Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

Saturday, January 24, 2026

ICE has shot and killed another American.





"Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and hundreds of protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown, which has now resulted in two deaths. 

Videos analyzed by The New York Times contradict the accounts of Homeland Security officials, who said that the man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Footage of the encounter shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him."

 






"But the stars burn on overhead, 

Unconscious of final ends, 

As I walk home to bed, 

Asking what judgment waits 

My person, all my friends,

And these United States." --W.H. Auden


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

From PBS: Man identified who was shot and killed amid Minneapolis immigration operation

The man who was shot and killed by a federal officer during an immigration operation has been identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti. His parents told The Associated Press that Pretti was an intensive care unit nurse.
Possumlady

Anonymous said...

Tell every single Democrat in Congress to NOT fund this regime. Period. Shut the government down. Not one human being should fund a regime that uses state violence against its own people. This regime lies to our faces about ICE murdering people in cold blood. ZERO funding for this!

BB-Idaho said...

I suspect the MN thing will continue to escalate. Perhaps the breaking point between democracy and totalitarianism. How can 35% of the populace control the majority - check with Goebbels, I guess.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Only dictators kill people for engaging in their right to free speech.