Minneapolis community leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at memorial sites for Alex Pretti and Renee Good
Residents are sending a clear message about the violent deportations taking place across the US this midterm cycle
Residents are sending a clear message about the violent deportations taking place across the US this midterm cycle
Susan and Michael Pretti join The Lead.
Alex Pretti’s parents demanded answers Tuesday, saying the federal government has stayed silent for 275 days since immigration agents shot and killed their son, a US citizen, in Minneapolis in January. The day of the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security posted that agents were conducting a targeted operation when an “individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun” and that after they tred to “disarm the subject,” an agent “fired defensive shots,” though video of the incident disputed those claims. CNN has reached out to the DOJ and the US Attorney for Minnesota.
Susan and Michael Pretti join The Lead.
The parents of Alex Pretti, an American man shot and killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January, are accusing the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims’ rights law, as they demand transparency and justice in their son’s death.