Minneapolis — The air above Nicollet Avenue was filled with tear gas and mist from demonstrators’ breath on the morning of Saturday, January 24, after a group of masked federal agents gunned down 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, who had stopped to record an arrest in progress. After the Trump administration sicced thousands of federal immigration agents on the Twin Cities, Pretti’…
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A pediatrician who attempted to save the life of Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents this past weekend, has alleged that agents denied Pretti medical care for several minutes after the shooting took place. The witness’s version of events is detailed in a filing with a Minnesota-based federal court. The witness…
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The largest nurses’ union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a federal agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, joining a rapidly growing chorus calling for Congress to do away with the rogue agency. In a statement, National Nurses United (NNU) strongly condemned the killing of Pretti, saying the shooting demonstrates the…
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As hundreds of Minneapolis residents assembled in Whittier Park Saturday evening to demand once again that federal immigration agents leave Minnesota following the second fatal shooting of a legal observer in less than three weeks, one speaker demanded that the gathering must not simply be “another damn vigil.” “This is a turning point,” said Edwin Torres DeSantiago of the Immigrant Defense…
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Federal immigration officers shot a third person in Minneapolis in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and confirmed by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. O’Hara said federal agents killed a 37-year-old man whom officials believe is a U.S. citizen who lives in Minneapolis. He said he had no information about what led up to the shooting but said the man…
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On Friday, January 23, thousands of demonstrators, dozens of nonprofits and unions, and hundreds of businesses will take part in a general strike in Minnesota, demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents leave the state after the agency has wreaked havoc on the Twin Cities. Organizers of the “ICE Out of Minnesota” strike are encouraging residents to stay home from work and/
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