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Connecticut lawmakers react to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Connecticut lawmakers urge a joint federal, state, and local investigation into the fatal ICE shooting amid unsettled facts and ongoing protests, citing prior federal reviews as inadequate.
- On Saturday, a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis fatally shot a man identified by his parents as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse.
- Connecticut Rep. John B. Larson called for accountability after Saturday's shooting and earlier this month filed impeachment articles with Rep. Robin Kelly against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after another ICE shooting killed 37-year-old Renee Good.
- As of Saturday afternoon, key facts remain unsettled, and Gov. Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard to assist local police, stationing troops at the shooting site and a federal building.
- Dare to Struggle announced an emergency protest for 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Main Street and Central Row in downtown Hartford following Pretti's death, while lawmakers demanded a joint, transparent investigation granting federal, state and local authorities equal access to evidence.
- With elected officials speaking out, calls for ICE to leave Minnesota intensified after a third shooting this month, as Rep. Jim Himes said, `I am sick to my stomach at what appears to be another cold-blooded murder of an American citizen at the hands of ICE agents, and the immediate lies being spun in response by this administration,` and Rep. Joe Courtney said, `The second fatal shooting by DHS agents in Minneapolis this month demands a thorough, professional homicide investigation by local and state authorities who are actually qualified to carry out that task.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 25 — Federal immigration agents shot dead a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, in the second fatal shooting of a civilian during the Trump administration’s unprecedented operation in the city, sparking fresh protests and outrage from state officials.The death came less than three weeks after US citizen Renee Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE) officer.On Saturday, as after Good’s death, federal a…
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ICE officials shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis and the anger about the US government's actions is growing. US news on the blog.
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