#Minnesota, & other #BlueStates, should also enact new laws that make #federal #obstruction harder. The #AlexPretti case shows that #ICE officials were willing to ignore a #state-court #warrant. Perhaps anticipating that, Minnesota officials went to federal court on Saturday, potentially after the scene of Pretti’s #shooting had been compromised, & obtained a temporary restraining order about #evidence preservation. The legal basis for such orders, however, may be fragile.
When a #shooting victim then dies, penalties in #Minnesota for failing to aid the injured person can involve up to 2 yrs imprisonment.
In l #AlexPretti’s case, the #obstruction of key #evidence-gathering steps gives #state #prosecutors another potent opening, especially because #ICE agents acted in overt defiance of a #judicial #warrant. Minnesota has a #criminal #ObstructionOfJustice statute that applies to situations in which someone prevents officers from carrying out official duties.
Drilling down on these facts reveals specific paths forward for #state #prosecutors even when a direct investigation is blocked.
Evidence of these 2 kinds of #crimes has already emerged in the 2 recent #ICE killings. After #ReneeGood was shot, ICE agents blocked a physician from aiding her. #Minnesota #law not only imposes misdemeanor liability for failures to aid in general, but in #shooting cases obligates the person who fired the wounding shot to “render immediate reasonable assistance.”
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Top White House aide #StephenMiller acknowledges “possible” breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s #shooting
Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why #CBP agents in #Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of #AlexPretti — a remarkable reversal & acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the #Trump admin’s most influential & hardline operators on #immigration enforcement.
#law #murder #UseOfForce #ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump
Top White House aide #StephenMiller acknowledges “possible” breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s #shooting
Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why #CBP agents in #Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of #AlexPretti — a remarkable reversal & acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the #Trump admin’s most influential & hardline operators on #immigration enforcement.
#law #murder #UseOfForce #ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump
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Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrives at #shooting scene after being turned away
More than 24 hours after a #CBP agent shot & killed #AlexPretti, personnel from #MNBCA have arrived at the scene.
#BCA staff are “canvassing & looking to collect whatever evidence may be there,” #Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Sunday.
O’Hara said he requested the BCA to investigate immediately after the shooting, but “they were refused entry” by #federal agents.
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrives at #shooting scene after being turned away
More than 24 hours after a #CBP agent shot & killed #AlexPretti, personnel from #MNBCA have arrived at the scene.
#BCA staff are “canvassing & looking to collect whatever evidence may be there,” #Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Sunday.
O’Hara said he requested the BCA to investigate immediately after the shooting, but “they were refused entry” by #federal agents.
Took a necessary mental health break, but every news out seems to agree with our/my original analysis,
Multiple videos show federal officer disarmed 37-year-old ICU nurse #AlexPretti before fatally shooting him.
#StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #Minnesota #RightToProtest #CivilRights #FirstAmendment #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/us/invs-videos-show-federal-officer-recovered-gun?cid=ios_app
#ICU #nurse fatally shot by “federal agents” in #Minneapolis cared for #veterans
#AlexPretti, 37, was kind & didn’t often discuss politics, friends & colleagues said.
His family disputes [as do we all with functioning eyes] the #Trump admin’s version of the #shooting.
#StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://wapo.st/3Z0RNzB
Ok. This guy is DEFINITELY NOT brandishing any #weapon unless you count his #cellphone.
The next post includes the actual murder, I will hide it behind a content warning, it is terrorism.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #ICE #shooting #Trump #law #murder #Minneapolis #Minnesota #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
The details surrounding the latest #shooting weren’t immediately clear.
On Friday, thousands of demonstrators protesting the crackdown on immigrants crowded the city’s streets in frigid weather, calling for federal law enforcement to leave.
Protesters have gathered daily in the #TwinCities since Jan 7, when 37-yr-old mother of 3 #ReneeGood was fatally shot by an #ICE officer. Federal law enforcement officers have repeatedly squared off with community members & activists….
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The man shot by federal agents Saturday morning in #Minneapolis has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CNN. #DHS claims the suspect was armed.
Witnesses have been taken to the Whipple Federal Building.
This is the 3rd #shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis this month, after an #ICE agent fatally shot #ReneeGood in early Jan & another #ICE agent shot a Venezuelan migrant in the leg.
#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ice-minneapolis-shooting-01-24-26?cid=ios_app
Federal officers have shot another person in #Minneapolis amid the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown, Gov #TimWalz said Saturday.
Walz said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the #shooting. He called on the Trump to end the crackdown in his state.
#law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-4d1499fc5962ab880f3816259e04bdbf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-24-Breaking+News
The details surrounding the latest #shooting weren’t immediately clear.
On Friday, thousands of demonstrators protesting the crackdown on immigrants crowded the city’s streets in frigid weather, calling for federal law enforcement to leave.
Protesters have gathered daily in the #TwinCities since Jan 7, when 37-yr-old mother of 3 #ReneeGood was fatally shot by an #ICE officer. Federal law enforcement officers have repeatedly squared off with community members & activists….
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I've seen the video from the shooting this morning in Minneapolis. It is extremely upsetting to watch. #US #USPol #ICE #News #Minnesota #Minneapolis #shooting
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/breaking-federal-agent-shoots-man-in-south-minneapolis
Federal officers have shot another person in #Minneapolis amid the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown, Gov #TimWalz said Saturday.
Walz said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the #shooting. He called on the Trump to end the crackdown in his state.
#law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-4d1499fc5962ab880f3816259e04bdbf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-24-Breaking+News
I've seen the video from the shooting this morning in Minneapolis. It is extremely upsetting to watch. #US #USPol #ICE #News #Minnesota #Minneapolis #shooting
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/breaking-federal-agent-shoots-man-in-south-minneapolis
The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the FBI’s #Minneapolis field office after #FBI leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a #CivilRights inquiry into the #immigration officer, #JonathanRoss…. Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings.
Mergen’s resignation was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the #DOJ’s handling of the #shooting of #ReneeGood, an unarmed mother who was killed on Jan 7…