pretti, a man in Minneapolis who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent, which heightened tensions between law enforcement and protesters there.
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“I’ll point to the city of Memphis, which is where there is a Democrat mayor in place,” Noem said. “He worked with us and our federal law enforcement officers, and we saw murder rates drop by 50% because of that partnership.”
Pretti was a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who had protested President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city…