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A growing body of expert analysis is challenging the official account of how Alex Pretti was killed, as a forensic body language specialist urges the public to closely examine the actions of a federal agent in a gray jacket captured on video moments before the fatal shots were fired.
Minneapolis has once again been thrust into the national spotlight after two deadly encounters involving federal immigration officers in the span of just weeks. Following the January killing of Renee Nicole Good, outrage and mistrust have intensified after the death of Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot during an anti-ICE protest on January 24. For many residents, the incidents have come to symbolize a deeper crisis surrounding federal enforcement tactics, accountability, and transparency.
“I don’t like any shooting,” Trump said. “But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest with a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines of bullets. That doesn’t play good either.”
The Department of Homeland Security echoed that position. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stated that Pretti had been “brandishing” a weapon and had attacked officers during the operation, claiming he intended to inflict harm.
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