"Trump didn't pull the triggers that killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but he bears political responsibility for having greenlighted the agents' regularly lawless conduct. Good and Pretti should not have been killed. As far as can be seen in the ample video evidence that has emerged, neither posed a threat to the agents at the scene or anyone else. Their sole offense was to take a stand against the deportation raids."
"Yet the Trump administration has been reflexively defending deportation agents whenever they use lethal force. In each of the 16 times since July that they have fired shots, either while detaining people or at protesters, Trump officials have declared their actions justified without waiting for investigations to be completed, sometimes in blatant contradiction of video evidence. The killing of Pretti is illustrative. Stephen Miller, the deputy national security adviser who is directing the deportation sweeps from the White House, pronounced Pretti a domestic terrorist."
Two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed by deportation agents in Minneapolis despite video evidence showing neither posed a threat. Good was shot as she turned her car away and Pretti was shot while restrained on the ground. There is no plausible self-defense justification for the killings. The Trump administration has repeatedly and reflexively defended agents using lethal force, declaring actions justified in multiple shootings since July without awaiting investigations. Senior officials publicly blamed Pretti despite video evidence to the contrary. One commander was removed, but key officials who defended the agents remain in place.
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