US federal law enforcement officers on Saturday fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis, the second such killing in the city in less than three weeks, as it reels from the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration enforcement that has sparked escalating protests across the US.
The man, 37-year-old Alex Pretti, was an intensive care nurse with no criminal record and a legal permit to carry a firearm, according to the city’s police chief. Federal agents raced to portray Pretti, who was merely filming the officers on his phone during a protest against the president’s immigration crackdown in his city, as a violent “gunman” who threatened to “massacre” law enforcement, despite video evidence that directly contradicts their account.
