{"id":42711,"date":"2026-01-25T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42711"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:15:31","slug":"people-protest-federal-immigration-agents-after-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42711","title":{"rendered":"People Protest Federal Immigration Agents After Fatal Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: People Protest Federal Immigration Agents After Fatal Shooting<\/p>\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><span>Back<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">People Protest Federal Immigration Agents After Fatal Shooting<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">People protested the death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, whom federal agents fatally shot during demonstrations against a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration. Federal officials said that Mr. Pretti had approached agents with a handgun and \u201cwanted to do maximum damage.\u201d But video from the scene shows Mr. Pretti was holding a phone, not a gun.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cNo more Minnesota nice.\u201d \u201cMinneapolis will strike.\u201d \u201cMinneapolis will strike.\u201d \u201cWe believe in peace. And we believe that Donald Trump needs to pull these 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another person.\u201d \u201cOur Title 8 immigration mission continues unabated here in Minneapolis, despite yesterday\u2019s tragedy that was preventable by folks making better choices.\u201d \u201cAnd I can confidently say that there are even more people in the struggle now.\u201d \u201cHe cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset.\u201d \u201cHe hated that, you know, people were just trashing the land. And he was an outdoorsman. He took his dog everywhere he went. You know, he loved this country.\u201d \u201cDonald Trump, let\u2019s be clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Our streets. Our streets. Our streets.\u201d \u201cTo have to go get an order from a judge to preserve that evidence is extraordinary and should alarm everyone who believes in equal justice under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-hple31\">People protested the death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, whom federal agents fatally shot during demonstrations against a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration. Federal officials said that Mr. Pretti had approached agents with a handgun and \u201cwanted to do maximum damage.\u201d But video from the scene shows Mr. Pretti was holding a phone, not a gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By McKinnon de Kuyper and Rex Sakamoto<\/p>\n<p>January 25, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: People Protest Federal Immigration Agents After Fatal Shooting transcript Back transcript People Protest Federal Immigration Agents After Fatal Shooting People protested the death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, whom federal agents fatally shot during demonstrations against a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration. 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