MN - Alex Pretti dead after Minneapolis shooting involving immigration agents, US media report, January 24, 2026

[branmuffin]

Its very similar to domestic abuse too
- As long as the woman has the dinner ready on time she doesn't get beaten

It's a look at what You Made ME do - if you only behaved I would not of had to kill you.

VICTIM BLAMING
SOSOSO TWISTED
JMO

The mission statement of Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, ICE, CBP, Krist Noem and now Tom Homan, the border Czar seem to follow the sarcastic saying that started circling in the 1970s : Beatings (killings) will continue until morale improves.

 

[Inthedetails]

President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that there were no plans to pull immigration enforcement agents out of Minneapolis, after border czar Tom Homan announced earlier in the day he had ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan.

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-ice-minneapolis-protests-01-30-26?post-id=cml10b2sc00003b6pk1kkdlo5

 

[Emerald1328]

I’ve linked a medical article on how to treat someone who has been pepper sprayed. I think this important for anyone to know. Even if you’re not protesting, in today’s climate you never know when this will come in handy. The street, your car, your job, your church, your kid’s daycare, your home. Anything appears to be fair game. I’m going to make sure I have a few bottles of water in my car from now on.

“Management of patients exposed to riot control agents should begin with the customary resuscitative priorities of securing the airway, ensuring adequate oxygenation and ventilation, and supporting hemodynamics. The face should be wiped with a moist towel to remove any particles before being washed. Copious water irrigation with soap should be used to remove contaminants. If there is significant skin breakdown, saline irrigation is the best choice. Other solutions (milk, baby shampoo, antacids) have been investigated and have had mixed data regarding their benefit, but do no further harm. Amphoteric chelating irrigation fluid in research models appears to be effective in decontaminating a variety of chemical exposures to the skin or eyes but is generally not available in many clinical settings, and decontamination with water should not be delayed while searching for alternative decontamination fluids.

Management of ocular exposures involves copious irrigation with water or saline. Irrigation should occur for at least 10 to 20 minutes but can continue longer if the patient continues to have ocular symptoms. Remove contact lenses before irrigation. A topical anesthetic should be used to reduce pain and blepharospasm, and improve irrigation. With CS exposures, soap or shampoo can be added to irrigation since CS is sparingly soluble in water. Amphoteric chelating irrigation fluid has also been noted to be effective for ocular irrigation and may prevent further chemical injuries to the eye. In patients with severe chemical injuries, systemic corticosteroids can reduce inflammation. For significant corneal injuries, there should be consultation with ophthalmology.”

Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Toxicity - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

 

[Inthedetails]

Two kids from the same school as the 5yo who was detained are now also in detention, bbm:

Now, two more students at his school are in federal custody, after their mother was detained, Mr. Kuhlman said in an interview on Friday....

Mr. Kuhlman declined to offer details about the family’s case, including their names, because he did not have the mother’s permission to release personal information. He said he had reviewed paperwork showing the family had an active asylum case....

[O[n Friday morning, he learned the family had already been flown to a federal detention center in Texas. “They were taken that night,” he said.

Minnesota Updates: Thousands Protest in Minneapolis and Across the Nation

The demonstrations, expected to continue through the weekend, came as the Justice Department said it would conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Washington: Is ICE open to offers to help? A street-level test says maybe not. - Minnesota Star Tribune

Here’s what happened when a Nicollet County official volunteered to help federal agents find their targets.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1847235929269937

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, the US deputy attorney general has said.

They're probably investigating whether Pretti violated the agents' rights. moo

 

[Strangeworld]

After seeing so many references to this song the last few days following Alex' death, I had to go and listen to it again after so many years.

***Warning - swearing and strong content***

(just a side note - it isn't encouraging killing, it was written after Rodney King's beating)

The message is so relevant right now. It seems the protesters are embracing it. I can remember when I was younger and how much this invoked a sense of not just accepting authority if the authority is corrupt or divisive.

This wasn't my preferred music genre but it brought whole generations together regardless. Such a powerful song, not overcomplicated with lots of lyrics. The meaning flows through every beat, every guitar strum and every scream.

Everyone in the US, just know we support you standing up and hope you get some relief soon

 

[Inthedetails]

snipped and bbm:


“They’re assaulting basic democratic ideals on all fronts,” said Dana Marks, an immigration judge who retired in 2021. “It’s really just classic authoritarianism. It always starts with the minorities. It always starts with the immigrants. If we don’t stop them, it will be American citizens. Congress, the courts, the people, we should all be jumping up and down and screaming about this. We need to be screaming that this isn’t America—that this isn’t who we are.” ...

We’ve seen rapid normalization of abuses we once associated with authoritarian regimes or the old Iron Curtain countries. It’s now routine for masked, unidentifiable government agents to sweep people off the street and whisk them away in unmarked vehicles. Some of those arrested have been quickly shuttled off to detention facilities in other parts of the country without any notification to their families or attorneys. ...

The administration is also shredding due process. ...

Most alarmingly, the administration no longer feels obligated to even pretend that it’s observing norms and constitutional restrictions. “They just don’t care when judges or the public says they’re violating the law,” one longtime immigration judge, now retired, told me. ...

According to the Brennan Center, the 2025 budget for immigration enforcement already exceeds that of every other federal law enforcement agency combined.

“When law enforcement officers of any kind wear masks and withhold their identity, it smacks of tactics that are consistent with an authoritarian government,” said Magnus, the ex-police chief and former head of Border Patrol....

“I find the masking absolutely f*****g horrific,” said “Bryan,” a former high-ranking official in the DOJ. “It’s not something we do in a free society. It’s what they do under regimes we should never be emulating. ...

Stephen Miller, who has been traipsing about the fever swamps of white nationalism for years, has made it no secret that he wants to reduce immigration from nonwhite countries to zero....

In October, the DOJ announced that it would begin appointing military lawyers from the JAG Corps to serve as temporary immigration judges...The most immediate effect of the administration’s politicization of immigration courts will be in denials of asylum claims and in expedited removal orders and deportations.

[T]he administration has hollowed out the offices within DHS and DOJ that oversee detention facilities. “There’s no oversight. There’s no reporting. There’s no access,” said “Dan,” a longtime former DHS employee and immigration prosecutor. “Until this administration, if a lawyer or an NGO complained about inhumane conditions, that was something we took very seriously. Now they just don’t care. It’s fully part of the plan. They’re open about it. You put people in detention, deny them access to a lawyer, and just continue to squeeze them until they’re so miserable that they give up their rights.”

Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here

With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.

newrepublic.com

 

[Inthedetails]

An ABC News review of several recent incidents involving federal immigration agents found a consistent pattern: high-level officials publicized findings within hours of gunfire, only for those initial accounts to be challenged later by body camera footage, witness videos or court filings.

Former officials say DHS tactics undermine public trust after series of contradictory statements

In at least five major cases, officials appeared to make public declarations about the incidents before formal investigations had reached final conclusions.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Never invade a winter people in winter.

If you're interested in a short, pleasant, grounded explanation from one resident's perspective about why Minnesotans are resiliant in the face of the ICE surge, check out "Why Are Minnesotans So Resiliant" on the youtube channel Painting the Past. The youtuber lives in the state and is married to a Minnesotan. I am also married to a Minnesotan and found this short video pretty good (which, in Minnesotan language, is high praise).

jmopinion

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Never invade a winter people in winter.

If you're interested in an short, pleasant, grounded explanation from one resident's perspective about why Minnesotans are resiliant, check out "Why Are Minnesotans So Resiliant" on the youtube channel Painting the Past. The youtuber lives in the state and is married to a Minnesotan. I am also married to a Minnesotan and found this short video pretty good (which, in Minnesotan language, is high praise).

jmopinion

BBM Reminds me of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the USSR that turned into utter disaster in the winter. Big mistake. Huge.

 

[Inthedetails]

If some wonder why protesters like Alex Pretti protest, here's yet another example.

bbm:

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and "purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall," according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

According to his lawyers, Alberto Castañeda Mondragón entered the U.S. in 2022 with valid immigration documents. ...

He appears to have no criminal record. ...

Court records include an arrest warrant signed upon his arrival by an ICE officer, not an immigration judge....

The following week, a Jan. 16 court filing described his condition as minimally responsive and communicative, disoriented and heavily sedated.

ICE officers have entered the hospital with seriously injured detainees and stayed at their bedside day after day, staffers said. The crackdown has been unsettling to hospital employees, who said ICE agents have been seen loitering on hospital grounds and asking patients and employees for proof of citizenship....

On Saturday, more than two weeks after Castañeda Mondragón was arrested, a U.S. District Court judge ordered him released from ICE custody.

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

abc7ny.com

 

[Mo Thuairim]

So well-trained...

CBP employee in Minnesota charged after reportedly being found ‘covered in vomit’ in car

Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St Paul

A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employee was recently arrested amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota after state troopers reportedly found him “covered in vomit” and unconscious in a car.

Alfredo Mancillas Jr, 31, faces charges of drunken driving after his arrest early Tuesday morning, jail records show.

The Sahan Journal, a non-profit Minnesota news site, first reported Thursday that Mancillas drew attention from state police after having parked a car in a no-parking zone on a St Paul road and slumping over in the vehicle. Troopers who approached Mancillas alleged that he smelled of alcohol and that his eyes were watery and bloodshot, so they administered to Mancillas a field sobriety test, the Sahan Journal wrote.

Mancillas failed, subsequently refused to submit to a breath test and was booked into a local jail on counts of third- and fourth-degree driving while intoxicated (DWI).

Custody records show Mancillas was released on his own recognizance shortly before noon Tuesday, and the native of Corpus Christi, Texas, was tentatively given a 24 March court date.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which oversees CBP – said in a statement that the agency’s professional responsibility office was reviewing Mancillas’s DWI arrest.

“CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission,” the DHS statement also said. “And the overwhelming majority of CBP employees and officers perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe.”...

Sure, Jan.

Border agent in Minnesota charged after reportedly being found drunk in car

Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St Paul

www.theguardian.com

 

[Inthedetails]

On Sunday, the American Federation of Government Employees will hold vigils across the country to honor Alex Pretti. ...

The federal employee union strongly condemned the actions of ICE following the shooting of ICU nurse Pretti and called for the resignations of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

AFGE Local 2092 to participate in nationwide vigil for Alex Pretti

On Sunday, the American Federation of Government Employees will hold vigils across the country to honor Alex Pretti. AFGE Local 2092 will participate. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

www.wemu.org

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm

Nurses across Maine gathered Friday night for candlelight vigils honoring Alex Pretti, a registered nurse from Minneapolis who was shot and killed there last weekend by federal border agents.

More than 100 nurses and supporters came together on the Western Promenade in Portland, joining similar vigils held nationwide. Another vigil took place in Bangor outside the federal building, underscoring what organizers described as growing concern within the nursing community. ...

Organizers emphasized that the vigil was not only a memorial but also a call for accountability, criticizing what they describe as an escalation in violence by federal immigration agencies.

Maine nurses hold candlelight vigils to honor Minneapolis nurse killed by federal agents

Vigils for Alex Pretty were held in Portland and Bangor Friday night.

www.newscentermaine.com

 

[LAborn]

"White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has suddenly changed his story on Alex Pretti’s killing after Donald Trump’s inner circle began to turn on him.

In a statement Tuesday, Miller conceded that Customs and Border Protection agents “may not have been following protocol” when they shot and killed Pretti." Stephen Miller Pulls Stunning 180 on Alex Pretti Killing

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm

President Donald Trump moved quickly this week to negotiate with Democrats to try and avert a lengthy government shutdown over Department of Homeland Security funding, a sharp departure from last year’s record standoff, when he refused to budge for weeks.

Trump moved fast to cut a funding deal. It's a striking change from the last shutdown fight

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

www.newsday.com

cough cough midterms cough

 

[LAborn]

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693784/gov-tim-walz-is-skeptical-about-trumps-plan-to-de-escalate-immigration-crackdown

"Look, I think there's really little debate in this. Had there been no video of that, Alex and Renee would both be deemed terrorists. Their families would probably be detained by now, and they would continue to spout these lies. Kristi Noem continues to go on and try and defend. Now, I will give her this. She maybe - has a lawyer or something now. I don't know. She's saying she's just taking marching orders. I'll remind everyone, that's no defense. That's no defense in carrying out what they've done."

 

[Inthedetails]

This is about yesterday, Jan 30


All over the country, protests against ICE join 'national shutdown' to stand with Minneapolis

In Seattle, Milwaukee, Cleveland and around Montana, shops closed up or pledged to donate profits.

Protesters marched in New York, California, Alaska, Maine, Missouri, Florida, North Carolina and dozens of other states.

Students walked out of class in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, while some schools in Arizona and Colorado pre-emptively canceled classes Friday in anticipation of mass absences.

The latest: Protests in Minneapolis, across country as ICE pushback mounts

Protesters marched in streets, students walked out of school and businesses shut their doors around the U.S. to show support for Minnesota.

www.startribune.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Never invade a winter people in winter.

If you're interested in a short, pleasant, grounded explanation from one resident's perspective about why Minnesotans are resiliant in the face of the ICE surge, check out "Why Are Minnesotans So Resiliant" on the youtube channel Painting the Past. The youtuber lives in the state and is married to a Minnesotan. I am also married to a Minnesotan and found this short video pretty good (which, in Minnesotan language, is high praise).

jmopinion

LOL I've been wondering how these Texas s are faring