97 m. ago ‘The world is hurting right now’: politics and protest hit the Sundance film festival

A conflicted mood has lingered over Utah’s long-running film festival with premieres and parties continuing but stars speaking out against government crueltyThe news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the bars on Main Street.“If you all have not heard what’s going on in Minnesota this morning, someone else was murdered by ICE,” director Ava DuVernay told the audience at a panel on freedom of expression, referring to the shooting that morning of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, by Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) agents in Minneapolis. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Greg Bovino removed from Border Patrol role and ‘expected to retire soon’ after Alex Pretti killing, report says

Bovino, who has been heavily involved in heavy crackdowns on immigration across the country, will return to his former role in El Centro, California, sources told The Atlantic

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4 h. ago Second federal killing in Minneapolis: how the shooting of Alex Pretti unfolded – video analysis

Warning: this video contains footage that may be distressing to some viewersAt about 9am on Saturday, US federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse who was observing immigration officers in the city. The Guardian’s video team has pieced together footage showing the attack from different angles Continue reading...

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6 h. ago The Latest: White House distances Trump from ‘assassin’ remarks on killed Minneapolis protestor

The White House on Monday made an effort to distance President Donald Trump from comments made by several members of his administration that criminalized Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed Saturday by a Border Patrol officer

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6 h. ago White House refuses to say if Stephen Miller will apologize for calling Alex Pretti ‘an assassin’

Karoline Leavitt refused to say whether Stephen Miller would apologize for his comments about Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents over the weekend.

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8 h. ago A Minnesota nurse is the 6th person to die during the US immigration crackdown

Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers

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8 h. ago ICE killing an ICU nurse has put the Trump administration at odds with gun lobbyists

In the US, the right to keep and bear arms – the Second Amendment – is a pretty big deal to a lot of people, especially conservatives

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10 h. ago The View’s Ana Navarro slams ‘lying’ Trump administration where ‘a camera is as dangerous as a gun’

Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti was holding a camera when he was fatally shot by ICE agents

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10 h. ago Shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti prompts UK debate over policing tactics

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti during an altercation with federal agents in Minnesota on Saturday (24 January) has sparked renewed debate over US immigration policing tactics.

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11 h. ago Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan

If they’re trying to eliminate witnesses, they cannot eliminate us allHis last words, spoken to a woman who had been tackled to the ground and pepper-sprayed by nearby ICE agents, were “Are you OK?” Alex Pretti was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital; those who knew him recalled, among other things, his devotion to his elderly dog, Joule, who died about a year ago.In bystander videos taken of Pretti’s death, he can be seen holding up his phone to video ICE agents operating in Minneapolis, and waving cars around him to avoid the officers as they attack other onlookers. After he is dragged away from the woman he was trying to help, a gaggle of ICE officers surround Pretti and force him to the ground, beating and restraining him there as he struggles to free himself. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Black cakes and branded buckets: welcome to the White House premiere for Brett Ratner’s Melania movie

Monochrome catering was all the rage at the VIP screening on Saturday for Ratner’s officially sanctioned $75m feature-length documentary about the First Lady. Have the photos whetted your appetite? This week sees the release of Melania, Amazon’s official feature-length documentary about Melania Trump. Melania was directed by Brett Ratner, and has a reported $40m production budget. And, obviously, you’re probably not going to watch it.Of course you’re not. Coming days after the killing of Alex Pretti by a US Border Patrol agent, an authorised vanity project about the current wife of a globally unpopular political leader – and directed by a man accused of sexual assault by multiple women (which he denies), and whose production and release carried the smell of institutionalised media timidity – seems like just about the least appealing prospect ever. But, hey, any excuse for a party, right? Continue reading...

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13 h. ago ICE shooting: Key eyewitness' bone chilling account of Alex Pretti horror death

A woman who witnessed the shock shooting of Alex Pretti said the intensive care nurse was not wielding a gun as officials have claimed - without evidence - before he was killed

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15 h. ago Who was Alex Pretti? 'American hero' branded a terrorist by Trump administration after he was shot dead by ICE agents

Alex Pretti, 37, was an intensive-care nurse described as kind and compassionate by family members

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15 h. ago Trump says his administration is ‘reviewing everything’ after Minneapolis killing as Republicans join calls for investigation – US politics live

President signals to Wall Street Journal that he would eventually withdraw ICE agents, though did not give a timeframeMinnesota governor Tim Walz appealed to Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from Minnesota on Sunday, a day after US border patrol officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was monitoring the immigration crackdown.“What’s the plan, Donald Trump?” Walz asked at a news conference. “What do we need to do to get these federal agents out of our state?” Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Alex Pretti: Supporters raise over $1 million for family of ICU nurse killed by federal agents

Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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18 h. ago Trump officials continue to push lies after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

Trump and team seem to prioritize vilifying victims of their immigration operations, regardless of conflicting evidenceIn the moments after federal officers shot Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti dead, Trump administration figures almost immediately made public statements in press conferences, televised interviews and social media posts that were at best indifferent to the evidence available at the time and at worst completely fabricated.A pattern is emerging, in which the Trump administration prioritizes the vilification of the dead victim as to blame for the incident over preserving the neutrality of any investigative process. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Donald Trump's four word response to Minneapolis shooting of nurse Alex Pretti

Donald Trump briefly addresses the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents, offering a disapproving but vague response.

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18 h. ago Video of Alex Pretti honoring deceased veteran emerges after ICU nurse shot dead by federal agents

Video has emerged of the ICU nurse Alex Pretti honoring a deceased veteran at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical center.

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19 h. ago Alex Pretti: Minneapolis ICU nurse with no criminal record who ‘cared deeply for people’ killed by ICE agents

Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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19 h. ago Was he a threat or was he shot dead AFTER his gun was taken? Witnesses who saw ICU nurse Alex Pretti killed by Border Patrol insist he was holding a camera

Harrowing video footage of nurse Alex Pretti (pictured) being shot dead by a border force agent in Minneapolis was being studied across the world yesterday.

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