"These actions are unfortunate and not consistent with Des Moines' spirit of compassion," Mayor Frank Cownie said. Others complain those people are politicizing Tibbetts' death, and they should focus on violence by men. "Our community members are very afraid," Latino community leader Joe Henry told CNN affiliate KCCI . Conservatives have been firm in connecting Tibbetts' death with the illegal status of her alleged killer. The President's namesake, in an op-ed published Friday in the Des Moines Register, said the accusation that Republicans were politicizing Tibbetts' death was an "absurd claim."

Source: CNN September 02, 2018 01:30 UTC