US EditionDOJ opens civil rights investigation into Alex Pretti death
The FBI leads the DOJ civil rights probe into Pretti’s death after conflicting footage and evidence questions the officers’ actions during the Jan. 24 immigration operation.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Friday the DOJ opened a federal civil rights investigation into Alex Pretti's Jan. 24 shooting while filming Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis, with the FBI leading and DHS reviewing separately.
- Videos that surfaced this week show multiple videos contradicting initial accounts, while federal prosecutors in Minneapolis pressed the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota and Homeland Security Investigations had initially led the probe.
- Footage demonstrates that Pretti had a state permit but did not reach for the handgun as officers tackled him, one removed the gun, and two officers fired shots; the officers were placed on administrative leave.
- The announcement means the DOJ civil rights division will run independently from DHS internal review, while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say state investigators are locked out.
- The Jan. 13 footage shows Pretti yelling, spitting, and a handgun visible in his waistband though he did not reach for it; U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats demand DOJ documents by next week, while FBI evidence sharing with Minnesota state investigators remains unclear.
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The Department of Justice opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident who died on Saturday at the hands of Border Patrol agents, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday. “We are analyzing everything that could shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks preceding what happened,” Blanche said during a press conference.
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Maher Compares Alex Pretti Shooting To The Holocaust
Maher Compares Alex Pretti Shooting To The Holocaust HBO’s Bill Maher’s habit of reducing a chaotic scene to one photograph continued on Friday’s episode of Real Time, where he compared a photograph of the Alex Pretti shooting to The Last Jew in Vinnitsa photograph during the Holocaust. Joining Maher at the table was MS NOW host Joe Scarborough, who, in other Minneapolis news, declared former CNN host Don Lemon’s arrest was meant “to scare othe…
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The Objective | Periodismo ethosThousands of people have concentrated this Friday in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota state, against the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and anti-immigration policies deployed by the Trump administration, after the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of a federal agent just a week ago, the second death behind the back of this police force.
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