President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the bully pulpit to tout his administration’s efforts to lower everyday prices for people is being eclipsed by the shocking news that federal officers killed a second anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protester in Minnesota over the weekend.
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents while recording and attempting to intervene in a federal immigration operation in Minnesota. His death came in the same month that Renee Good, a mother of three, was killed during an altercation with an ICE officer.
Pretti’s death has only further inflamed tensions between protesters, Democratic officials, and federal agents throughout Minnesota. The incident also spurred bipartisan calls in Congress for an investigation and hearings.
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