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5 Editorials on the Alex Pretti Shooting

Multiple pieces call for ICE to pause their tactics in Minnesota

(Newser) - The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend continues to dominate the headlines. Here's a look at four editorials on the aftermath, and there seems to be a common theme from both the left and right:
  • "It's time to de-escalate in Minneapolis, Mr. President,
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Judge in Minneapolis to Hear Arguments on ICE Presence

Judge weighs state sovereignty challenge after fatal federal shootings

(Newser) - A federal courtroom in Minneapolis is suddenly at the center of the fight over ICE tactics. On Monday, a judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration's deployment of roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers to Minnesota amounts to an unconstitutional intrusion on state authority—a challenge that...

MTG to MAGA: You're Being 'Incited Into a Civil War'

Former GOP congresswoman questions latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis

(Newser) - Marjorie Taylor Greene may be out of Congress, but she's not done weighing in on national politics. In a post on X , Greene warned the MAGA base that they are "being incited into a civil war" over the violence in Minnesota , reports the Hill . The former GOP Georgia...

Trump: Administration Is Reviewing Alex Pretti Shooting

President defends ICE presence while questioning victim's actions at protest

(Newser) - President Trump is keeping his distance—for now—from a definitive judgment on the federal officer who fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, saying only that his administration is "reviewing everything" about the case. In a five-minute Sunday phone interview with the Wall Street Journal , Trump declined twice to...

Anger Builds as Videos Show Protester Had Been Disarmed

Walz asks public to side with 'a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness'

(Newser) - With video footage and eyewitness accounts contradicting the Department of Homeland Security's account of the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old protester, demonstrators poured into the streets of Minneapolis on Sunday, federal officials defended agents' actions, and congressional Republicans joined the calls for an independent investigation of the killing. Analysis...

NBA Postpones Game After Minneapolis Shooting

ICE-involved fatality occurred near where the Timberwolves play

(Newser) - Saturday's violence in Minneapolis rippled into the NBA: The league postponed a game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors in the name of safety, reports the AP . The two teams will play Sunday instead. The league said the decision was made to "prioritize the safety and...

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing
Videos Undercut DHS Version
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Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing

Trump blames local officials, who tell the administration to get agents out of Minnesota

(Newser) - Videos showing the killing by federal agents Saturday of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse protesting ICE's actions in Minneapolis, appear to contradict Homeland Security officials' account of the confrontation. Federal officials said Pretti was approaching Border Patrol agents with a handgun and intended to "massacre"...

Protester Killed in Minneapolis Was a Nurse and a US Citizen

Alex Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, police chief says

(Newser) - The parents of a man fatally shot by federal officers while protesting in Minneapolis on Saturday identified him as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Pretti was a US citizen and Minneapolis resident who worked as a nurse in a Veterans Affairs intensive care unit. "He cared...

Federal Agents Kill Man in Minneapolis

'Boo hoo,' officer tells protesters who gathered at site

(Newser) - Another person was shot to death Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the AP that the person killed, who was identified by the police chief as a 37-year-old man, had a firearm with two magazines and distributed a photo of a handgun...

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