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Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

Minneapolis residents, angry and anxious, resolve to fight on as they mourn Alex Pretti

People gather near the scene where Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a US border patrol officer yesterday, in Minneapolis, on Sunday.
People gather near the scene where Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a US border patrol officer yesterday, in Minneapolis, on Sunday. Photograph: Adam Gray/AP

The temperature hovered around zero degrees as news crews and mourners stopped by the site where another Minneapolis resident was shot and killed by federal agents flooding the city to carry out the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

People put up makeshift barriers in the street immediately after the shooting on Saturday, blocking off traffic with wooden pallets, trash cans and furniture. Later, the city had put up a perimeter around the area in the aftermath of the shooting and protests against immigration agents that saw agents shooting chemical irritants and flash-bangs at people. Some of the debris from those weapons was still evident in the streets.

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