"In January 2026, two Americans were killed in the act of watching Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Renee Nicole Good was acting as a legal observer while her wife recorded the federal immigration agents they encountered. Alex Pretti was holding a phone in his hand, filming the agents who would soon take his life. Yet as dangerous as the mere act of observation became for these victims of ICE and Border Patrol's violence, video is also what documented their murders and is now holding federal agents accountable."
"Unfortunately, there is no way to film 'safely' right now-I think everybody may be taking a risk because of how aggressive and brazen and outright illegal ICE's conduct has been,"
"Alex Pretti was killed in part because he was filming ICE, which is an absolute travesty. But we saw that shooting from half a dozen angles because there were other people there who were filming as well. And because they were filming, we saw the egregious lies that the Trump administration was spreading almost immediately."
Two Americans were killed in January 2026 while observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis. One victim was acting as a legal observer and another was filming agents when lethal force was used. Video footage captured those killings and is serving as evidence to hold federal agents accountable. Filming federal agents is legally protected, but recording cannot currently be guaranteed safe because of aggressive, brazen, and illegal conduct by some immigration enforcement personnel. Widespread smartphone access has made video documentation a pivotal tool for exposing injustice, even as people with cameras face targeting despite the First Amendment.
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