As has been widely reported, Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and intensive care nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA hospital, was killed Saturday morning by federal agents who reportedly shot him 10 times after they'd already wrestled him to the ground and disarmed him. Pretti's death - the second at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis this month - and the Trump administration's lies about the circumstances that led to it have sparked outrage and protest, both in Minnesota and around the country.
Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday, with other observers watching and videotaping their actions, in an area called Eat Street, a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses. Footage appears to show moment Alex Pretti is shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis video It is the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot dead by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.
Frey's statement called out President Donald Trump and condemned what he described as a mass militarized force of unidentified federal agents on Minneapolis streets, saying their presence weakens our country and erodes trust in both law enforcement and in democracy itself. He urged Americans to consider how future generations will judge their actions and called on President Trump to act like a leader, put Minneapolis, put America first, and work to achieve peace by ending the federal operation.
If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.
Kong Vang posted the clip to Facebook, where it has since received more than 400,000 views, according to FOX 9 KMSP. Vang told the outlet that he was working from home Monday afternoon in the city's Frogtown neighborhood when his mother alerted him that someone was outside. He said he grabbed his phone and started recording because he believed the person at the door could be ICE.
"We're in uncharted territory, but we're going to treat it like any other crime that happened in the City of Hartford," Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said. "We're going to investigate it, we're going to determine who was involved, and if they violated the law here in the City of Hartford, they're going to face consequences."
By now we've all seen the video, he said. I'm not going to play it again, but in it, as reported by the New York Times, Good appears to be turning away from a federal officer. And as reported by The Washington Post, the agent was able to move out of the way and fire at least two of the three shots from the side of the vehicle as it veered past him.
An undisclosed number of federal agents appeared in Fremont on Saturday to knock on doors and seek voluntary cooperation with specific individuals, Fremont officials said. Sometime Saturday morning, federal agents dropped into the city and by early afternoon they had allegedly left the city, according to Fremont spokeswoman Geneva Bosques. She said it was unclear from which agency the agents were from, how many there were, or where they were conducting their work.
His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for their aggressive charging tactics during the law enforcement surge. The Justice Department had initially sought a felony assault indictment against Dunn, but in a highly unusual move, the grand jury declined to sign off on the felony charge. The office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro then charged Dunn with a misdemeanor.
Things continued to escalate on Saturday, when federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars, including a woman with a semi-automatic gun who had posted online she wanted to f*ck up' ICE,' Fox's Bill Melugin reported. Soon after,White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called on the full power of the federal government to dismantle leftwing terrorism, saying it's the only remedy for what ails the United States.
Sean Dunn, a blond 37-year-old in a pink button-down and New Balance sneakers, was captured on video Sunday night screaming at some of the federal agents who have begun patrolling the city on Donald Trump's orders.
