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Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death: CNN
Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, endured a broken rib from federal agents about a week before his fatal shooting, CNN reported, highlighting escalating tensions with immigration enforcement.
- 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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Report: In Prior Run-In, ICE Left Pretti With Broken Bone
Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse fatally shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis over the weekend, had broken bones from a prior run-in with the agency, CNN reports. He was reportedly tackled by agents while protesting their activities a week before his death, landing with a broken rib. It's unclear how...
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