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."

dailyillini.com

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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

 

[tlcya]

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

having same struggle in the Journalists charged thread. Overwhelming indeed.

 

[AppleTreeGreen]

How detestable, MOO. They have the audacity to both insult and dishonor Alex Pretti’s memory and murder by calling him a traitor and appropriating his image to promote the very beliefs and propaganda he fought against. If they didn’t agree with Alex Pretti’s beliefs or actions then they shouldn’t used his image to promote their organization.

How can they say they are not demonstrating approval of Pretti’s horrific shooting when they called him a traitor, immigrants invaders and have the American flag blowing behind him as he is kneeling? JMO, but it seems to me like they are trying to imply that the actions of the CPB agents that cost Alex Pretti his life that day were patriotic and thus should be supported. If so, then their actions leading to making of this post are both atrocious and demeaning. This was someone’s life and like them and everyone else in the world, he had the right to live and live safely and healthily without the threat of violence, coercion or harm caused by the impulsivity and reactivity of others who are neither careful enough or trained enough to wield either the shield or a gun or don a LE uniform. Moreover, they used Pretti’s own image while writing him of the events and story behind it by denying that the post lacks any identifying features and could reasonably be connected to any incident. Are they kidding? It is the same picture shared by witnesses on MSM, such as in the New York Post. Of course it is Pretti. It not enough to silent voices, threaten lives and stigmatize opponents but now they have to take credit for an entire person as though Alex’s and the two women’s bodies and the trauma they experienced and was witnessed by many others was just something members of the school’s Republican organization just thought of and just produced and distributed to mass media. Do they really want readers to gaslight themselves into thinking their members were just so creative that artwork of a kneeling man with a gun to his head held by LE agent just looks similar to the events Alex Pretti suffered on January 24 but it is still just a coincidence and is not based on or inspired by any incidents at all that can be recalled?

Furthermore, as Alex Pretti fought for too, migrants are entitled to such rights as well regardless if they are here legally or not. They do not deserve to be felled, ostracized, castigated or stereotyped as enemies and invaders of the United States and to suggest otherwise would be both reprehensible and very concerning since such dehumanizing attitudes often lead to harm and acts of evil carried against others. Additionally, immigrantiom and immigrant they have always played a part in making our country great and all the progress, innovation and development our population has experienced since the US was first founded in 1776. Their contributions were essential to getting our country this far and to dismiss that, like they dismissed the integrity and respect Alex Pretti’s life and memory should have been given before they shared that image, means that whatever perception they have of our people and this country is steeped less in reality and is more of fairytale. Their fairytales though do not excuse or justify them abusing Alex Pretti’s legacy or their interview implying that they and they alone feel worthy or entitled to determining how we treat newcomers wishing to call this country home too, or wear they are allowed to come from or whether or not a person deserves to live or die based on their own political ideals or that they alone.

I know for certain they do not represent my outlook or attitudes and that this country does not belong to them nor do the bodies of other people so I am not know where that sense of entitlement comes from. Especially when it comes to promoting the felling and shooting of others or hypocritically disparaging what part of the world others migrate from because they are afraid they are not Western enough whereas espousing rhetoric that is antithetical to democratic principles and would be more suitable to the authoritarian governments we fought against in WWII.

JMO/speculation. Sorry for the ramble

AI-altered pic of Alex Pretti is being widely circulated after his killing by Border Patrol

The edited picture reshaped virtually every aspect of his face, including the angle of his jaw, his nose, and his hairline.

nypost.com

 

[zleuther]

Again, the image in your post is fake.

 

[Inthedetails]

My wish is that people would brush up on their American history, especially the 1770s. Now would be a good time to do it, imo.

That's all.

Justmypatrioticopinion

 

[CrimeDawg123]

My wish is that people would brush up on their American history, especially the 1770s. Now would be a good time to do it, imo.

That's all.

Justmypatrioticopinion

And maybe throw in some of the 1930s.

 

[Marantz4250b]

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[Marantz4250b]

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