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

[jepop]

From the University of Illinois student newspaper reporting on Illini Republicans post on Instagram.

Just when you think you can't be more disgusted.

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."

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What. the. hell. is. this? I can't believe that is real...this is becoming way too disturbing... That feels like Franco's Spain or, yeah, the third Reich. These young Republicans are some sick Mfs jmo. Moo they need to get help. Mental health help. Wow.

 

[tlcya]

From the University of Illinois student newspaper reporting on Illini Republicans post on Instagram.

Just when you think you can't be more disgusted.

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."

dailyillini.com

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thoroughly disgusting doesn't quite cut it even.

 

[Inthedetails]

Columbia Heights is a suburb of Minneapolis and the district where little Liam goes to school. Other students at that school have also been taken into detainment. And now:


Schools in Columbia Heights are closed on Monday as authorities look into a threat.

Columbia Heights Public Schools announced just after 6:30 a.m. that no students or staff should report to school on Monday.

The district said the closure is “out of an abundance of caution, due to a credible threat.”


No info about what the threat is. My hunch is school officials spotted ICE? If so, that seems especially cruel after the relief everyone feels that Liam is back in Minnesota.

Whatever the credible threat is, it's cruel, of course. I hope it turns out to be a false alarm, but people are on edge, understandably, imo.


EDITED to add: all clear.

Threat prompts Columbia Heights Public Schools to close Monday

Columbia Heights Public Schools is closed on Monday as authorities look into a threat.

kstp.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota as members of the Trump administration face scrutiny over claims they've made

Calls grow for independent probe into Minneapolis shootings | 60 Minutes

Lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota as members of the Trump administration face scrutiny over claims they've made.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

What. the. hell. is. this? I can't believe that is real...this is becoming way too disturbing... That feels like Franco's Spain or, yeah, the third Reich. These young Republicans are some sick Mfs jmo. Moo they need to get help. Mental health help. Wow.

They certainly have a sense of entitlement and protection if they are so bold as to post something like this. IMO this is how the KKK used to operate, with the hoods off.

 

[tlcya]

They certainly have a sense of entitlement and protection if they are so bold as to post something like this. IMO this is how the KKK used to operate, with the hoods off.

MOO they simply don't care enough to make a pretense at hiding it anymore. Members of our government have tacitly told them it's okay to say it out loud. Anyone who disagrees with me is a traitor. That is some dangerous dangerous stuff right there.

ETA regarding the graphic, which has since apparently been removed by the group, they had this to say:

They added that “There is no labeling in the graphic, and there are no identifying features. In short, people are going to take away whatever they want, but reasonably this graphic does not glorify nor valorize any incident because it lacks any reasonable connection.”
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

Yeah, no identifying features whatsoever. the graphic doesn't glorify or valorize any incident

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...-trump/video/ee6bdddf6734981e69e6d906b9e70bad

 

[Inthedetails]

I need to revise part of my earlier opinion after watching the clearest video we have several more times.
Alex was not on his stomach. But when it comes to weapon access, I still don’t see any evidence that he was reaching for or holding a weapon when the shots began. By that point, agents are already on him. He appears to be on the ground with his chest on, or very close to, the pavement, and there are multiple agents on top of him. From what I can see, they’re restraining his upper body and likely his hands.
With that many agents holding him down, I don’t see how he could have been reaching for another weapon.
No way this was justifiable.

He was shot 10 times. If he wasn't fully on his stomach for the first shot, he soon was. And the shots kept coming.

jmopinion

 

[CrimeDawg123]

MOO they simply don't care enough to make a pretense at hiding it anymore. Members of our government have tacitly told them it's okay to say it out loud. Anyone who disagrees with me is a traitor. That is some dangerous dangerous stuff right there.

ETA regarding the graphic, which has since apparently been removed by the group, they had this to say:

They added that “There is no labeling in the graphic, and there are no identifying features. In short, people are going to take away whatever they want, but reasonably this graphic does not glorify nor valorize any incident because it lacks any reasonable connection.”
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

Yeah, no identifying features whatsoever. the graphic doesn't glorify or valorize any incident


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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...-trump/video/ee6bdddf6734981e69e6d906b9e70bad

Geezus, they expose themselves as the childish aholes they are each time they open their mouths. I am wondering if any University of Illinois alumni have complained to the school yet. I know a lot of republican alumni from different schools (many who are wonderful people) who would absolutely be flipping a gasket over this. And when the alumni talk, schools listen. I am seriously interested to see where this goes.

 

[Inthedetails]

Columbia Heights is a suburb of Minneapolis and the district where little Liam goes to school. Other students at that school have also been taken into detainment. And now:


Schools in Columbia Heights are closed on Monday as authorities look into a threat.

Columbia Heights Public Schools announced just after 6:30 a.m. that no students or staff should report to school on Monday.

The district said the closure is “out of an abundance of caution, due to a credible threat.”


No info about what the threat is. My hunch is school officials spotted ICE? If so, that seems especially cruel after the relief everyone feels that Liam is back in Minnesota.

Whatever the credible threat is, it's cruel, of course. I hope it turns out to be a false alarm, but people are on edge, understandably, imo.

Threat prompts Columbia Heights Public Schools to close Monday

Columbia Heights Public Schools is closed on Monday as authorities look into a threat.

kstp.com

Looks like it was a bomb threat. ?!

That district has been through enough, and someone made a bomb threat? Cruel, shameful under any circumstances, but especially when feeling are so raw now.


The Columbia Heights Police Department said officers did not find anything suspicious at the schools after receiving the threat.

Columbia Heights Public Schools cancel classes due to bomb threat

The Columbia Heights Police Department said officers did not find anything suspicious at the schools after receiving the threat.

www.kare11.com

Thankful for the all-clear. Thoughts are with the nervous staff and families. Can't imagine the strenth to provide a normal school day in these ongoing circumstances.

jmo

 

[jepop]

They certainly have a sense of entitlement and protection if they are so bold as to post something like this. IMO this is how the KKK used to operate, with the hoods off.

Yes, I can see that. Just awful. The associations that image evokes for me are shocking; scenes from the Labyrinth (Franco) and Downfall (German language about the last days of Third Reich). I mean viscerally the message is quite straightforward IMO; 'we support state sanctioned summary executions of 'traitors' (ergo Mr Pretti imo). These people are sick. Moo.

 

[TalkToTofana]

Has anyone posted the names of the guys that shot Alex Pretti? Their names are Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez.

 

[Inthedetails]

This is an interesting article to ponder, regarding holding federal agents accountable, like the agents who shot Alex. For those who like legal details and tactics, please read the article - and put your thinking caps on first because it's complicated, imo. Here are a few snippets, bbm:


“It’s an enormous problem that federal officials are in some ways the hardest people to hold accountable for violating people’s constitutional rights" ...

The Supreme Court tried to address the gap in 1971 in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, allowing the victim of an unconstitutional search by federal agents to sue them. But the court has essentially abandoned that approach, saying instead that Congress must act if suits against federal officials are to be allowed. ...

“States can’t just generally regulate ICE conduct, because the federal government gets to regulate that,” he said. “But states can provide remedies against federal officials when federal officials violate federal constitutional rights.”



Full article: A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations

 

[Inthedetails]

This is an interesting article to ponder, regarding holding federal agents accountable, like the agents who shot Alex. For those who like legal details and tactics, please read the article - and put your thinking caps on first because it's complicated, imo. Here are a few snippets, bbm:


“It’s an enormous problem that federal officials are in some ways the hardest people to hold accountable for violating people’s constitutional rights" ...

The Supreme Court tried to address the gap in 1971 in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, allowing the victim of an unconstitutional search by federal agents to sue them. But the court has essentially abandoned that approach, saying instead that Congress must act if suits against federal officials are to be allowed. ...

“States can’t just generally regulate ICE conduct, because the federal government gets to regulate that,” he said. “But states can provide remedies against federal officials when federal officials violate federal constitutional rights.”



Full article: A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations

Replying to myself as I think about this.

The shooting of Alex Pretti hits at the core of who we are as a nation: All the branches of the Federal government (executive, judicial, legislative) as laid out in the Constitution, plus State rights, plus individual rights guarenteed in the Bill of Rights.

Overwhelming, tbh.

jmopinion