State of Exception: Battle in Minneapolis a Fight for the Union

FL union members rally in Seminole to demand justice for Alex Pretti

Seminole, FL – On the morning of January 29, around 20 union members and community supporters rallied outside of Representative Anna Pa...

GOP pol rips Trump response to Pretti killing in Minneapolis: ‘Stock going down?!’

‘I don't think the American people are going to like that,’ Thom Tillis tells The Independent

Left-Wing Conspiracists Attempt to Connect Israel With Minneapolis ICE Shootings

People tend to a candlelight vigil assembled for Alex Pretti at the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System on Jan. 29, 2026, in New York, New York, USA. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, died Jan. 24 after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents. Photo: Derek French / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect Political progressives are attempting to draw a direct link be…

State of exception: Battle in Minneapolis a fight for the union

The killing of Alex Pretti prompted a rare thing in modern US politics – outrage that transcended partisanship and forced President Donald Trump to back down.

Minneapolis NAACP Demands Justice After Alex Pretti Killing

Community leaders and members of the Minneapolis NAACP held a press conference Jan. 24 following the death of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed earlier that day by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent near East 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis. Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was identified […] The post Minneapolis NAACP holds press conference after federal shooting, says ‘We’re not doing Geo…

LeBron James Speaks Out on Minneapolis ICE Shootings and Rising Tensions

LeBron James has added his influence to the growing national reaction following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — though not in the way many expected. Rather than releasing a formal statement or appearing at a podium, the NBA icon chose a cultural route to signal where he stands. In the days after Pretti, an ICU nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, James amplified a protest song sharply…