US EditionTrump and Democrats harden their stances after Minneapolis shooting
Multiple videos dispute DHS claims that Alex Pretti threatened agents with a gun before being fatally shot during a protest against immigration enforcement tactics.
- Federal agents fatally shot Pretti, an American, during a protest in Minneapolis while Trump has deployed armed immigration officers for deportations.
- Videos show Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, while the Trump administration claims he wielded a gun and planned violence against officers.
- State officials, companies, former presidents, and gun rights advocates criticized the Trump administration's defense of the killings.
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Editorial: ICE violence spurs legislative action | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Wherever one falls on the political spectrum, the shooting death of U.S. citizen and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by a swarm of immigration enforcement agents at a Minneapolis protest is a national tragedy. Pretti’s death symbolizes all that has gone terribly wrong with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge that originally, maybe even palatably, was billed as a purge of the “worst of the worst” from U.S. soil.
Americans are shocked to discover authoritarianism did not stop at the color line
In today’s edition, I’m going to try something different. Instead of an essay, analysis or interview, I’m going to offer diary-like entries. The reason is practical, but also artistic, if you will indulge the term. These diary entries reflect how my mind works – vestiges, observations, random thoughts – sometimes interconnected but more often not. I wrote them on Bluesky before they appeared here, but have expanded and modified nearly all of the…
Nurses and protesters make memorial for Alex Pretti at Portland VA Medical Center
Health care workers in Portland and in cities across the country have gathered for vigils following Pretti’s death — and called for a full investigation of the federal agents who shot him.
Border czar Tom Homan meets Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Trump seeks to calm Minneapolis ICE crackdown
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed head of the ICE crackdown in Minnesota met with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday as the White House sought to lower the political temperature following the killing of American citizen Alex Pretti by immigration agents last Saturday.
Gun-rights uproar encroaches on Trump immigration crackdown
Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner, and not brandishing his weapon, when he was disarmed and then fatally shot by federal agents. The resulting controversy focuses on an incident that appears to contradict decades of conservatives’ efforts to legitimize public gun carry.
Hundreds in Mobile protest ICE after killing of Alex Pretti: ‘Circle of violence has widened’
About 200 demonstrators gathered in Mobile Tuesday night to protest recent violence and killings committed by federal immigration authorities under President Donald Trump’s administration.
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