Is Alex Pretti's shooting death in Minneapolis a turning point in Trump's ICE crackdown? A comprehensive guide
(Yahoo News) During an enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive-care nurse at the local Veterans Affairs hospital. The Trump administration immediately accused Pretti of being an armed “domestic terrorist” who “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.” But multiple bystander videos contradicted this account, instead showing that agents pepper-sprayed, tackled and shot Pretti at least 10 times after he filmed them with his phone and tried to help a woman agents had pushed to the ground.
The videos also show that Pretti never unholstered the gun he was legally licensed to carry. According to witnesses, Pretti’s last words, to the woman, were “Are you OK?”
The gap between the administration’s version of events and the events documented on video has only fueled more public backlash against the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, leading some to ask whether Pretti’s death might serve as a turning point toward deescalation.
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