US EditionAlex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death: CNN
Alex Pretti suffered a broken rib in a federal agents' encounter a week before being fatally shot by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as reported by CNN.
- On Tuesday, dozens of union members, health-care workers and veterans held a vigil outside the Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago to honor Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse shot by a federal immigration agent during a Jan. 24 enforcement operation.
- In the days after the shooting, protests and vigils spread nationally following Pretti's death and other recent shootings by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis this month, including Renee Good's killing.
- At the memorial, attendees left white roses and lit candles while National Nurses United, American Federation of Government Employees Local 789 and SEIU Healthcare leaders delivered prayers and speeches; Micayla Pretti said her brother always wanted to make a difference and called him her hero.
- Union officials demanded accountability, saying Pretti deserves justice after Local 3197 President Peter Hranek called his death shocking, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a federal investigation on Jan. 25, and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner held Pretti's body.
- Federal officials say Pretti drew a gun and resisted agents, while bystander and Associated Press video analysis showed him carrying a cellphone and aiding a woman before agents removed a handgun; Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara noted Pretti had a concealed carry license.
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Veterans, unions and health care workers in Chicago remember Alex Pretti as ‘hero’ at vigil
CHICAGO — Dozens of union members and leaders, health care workers and veterans convened outside the Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago Tuesday afternoon for a vigil to protest the death of Alex Pretti and commemorate…
The 37-year-old nurse was shot ten times at point-blank range when he was trying to defend a woman strung by border agents.
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Yesterday, President Donald Trump said he is going to “de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota. But the protests against ICE in that state have continued as federal officers have remained on the ground. One of the larger demonstrations in Minneapolis occurred last Friday. That’s when businesses closed and thousands of people took to the streets. It was also the day before Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents. Interim Executive Direc…
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