Protesters, federal agents clash
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The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has rebutted some of the claims made by Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and other federal officials when Alex Pretti was shot.
Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.
Federal agents shot and killed a man in south Minneapolis on Saturday morning, sparking a new round of outrage in a city still reeling from the shooting death of Renée Good by an ICE officer earlier this month.
By Brad Brooks and Tim Reid MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis even as video evidence contradicted their version of events and tensions grew between local law enforcement and federal officers.
The second fatal shooting this month of an American citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of a federal agent has ratcheted up tensions in the city once again.
Authorities have not identified the federal agent who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Here’s what we know.
Minneapolis residents are increasingly upset with federal immigration agents, a day after a second protester was shot and killed.
Not long after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Saturday, senior members of the Trump administration were ready with their conclusions about what had happened and who was to blame.
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Videos of Alex Pretti shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis contradict Trump official claims
Footage from at least one of the videos appears to show a federal officer disarming the victim before shots are fired.
Trump officials have called the victim a "domestic terrorist." State officials warn such unfounded accusations threaten the integrity of the federal investigation.
Investigators believe at least two agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said.
But Gov. Tim Walz and local officials say it’s the Trump administration that has sown chaos. Walz deployed the state’s National Guard to Minneapolis in the aftermath of Pretti’s killing, which he called “sickening.”