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Nurses Leading Joliet Vigil for Minnesota Nurse Alex Pretti
About 500 people gathered at Liberty Plaza to mourn Alex Pretti and call for policy change against ICE after his fatal shooting on Jan. 24.
- On Monday night, about 500 people packed Liberty Plaza in Ann Arbor for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old Minnesota intensive care unit nurse shot and killed by ICE on Jan. 24.
- Organizers said the vigil was held by Ann Arbor Indivisible as a space to mourn together and bear witness beyond online grief, while related events spread to Toronto, Joliet and other cities.
- The event included community members reading speeches and poems, performing songs, and AAI member Cameron Wright gave opening remarks while U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed urged community action.
- The Canadian Federation of Nurses said over 250,000 union nurses stand with Pretti’s family and colleagues and unions urged Congress to abolish ICE and invest in health care.
- The Associated Press reported a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed Pretti, while CBP Office of Professional Responsibility reviewed body-worn camera video and agency documents.
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