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

[Charlot123]

Since the killing of Alex, one of the lawyers who is representing Jonathon Ross (the ICE agent who killed Renee Good) has dropped out of the Minnesota gubernatorial race ..... another repercussion of the killing of Alex.


"Chris Madel, a Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota and the lawyer representing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Macklin Good, has dropped out of the state's gubernatorial race ...

"I cannot support the national Republicans' stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so," Madel said in a nearly 11-minute video posted to X on Monday.

It's the latest rebuke of the Trump administration's handling of the escalating political unrest in the city, just two days after intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal agent during protests over the weekend."

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/26/nx-s1-5688899/chris-madel-minnesota-governor-ice-alex-pretti

Madel's realistic chance of being elected the governor of Minnesota is very low after Pretti's assassination, so I don't believe that he is that indignant with his party. He just wants to jump this train ASAP.

Him taking Ross's case indicates that two weeks ago, or even less, Madel for sure weighed all pros and cons and considered winning the governorship in a blue state a plausible scenario as Ross's attorney. I assume he was in very good relationship with Bovino, and such. You don't get Ross's case unless you have very good relationship with DHS.

And one can precisely guess what he expected to happen.

So, Madel is no Captain Courageous. He is a very practical and flexible politician who knows when to jump the sinking ship.

Applauds for spending thirteen minutes spent on a speech, though.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Where did the term "trained agitators" come from?

It sounds like a translation. "Agitator" has been used for so long in the context of washing machines, that i can't imagine it entering an English-based language in the new meaning.

"Professional agitators" is a term that existed in Russia during the revolution.

Perhaps some other languages have it? Where did it come from?

Trained agitators, seriously? And where does this training take place, Costco parking lots?

 

[Charlot123]

Trained agitators, seriously? And where does this training take place, Costco parking lots?

Starbucks, maybe?

 

[CrimeDawg123]

"Peaceful Protest", Yes. Bringing a gun to a "Peaceful Protest'. No.

He had every legal right to have his gun on his person. Period. End of story.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Starbucks, maybe?

Nothing says terrorist like a double mocha latte.

 

[JennieM]

With permission to post

13h ago

Department of justice fights court order requiring federal agents to preserve evidence in Alex Pretti's death​

Trump administration officials are fighting a court order issued late Saturday that requires federal agents to preserve evidence in Alex Pretti’s death.

The temporary restraining order stemmed from a request from the Minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension (MBCA) and Hennepin county attorney’s office. They alleged that feds had stymied their investigative efforts of Pretti’s death at the hands of federal agents.

Trump’s justice department claimed in court papers that they “fail to establish that they will be irreparably harmed absent a temporary restraining order”.

They claim that federal agents “are already obligated to preserve the evidence at issue here under their own policies”.

They contend that the FBI gathered evidence from the scene of Pretti’s death “using appropriate collection and handling procedures, and that evidence is currently preserved and stored in a secure evidence room at the Minneapolisfield office”.

“The evidence is being preserved; nothing has been destroyed or altered. [Customs and Border Protection] has preserved all relevant body-worn camera footage from the incident and will do so for 75 years.” They also said that ICE was in possession of “limited evidence and follows stringent requirements for the documentation, retention, and accountability of its investigative records and evidence”.

The justice department insists that Minnesota and Minneapolis officials don’t have a right to steer the feds’ evidence-handling procedures, “particularly procedures involving an immigration-enforcement incident”.

A court hearing on the TRO is scheduled for 2pm local time.

Minneapolis mayor says some federal agents will begin to leave amid growing anger over Alex Pretti death – as it happened
Minneapolis mayor says some federal agents will begin to leave amid growing anger over Alex Pretti death – as it happened

 

[seasideForest]

US Holocaust Museum responds after Tim Walz invokes Anne Frank's name, calls exploiting Holocaust 'deeply offensive'​

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum posted on social media in response to Walz's comments, "Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges."

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While I didn't hear or read Tim Walz' reference to Anne Frank, I hardly think @witchway was exploiting the Holocaust! JMO

I wonder what Anne herself would've thought? I haven't read her diary for a few years. Have you ever read it @Sundog ? I wonder what her father would've thought? Her cousin Buddy I think his name is or was? What would he think of people referring to Anne and her diary in this kind of context? Or the people who helped her hide? What would they have thought? The US Holocaust Museum doesn't have exclusive rights to Anne Frank. Or to her diary. If you're interested, I can make a list of other institutions etc that have rights and/or a vested interest in her legacy. But otherwise I’ll just let my post stand.

 

[Charlot123]

Nothing says terrorist like a double mocha latte.

Donuts are virtually "paid agitators' cells".

 

[southgoldengirl]

It's pretty sad to realize that people believe that the protesters are all paid agitators. That we have fallen so far as a humane society that it's inconceivable to some that ordinary good brave people are willing to fight for human rights that previous generations fought and sacrificed for in the pursuit of a better society.