Trump and ICE must hold firm in Minneapolis

It’s not a coincidence that Minneapolis has become the epicenter of not one but two political and cultural eruptions. The first was in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in 2020, sparking months of protests, riots, and violence across the country under the flimsy banner of Black Lives Matter. The second is in the aftermath of two deaths, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were both shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents this month.

While both cases have distinct characteristics — Good was unarmed and killed while driving her vehicle toward federal officers, while Pretti was armed and killed during a chaotic arrest attempt — they have been lumped together as practically the same victim, as if the only variable that