Something similar happened on Saturday morning, when U.S. Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, another Minneapolis protester.
Since Pretti did not actually threaten the Border Patrol agents with a gun, what prompted them to grab and restrain him?
Then Pretti began helping the woman to her feet, which prompted the agents to tackle him.
Although Noem claimed Pretti "attacked those officers," it sure looks like the agents are the ones who started the fight.
CNN's Dana Bash asked Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino on Sunday.
Noem and Bovino himself have already prejudged the outcome of that investigation, preemptively exonerating the agents and placing the blame for Pretti's death squarely on him.
"The victims are the Border Patrol agents," Bovino told Bash. »