Posted on 01/28/2026 11:53:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
At 6.38pm CST on Saturday January 24, Indiana Pacer star Tyrese Haliburton posted on X: “Alex Pretti was murdered.”
The NBA star was one of the first athletes to respond to what can only be described as the public execution by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Pretti’s death was the culmination of a weeks-long campaign of terror conducted against residents of the city, including Renee Good, who was herself killed by DHS forces just two weeks earlier. Indeed, “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis has accounted for two-thirds of homicides in the city in 2026.
Of course, Minneapolis has not been the only site of depravity. In 2025, DHS reported a “historic” surge in deportations, gleefully noting that it had removed over 622,000 people from the US. During the same period, 32 people died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, which marked the deadliest year for the agency in its over two decades of operation. In January 2026 alone, at least nine people have been killed directly by DHS or died in their custody. Additionally, an October 2025 investigation revealed a pattern of sexual assault and forced labour targeting transgender and queer detainees at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
In this context, it is perhaps unsurprising that many current and former athletes followed Haliburton’s lead, including Victor Wembanyama, Breanna Stewart, Karl-Anthony Towns, Spencer Strider, Isaiah Thomas, De’Aaron Fox, JR Smith and John Randle. The NBA Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence for Pretti, as did the PWHL’s Minnesota Frost. (The Minnesota Wild did not, nor did either NFL conference championship game, despite this practice being deployed by many teams across the league for Charlie Kirk).
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What a bunch of idgits.
President Trump’s continual greatest achievement; exposing anti-American vermin to sunlight.
As I have been saying, Trump isn’t causing the division, he’s revealing it.
The Guardian. Sez it all.
What a wretched description of events, utterly disconnected from the truth of the matter.
Let me check my “give a crap app” on my phone to see if I care what an overpaid millionaire athlete thinks....NOPE!
Yup. Reagan was the great communicator.
Trump is the great un-masker.
Just like Lincoln.
We know that Lincoln was decisive enough to save the Union.
Trump is a businessman, so it is his nature to be a dealmaker just like Henry Clay.
Regarding Minneapolis, you can't just make a "deal". They either follow the federal law. Or not.
Stay in your lane, The Guardian. You have people hacking British subjects to death on your streets in broad daylight.
“We win, they lose!”
I’m sure some other country would be happy to employ these athletes at the same salaries they’re making here. I suggest they relocate to Somalia.
Actually, what happened is the woman tried to pick up a flash-bang and throw it back at police and it went off before she could throw it.
MS Now showed a picture of Prettie that had been photo shopped in order to make him look "less threatening". The media no longer cares about the real news and they are not above lying about the news if it doesn't fit their agenda.
APPARENTLY, THESE “ATHLETES” ARE UNWILLING TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE 2ND EVENT BETWEEN PRETTI & ICE.
FIRST ROUND===BEING TAKEN DOWN BY 5 OFFICERS & GETTING A BROKEN RIB.
Why is it that no-one today seems to know what fascism is.
The UK press has been pushing US issues to the front an awful lot.
I suppose it’s a distraction from the shhhshow going on in their own country.
Jackasses.
P.S. UK, please take back that redheaded, crybaby prince{ss}.
The dancing monkeys have opinions? They should get back to dancing, that’s what we pay them for.
Shut up and throw the ball through the hoop. Thinking isn’t your strong suit, Tyrese.
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