"On Saturday, in the same city, the same quasi-paramilitary force was responsible for a second shocking death. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was shot multiple times in the back after being wrestled to the ground and pepper-sprayed. Mobile phone footage demonstrates that Mr Pretti, like Ms Good, represented no threat. Contrary to scurrilous claims by senior members of the Trump administration, he was holding a phone, not a gun, before he was overpowered."
"Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony, the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, had previously stated. No city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. Words have consequences."
Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, colleagues received reassurance of continued federal immunity. Stephen Miller asserted that anyone who obstructs agents commits a felony and that no city, state official, undocumented person, or agitator can block agents from duties. Good, a US citizen and mother of three, was attempting to drive away from a Minneapolis protest where ICE snatch squads have terrorised migrants and defenders. A second death occurred when intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was wrestled, pepper-sprayed and shot despite posing no threat; footage shows he held a phone, not a gun. Federal officers reportedly prevented state investigators from accessing the scene. The incidents are framed as part of a broader, harsher enforcement approach linked to border and deportation pledges.
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