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Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing
Videos Undercut DHS Version
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Jan 24, 2026 5:00 PM CST

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing

Trump blames local officials, who tell the administration to get agents out of Minnesota

(Newser) - Videos showing the killing by federal agents Saturday of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse protesting ICE's actions in Minneapolis, appear to contradict Homeland Security officials' account of the confrontation. Federal officials said Pretti was approaching Border Patrol agents with a handgun and intended to "massacre"...

Protester Killed in Minneapolis Was a Nurse and a US Citizen

Alex Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, police chief says

(Newser) - The parents of a man fatally shot by federal officers while protesting in Minneapolis on Saturday identified him as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Pretti was a US citizen and Minneapolis resident who worked as a nurse in a Veterans Affairs intensive care unit. "He cared...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

Federal Agents Kill Man in Minneapolis

'Boo hoo,' officer tells protesters who gathered at site

(Newser) - Another person was shot to death Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the AP that the person killed, who was identified by the police chief as a 37-year-old man, had a firearm with two magazines and distributed a photo of a handgun...

ICE Protests Shut Minneapolis as 100 Clergy Are Arrested

Stoppage shows 'what the world's going to look like if you take our hardworking neighbors away,' business owner says

(Newser) - Police arrested about 100 clergy members demonstrating against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions at Minnesota's largest airport on Friday. The protesters had overstepped their permit, officials said as a mass mobilization against the federal operation began across the state, the AP reports. A network of labor unions,...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

White House Posts Altered Arrest Photo of Minn. Protester

Manipulated image of civil rights attorney, likely tweaked using AI, erodes public trust, critics say

(Newser) - A White House social media post is drawing scrutiny after it used a digitally altered arrest photo of a Minnesota protester to make it appear she was crying. The original image, shared on X by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, shows civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong with a neutral...

Judge Tosses Protest Charge Against Don Lemon

Judge questions DOJ's evidence, limits charges in St. Paul church protest

(Newser) - A federal magistrate in Minnesota has thrown a wrench into the Justice Department's attempt to charge independent journalist Don Lemon over an anti-ICE protest inside a St. Paul church . Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko declined to sign a criminal complaint against Lemon stemming from Sunday's protest, according to multiple...

Vance: Just Cooperate and There'll Be Less ICE 'Chaos'

Vice president links protests, ICE clashes to Democrats' lack of cooperation

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance says the key to calming recent unrest in Minneapolis isn't fewer federal agents—it's more cooperation from Democratic leaders. Speaking in the city Thursday after a roundtable with business leaders and law-enforcement officials, Vance argued that clashes around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations...

Administration to Review Funding to Democratic States

Directive applies to state and local governments, nonprofits, and universities

(Newser) - The White House budget office has instructed most federal agencies to catalog all funding sent to a set of Democratic-led states and Washington, DC, as the Trump administration weighs ways to pressure jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. In a memo reviewed by the Washington Post , Politico , and...

ICE Accused of Using 5-Year-Old as 'Bait'

DHS denies Minnesota school district's account of events

(Newser) - A Minnesota school superintendent says immigration agents didn't just detain one of her students—they made the 5-year-old knock on his own front door to help them find more people. Columbia Heights Superintendent Zena Stenvik said Wednesday that masked federal agents stopped Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway Tuesday...

DHS Funding Clears House With 7 Democratic Votes

Spending measure approvals keep Congress on track to avert partial shutdown

(Newser) - The House on Thursday narrowly approved funding for the Department of Homeland Security, with the help of seven Democratic votes, after a contentious fight over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement. A series of votes moved Congress closer to finishing this year's spending work and avoiding a partial shutdown,...

Family-Commissioned Autopsy Is In for Renee Good

Independent pathologist says 37-year-old was shot at least 3 times, including once in the head

(Newser) - An autopsy privately ordered by the family of Renee Good concludes she was likely killed by a gunshot to the head, attorneys for her relatives said Wednesday, per NBC News . The independent pathologist found that Good, 37, had three distinct gunshot wounds and a graze injury, according to the family'...

Court: Feds Can Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Appeals court freezes ruling banning retaliation against Minnesota protesters

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals was persuaded to freeze a judge's ruling that bars retaliation against the public in Minnesota, including detaining...

Sports Reporter Wants to Be Minnesota's Next Senator

Michele Tafoya already backed by Sen. Tim Scott, GOP campaign arm ahead of Tina Smith retirement

(Newser) - A familiar face from NFL broadcasts is trying to flip a blue Senate seat in Minnesota, and national Republicans are backing her from the get-go. Michele Tafoya, a longtime Sunday Night Football sideline reporter who has reinvented herself as a conservative media voice, formally entered the 2026 Minnesota Senate race...

Feds Expand Probe of Minnesota Officials

5 officials receive subpoenas linked to immigration enforcement policies

(Newser) - Federal investigators are widening their look at how top Minnesota Democrats handled the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state. At least five officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, received subpoenas Tuesday seeking records tied to immigration enforcement policies, sources...

Minnesota's Friday Plans: an Economic Blackout

Protest targets massive ICE raids and fatal shooting of Renee Good

(Newser) - Minnesotans are being urged to shut their wallets, skip work, and keep kids home Friday in response to a sweeping federal immigration crackdown in the state. Labor unions, community groups, and faith leaders have called for an "economic blackout," the Guardian reports, to protest what they describe as...

US Citizen: ICE Detained Me in My Underwear, With No Warrant

Man detained for hours says he plans to file a lawsuit

(Newser) - Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out into the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by the AP . ChongLy "Scott" Thao told the...

Noem Denies, Then Admits Feds' Use of Chemical Agents

In CBS interview, secretary told host not to say Jonathan Ross' name

(Newser) - Kristi Noem spent part of a Sunday talk show batting away accusations that her department used pepper spray on protesters—until video evidence forced a change in her story. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation , the Homeland Security secretary initially claimed a recent federal court order restricting chemical agents at...

First Responder Reports: Good Had 4 Gunshot Wounds

Documents reveal chaotic Minneapolis shooting scene, including reported delay of medical care

(Newser) - Newly released emergency responder records shed more light on the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, describing both her injuries and a tumultuous scene as federal agents and bystanders converged on Portland Avenue. According to reports from the city's fire and police departments obtained via a...

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