LBC callers react to the Minneapolis ICE shooting
LBC callers give their reactions and opinions to the recent ICE shooting in Minnesota, from shock and horror to support for the officers in question.
00:00 - Kevin in Oxford is on the side of the police. He says “you need to do what they ask, otherwise you face the consequences” and gets in a heated exchange with Nick Ferrari.
02:23 - James O’Brien reads out a message from frequent messenger Andy, who is a former police officer. Andy says “he cannot fail to reach the conclusion that she was murdered”.
03:15 - Charles and Pavan both chat to Nick with differing views. Charles sees ICE as a “gang of thungs” and “can’t see how the officer is in danger”, whereas Pavan says the police “don’t deserve this” and you have to “respect the law”.
06:28 - Nick reads out some interesting texts from viewers of varying opinions…
07:20 - Caller Lee reminds us of legal framework that in play that’s “damning” for the officer involved, whilst Shelagh compares the situation to Paul Doyel in Liverpool, saying the two situations are nothing alike.
10:41 - Nick Ferrari disagree’s with caller Ravi’s support of the police, saying “it’s not as though she’s got a thermonuclear device in the car” and urging the police to “exercise common sense”.
12:46 - Lisa in Southampton is American and tells the story of how her nanny was taken by ICE and deported. She thinks this is a “George Floyde moment”, and she’s defintiely not going back to the USA “until Trump is gone”.
14:55 - Caller Iain tells Nick that it’s “murder, plain and simple”.
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