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

[nhmemorymaker]

12m ago

Minnesota police chiefs seek meeting with Trump​

The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association (MCPA) is requesting a meeting with President Trump, which the group says would be "constructive and timely" in light of the "complex, high-pressure environments" local law enforcement officers are working in "while communities seek reassurance, clarity, and stability."

"During periods of elevated tension, thoughtful leadership and responsible communication are essential to reducing strain rather than amplifying it," the group says. "... Public trust depends on consistent, professional conduct. At the same time, officer safety must remain a fundamental priority, as it is inseparable from the safety of the communities officers serve."

"A constructive path forward is essential. The MCPA encourages greater dialogue among federal and state leaders to support professional conduct that strengthens public safety, protects law enforcement professionals, and maintains public trust across Minnesota."

By Brian Dakss

Judge grants restraining order against DHS after Border Patrol kills Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

U.S. District Court Judge Eric Tostrud granted a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Saturday, barring the department from altering or destroying evidence in the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis.

www.cbsnews.com

This is something I can really see tRump doing... he looks at situations like this as a photo op...and he can appear to appease these MN officials.... and he can pretend to "see" the other side.
I actually hope this does not happen.
requesting a meeting with President Trump,

 

[tlcya]

[snipped by me for focus] he looks at situations like this as a photo op...and he can appear to appease these MN officials.... and he can pretend to "see" the other side.
I actually hope this does not happen.
requesting a meeting with President Trump,

SBM

I think you give the POTUS more credit than I do. Yes he will see it as a photo op but also an opportunity chastise and to publicly humiliate MN elected officials and LE. IMO he will not pretend to see the other side. He will use this opportunity to further escalate the us versus them sort of mentality that has already divided this county.

I sort of hope he does take the meeting because he will only IMO show more of his true motivations behind sending ICE surge to MN and those motivations should give every American pause. JMO

 

[SouthAussie]

This is something I can really see tRump doing... he looks at situations like this as a photo op...and he can appear to appease these MN officials.... and he can pretend to "see" the other side.
I actually hope this does not happen.
requesting a meeting with President Trump,

I think MN officials have to try everything (but not release their private voter information, etc). The MN police chief said today that this is unsustainable. And it is.

So far the protesters and observers have been great - relatively calm and peaceful - but there is a huge risk that someone is going to shoot an ICE person and all heck will break loose.
It is a really dicey situation. As Obama and Clinton said, they are on the precipice. America is on the precipice.

imo

 

[Summerliz03]

SBM

I think you give the POTUS more credit than I do. Yes he will see it as a photo op but also an opportunity chastise and to publicly humiliate MN elected officials and LE. IMO he will not pretend to see the other side. He will use this opportunity to further escalate the us versus them sort of mentality that has already divided this county.

I sort of hope he does take the meeting because he will only IMO show more of his true motivations behind sending ICE surge to MN and those motivations should give every American pause. JMO

He couldn’t even bother to travel 2 miles down the street in Washington DC to pay respects to the passenger plane and US military helicopter victims during the collision in mid air over the Potomac river last year. So I highly doubt he will go to Minnesota.

 

[tlcya]

He couldn’t even bother to travel 2 miles down the street in Washington DC to pay respects to the passenger plane and US military helicopter victims during the collision in mid air over the Potomac river last year. So I highly doubt he will go to Minnesota.

I see your point, but I think the chance to descend upon MN and physically demonstrate the authority of his office or (more likely IMO) summon the chief to Washington to see him will be too difficult a pass for him. JMO.

 

[Summerliz03]

I see your point, but I think the chance to descend upon MN and physically demonstrate the authority of his office or (more likely IMO) summon the chief to Washington to see him will be too difficult a pass for him. JMO.

I agree with you, and I hope he does go because it will definitely show his true feelings and motivation behind the deployment of ICE in Minnesota. He will probably talk about how dangerous it is for him to go there, call it a war zone, disparage all the government officials there and then leave. All MOO

 

[nhmemorymaker]

SBM

I think you give the POTUS more credit than I do. Yes he will see it as a photo op but also an opportunity chastise and to publicly humiliate MN elected officials and LE. IMO he will not pretend to see the other side. He will use this opportunity to further escalate the us versus them sort of mentality that has already divided this county.

I sort of hope he does take the meeting because he will only IMO show more of his true motivations behind sending ICE surge to MN and those motivations should give every American pause. JMO

i do see your points. i do.
I would worry that the MN officials will not be as forceful as necessary...if in the WH.

 

[tlcya]

i do see your points. i do.
I would worry that the MN officials will not be as forceful as necessary...if in the WH.

if such a meeting takes place, no matter the location, I think MN officials should be very calm and measured in their responses. I would expect the POTUS to do what he does. I would hope MN officials would let him and in contrast remain very forthright and respectful of the office he holds. MOO POTUS will attempt to raise their ire in hopes he can then paint MN as some sort of insurrectionists poised to start a civil war, thereby giving him an excuse to impose martial law. I pray cooler MN heads prevail in not giving him that satisfaction.

 

[SouthAussie]

Today (Monday) ..... A judge will hear arguments as state and local officials seek to halt the federal deployment of immigration agents in Minnesota. The case has taken on heightened urgency after federal agents killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti.

Lawyers for the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are seeking to temporarily halt the deployment of some 3,000 immigration agents, arguing that it has crossed the line into an unconstitutional and illegal occupation.

Minneapolis Live Updates: Judge to Consider Legality of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

A judge will hear arguments as state and local officials seek to halt the federal deployment of immigration agents in Minnesota. The case has taken on heightened urgency after federal agents killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Unfortunately, I think that is the line that they are going to push. Even more unfortunately, the Sig P320 (I think it was) has gained a terrible reputation for firing unintentionally and Sig has issued a recall - which apparently didn't solve the problem. There are videos of them discharging even while holstered!

You can see exactly where this is going, unfortunately

That would still leave the question: why did agents (plural) repeatedly shoot?

Why did they keep shooting at a man on the ground?

jmo

 

[seasideForest]

Indeed. There are what appears to be confrontations between Pretti and and more than one ICE agent, and more than one ICE agent interacts with Pretti. Pretti appears to place himself close to ICE agents on at least two separate occasions. There is physical contact on two occasions. He is described as an "observer" with a camera.

What were the ICE agents doing there? ICE agents were not operating independently. Someone hired them to go there and do that job. That is where the problem lies, not with the individual agents. The protests should be with the person making the decisions, not the person carrying them out ... in my opinion.

Your second paragraph makes me think of excuses made for lower level Nazis in the 3rd Reich: they were just doing their job. Vomit. Not acceptable these days.

Your first paragraph and some other posts of yours make me think of rhetorical questions posed retroactively about ordinary Germans in 3rd Reich: Where were they?? Why didn't they see? How could they not have known??
In Minneapolis neighbours are out on the streets, observing, witnessing, filming, protecting by their very presence or at the very least trying. Yet, you seem to question this!! Would you prefer them to pretend nothing is happening? Or would you suggest they film but from a distance deemed suitable by the Border Patrol officers? The thing there is that BP will only consider the distance suitable if it's far enough away for the witness to not see anything.
MOO

 

[LibraStarr]

That old ‘Fifth Avenue’ line keeps coming to mind. Minneapolis feels like ground zero, where they realize they can do this in public and get away with it. I don’t think he is interested in talking with MN officials in any meaningful way.

IMO

 

[SouthAussie]

I guess that this is why the lawyers (for today's court hearing) are saying that it is an illegal occupation. There are (many) more ICE and CBP than police officers in Minneapolis.


A total of 3,000 ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents are now operating in the city, a force that is roughly five times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department, which has about 600 officers

Minneapolis becomes ground zero in Trump's immigration crackdown: Arrests, protests and 2 fatal shootings by agents

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents has further inflamed tensions in Minneapolis, a city at the center of America's immigration debate in recent months. Here's a look at how it started.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[tlcya]

I guess that this is why the lawyers (for today's court hearing) are saying that it is an illegal occupation. There are (many) more ICE and CBP than police officers in Minneapolis.


A total of 3,000 ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents are now operating in the city, a force that is roughly five times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department, which has about 600 officers

Minneapolis becomes ground zero in Trump's immigration crackdown: Arrests, protests and 2 fatal shootings by agents

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents has further inflamed tensions in Minneapolis, a city at the center of America's immigration debate in recent months. Here's a look at how it started.

www.cbsnews.com

also at your link

A top ICE official said Sunday that federal agents had carried out roughly 3,400 arrests in the area, though he did not say how many arrestees had criminal records.

MOO that would be illuminating information to have if one were trying to ascertain the effectiveness of this surge action.

 

[Marantz4250b]

That would still leave the question: why did agents (plural) repeatedly shoot?

Why did they keep shooting at a man on the ground?

jmo

Well, indeed!

They might make that claim but it won't work.

 

[Mo Thuairim]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015779984044966366

 

[Amonet]

Border Patrol Union expresses 'full confidence' in agents using 'justifiable force'​

The Border Patrol Union says it has "full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat".

In a post on social media, it says "Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties".

The statement adds that when a protester brings a weapon with them, "there are going to be severe consequences and repercussions".

Minneapolis live: Protesters gather in Minneapolis as governor calls on Trump to remove agents after shooting

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

There's another world out there in which the woman who was shoved and the man who was pepper sprayed for going to her assistance would be considered innocent third parties.

The world used to seem so much clearer, everything seems upside down and back to front lately.

 

[SouthAussie]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015779984044966366

White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Thomas Homan

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/white-house-border-czar-thomas-homan-visits-usao-dc

 

[Inthedetails]

Well, indeed!

They might make that claim but it won't work.

And even if they don't make the claim about the gun, it still leaves the question:

Why did agents (plural) shoot multiple times at a man on the ground?

I am serious with that question and would like a serious (and truthful) answer from the officials or anyone supporting the officials' version of events.

jmo

 

[tlcya]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015779984044966366

sorry, I am not laughing at you but at the posted content. "Separately" indeed. reads like "in other completely unrelated news" when it is patently clear, at least to me, that his need for retribution for those who have opposed him is not at all separate from the current state of affairs. JMO IMO MOO