"As Whitfield was interviewing Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D), who was calling for President Donald Trump's ICE to be abolished and replaced, Whitefield cut to Sidner who had been reporting from Minneapolis following federal agents shooting a killing a 37-year-old man. As Whitfield cut to Sidner, only smoke could be seen on her screen. She could be heard coughing and struggling to speak. I'm trying to breathe. Hold on, she managed."
"You know what, it's very difficult to speak when you're in the middle of this, Whitfield said as she cut away. I was told that, you know, I should toss to her, but I feel badly right now because she's in the middle of trauma being in the middle of all of this tear gas. This is what happens. You can't speak. You can barely breathe. If you're lucky you can swallow some water, at least remove yourself from the situation."
Federal agents deployed tear gas in Minneapolis multiple times as protesters clashed with them following the shooting death of a 37-year-old man. A live CNN report ended abruptly when Sara Sidner was overcome by smoke and gas and could be heard coughing and saying she was trying to breathe. Fredricka Whitfield cut away from the scene while urging viewers that reporters in the area were in trauma and could barely speak. Sidner later confirmed on social media that she had been gassed and was sheltering in a donut shop. Local officials and DHS provided conflicting accounts about the deceased and calls mounted for federal agents to leave the city amid ongoing anti-ICE protests.
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