"Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday morning, my wife Julia woke up from a nightmare that federal agents were trying to break into our home, one of many nightmares she's had since I was arrested by ICE, detained for 8 hours, then released without charges. I had been peacefully observing ICE when it happened, like so many Minnesotans have over the past weeks and days."
"We haphazardly dressed in our cleanest warm clothes. As we opened our car doors we saw neighbors of ours, who we've never spoken to, doing the same. The entire neighborhood was converging. As we approached the intersection where Alex was shot 10 times, we heard chants of "ICE out" ringing out on Nicollet Ave, known locally as 'Eat Street' because of its dozens of globally minded restaurants."
A Minneapolis neighborhood experienced fear after recurring nightmares and a recent ICE arrest that involved an eight-hour detention and release without charges. Residents saw a neighborhood alert that Alex Pretti had been shot a mile away by federal agents, the third such shooting that month. Neighbors converged at Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street, chanting "ICE out" while federal agents with militarized gear attempted to disperse the crowd. Tensions escalated when someone threw a snowball; agents pursued the person and deployed flashbangs and chemical agents, causing people to flee.
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