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The death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed by federal agents, has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Citing government records, ProPublica identified Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez as the two officers who fired at Pretti. The news outlet reports that Ochoa has been a Border Patrol agent since 2018, while Guituerrez had been with CBP since 2014.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he “saw no evidence” to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead “saw a man that was retreating” when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. “I saw no evidence — I saw a man that was retreating. He went to the middle of the street, he didn’t even obstruct traffic, he let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street. A woman is violently...

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation in the shooting death of Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday. "We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened," Blanche said during a news conference on Friday. "That’s like any investigation that the Department of Justice and the FBI do every day. It means we’re looking at video, talking to witnesses, trying to understand what happened."

The Fatal Encounter That Sparked National ScrutinyThe killing of Alex Pretti has remained a focal point of national debate over federal immigration enforcement and the use of force. Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was shot and killed by federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation on January 24. Bystander video from that encounter shows officers confronting Pretti at close range before shots were fired and, later, an agent removing a handgun from Pretti’s waistband after he was down on the ground. ✕ Remove AdsFederal officials have said agents believed Pretti posed an...

“Alex Pretti was filmed spitting at a federal SUV, smashing its tail light and fighting with cops 11 days before the fatal shooting that shocked America. Lawyers for Pretti's family confirmed to The Star Tribune that the agitator in the footage on January 11 is, in fact, him. Pretti's attendance was confirmed with the help of BBC facial recognition software and published in a joint effort between the British public broadcaster and The News Movement. “

Pretti is seen running to the intersection from the left and then screaming at ICE and breaking the turn signal.

The city of Sacramento reached a $160,000 settlement agreement with the father of a man who was shot to death by Sacramento police on a Regional Transit light rail train in August 2023. The agreement, signed earlier this month, dismisses the federal lawsuit alleging officers should have known Dante Dwaine Day, 44, was having a mental crisis and called for intervention. On Aug. 15 2023, Dante died after he boarded a light rail train at Sacramento City College with a knife and was shot by police.

The shocking cause of death for the California-based food influencer Michael Duarte has been revealed more than a month after he was shot and killed by a Texas sheriff’s deputy. Duarte — known online as FoodWithBearHands — died from a gunshot wound, a spokesperson for the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told People on Wednesday. The full autopsy report remains pending, the spokesperson said.

STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton family is demanding answers from police after they say officers shot and killed Rocco Robinson, 19, during an encounter at Doray Court and Pixie Drive on Tuesday.

Body camera footage shows that an Alabama teen fatally shot by a Homewood police officer in June was armed with a gun when he was killed, the Jefferson County District Attorney said Wednesday. D.A. Danny Carr said he has ruled the shooting death of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples justified. No charges will be filed and the case will not be sent to a grand jury, Carr said. Carr announced his decision immediately after meeting with Peoples’ family at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The family was shown the law enforcement footage of the fatal June 23 shooting in Homewood Soccer Park. The family...

HENDERSON, Texas — Timothy Michael Randall was on the phone with his mother when a police car pulled up behind his Nissan Altima with its lights flashing. It was just after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022, and Randall was heading to his cousin’s house after a night out. “He had called to let me know that he was going to be home a few minutes later,” Randall’s mother, Wendy Tippitt, recalled. “So I wouldn’t worry.” Randall, 29, pulled over and hung up with his mom. Sgt. Shane Iversen of the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office walked up to the Altima...

Boston's progressive Democrat mayor has been criticized for offering condolences to a knifeman shot dead by an off-duty police officer while trying to stab two. Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu offered her condolences to the family of the unnamed attacker gunned down at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant in the city Saturday. Boston police said two people ran into the Chick-fil-A in Copley Square while being chased by a man with a knife who was attempting to stab them shortly before 5:30 p.m. ET, reported NBC 10. An off-duty cop was inside the restaurant and identified himself to the attacker, then told the...

George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more. Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death. He changed the world. Now, let's act in his memory.

It's a religion. Always was. X link. "“George Floyd died for each and every one of us. He was God’s chosen vessel.” Things get weird at ASU as they unveil an exhibit in Floyd’s memory." Oh Praise Thee, Most Holy Floyd, Patron Saint of Fentanyl! X links. ..... As it is written in the Holy Book of Floyd: "He was knelt on for our transgressions, he was handcuffed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his overdose we are healed."

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued statements over Memorial Day weekend on the death of George Floyd, stating that he “should be alive.” The statements from Biden and Harris came on the fourth anniversary of the death of Floyd, whose death on May 25, 2020, while in police custody, led to nationwide protests and riots. “George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more,” Biden wrote in a post on X. “Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice...

A family-authorized George Floyd biopic titled “Daddy Changed the World” is in the works from Radar Pictures, 8 Queens Film & Media Productions and Night Fox Entertainment. Floyd’s daughter, Gianna Floyd, and her mother, Roxie Washington, are involved in the making of the film, serving as executive producers. Gregory R. Anderson (“Stomp the Yard”) will write the screenplay for the movie, which will capture the life of the man whose murder in 2020 sparked a global racial reckoning and fueled the movement against police brutality. The film is still in search for a director. Ted Field serves as producer for...

It's a religion. Always was. “George Floyd died for each and every one of us. He was God’s chosen vessel.” Things get weird at ASU as they unveil an exhibit in Floyd’s memory. Oh Praise Thee, Most Holy Floyd, Patron Saint of Fentanyl! In the past, godly men and women were chosen to be honored by church leaders for their close walk with Jesus Christ. They healed the sick, defied tyrants, modeled virtue, traveled over land and sea to reach the lost, and helped the poor and oppressed. But today, in the Year of Our Floyd 4, we honor violent...

By now we’re all painfully aware of how LGBT activists insist on having about 500 days on the calendar to celebrate themselves, from International Pronouns Day to Pride Month to the Transgender Day of Remembrance to my personal favorite, Gay Uncles Day. There’s clearly something pathological about all of this. But it’s also strategic at the same time. Leftists understand that to win, they have to completely flood the zone with their propaganda. They don’t want anyone have any kind of reprieve from it, even for a single day. Unfortunately, as mind-numbing as this tactic is, it’s also effective —...

Furious BLM activists have clashed with cops outside a Chicago police station after a video was released showing a deadly officer-involved shooting of a black man. Dexter Reed, 26, was killed during a traffic stop which erupted into a huge shootout also injuring an officer and which cops say Reed started. On Tuesday, Chicago Police released footage of the March 21 encounter which showed them firing 96 shots at Reed, even as he lay motionless on the ground outside his vehicle. The aspiring broadcaster's death has reignited conversations around excessive police force against black people, though officers maintain Reed opened...

Law enforcement released a dashcam video that captured the shooting death of 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure around 7:30 a.m. Monday morning in Camden County, Georgia. The Daily Mail reported that Cure was allegedly “speeding at more than 100mph in his pick-up truck” when the Camden County deputy pulled him over. The video shows the deputy telling Cure to get out of the pickup truck and to put his hands on the rear of the vehicle. Cure can be heard allegedly responding, “I ain’t doing…”