US EditionKaty Perry and Other U.S. Celebrities Urge Action Against ICE After Minnesota Shootings
Following two fatal shootings by ICE agents in Minneapolis, celebrities urge lawmakers to oppose agency funding amid nationwide protests and social media activism.
- Earlier this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in separate Minneapolis enforcement actions tied to President Donald Trump’s crackdown.
- Federal immunity rules generally prevent state prosecutions when agents act under federal authority, as federal agents are immune unless the State of Minnesota proves actions were clearly unlawful or outside official duties.
- Bystander footage verified by Reuters appears to contradict federal accounts of both shootings, including January 24 when Alex Pretti held a phone while DHS claimed he approached with a handgun.
- Federal prosecutors retain a path to charge officers but such prosecutions are uncommon, and families may seek limited compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 for wrongful death.
- Minnesota's use-of-force statute requires reasonable-officer belief of imminent danger, but local officials in Minneapolis dispute federal self-defense claims while the Trump administration defends agents.
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Comedian Megan Stalter, who posts absurd character sketches to an audience of hundreds of thousands on Instagram and TikTok, tried to share a different video Saturday night. Spurred by the death of Alex Pretti, the nurse shot by an immigration agent or agents that day, she recorded herself urging fellow Christians to speak out against ICE raids in Minneapolis. “We have to abolish ICE,” Stalter said in the video. “I truly believe that’s exactly w…
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A legal expert described Monday how the Supreme Court‘s previous rulings have led to why ICE agents have acted as they have acted “under the made-up banner of ‘absolute immunity’” in the wake of the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate’s Amicus podcast, in a conversation with Alex Reinert, the Max Freund Professor of Litigation and Advocacy at Cardozo School of Law, discussed how the Suprem…
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