Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt and countless other local law enforcement agencies are caught in the middle of a battle between federal immigration enforcements across the Twin Cities, and protesters, politicians, and other state leadership.
The agencies are trying to strike a balance between their support for dealing with criminal investigations, and how to stay connected to the communities they serve, and Witt is acknowledging how difficult that is with a few thousand ICE and Border Patrol agents basically occupying the Twin Cities.
Witt says most of all, she’s concerned about the community relationships being fractured as federal agents continue Operation Metro Surge. She told WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana that a lot of work has been done since George Floyd’s murder, at the hands of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, to rebuild trust in police…