US Edition'This Isn’t Normal, that’s What Scares Me': Locals Gather to Mourn Those Killed by Federal Officers
About 200 people gathered at Riverside Memorial Park to honor Pretti and call for reform of ICE and Border Patrol use of force, organizers said.
- On Sunday, a candlelight vigil at Riverside Memorial Park in Jacksonville honored Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse fatally shot by federal agents on Saturday.
- The Department of Homeland Security says agents fired in self-defense, but video appears to show Pretti holding a cellphone and trying to help when he was shot.
- Mourners braved bitter cold while police officers stood nearby Monday as the makeshift memorial grew, with Stephen McLaughlin, longtime Minnesotan, saying, `This is slaughter in the streets.`
- A rally titled `Justice for Alex Pretti` will be held Tuesday at 5:30 PM at the federal courthouse on Hogan Street, while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vowed a state investigation and urged federal agents to leave.
- Solidarity vigils have spread to Evanston and other cities, where about 200 people gathered in freezing conditions and local restaurants posted flyers banning ICE entry without judicial warrants.
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Cold streets, hot fury: Minnesota mourns, rages after federal killings
"This is slaughter in the streets," Stephen McLaughlin says softly, his words hanging in the bitter Minnesota air as he pays his respects to Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead by federal border agents on Saturday.
"Trists and angry" Americans gathered yesterday after the death of a nurse in the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
Jacksonville community holds vigil for Minnesota nurse killed by federal agents
Sunday, communities across the country are mourning the loss of a Minnesota nurse whose death has sparked protests and calls for accountability. In Jacksonville, a candlelight vigil at Riverside Memorial Park brought together neighbors, advocates, and friends in a moment of reflection and grief.
'This isn’t normal, that’s what scares me': Locals gather to mourn those killed by federal officers
IDAHO FALLS — Over a thousand miles away from where two Minnesota residents were recently killed by federal officers, over 200 local community members gathered at the Bonneville County Courthouse Sunday evening to mourn them. “We’re gathered in the cold with candles in our hands because something happened in Minneapolis that should make us pause […]
Evanston community holds vigil to protest latest DHS killing
In response to U.S. Border Patrol agents shooting and killing VA nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday morning in Minneapolis, Evanston Latinos, Sanctuary Evanston and the Pink Poster Club organized a community vigil Sunday afternoon at Fountain Square. About 200 people gathered in freezing temperatures and drifting snow to show their solidarity. Members of the local Latino community also gave speeches in Spanish and English honoring a 5-year-old boy an…
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