Overview
- The Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation led by the FBI into the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
- The involved officers are on administrative leave as DHS maintains they fired in self-defense, while bystander video reported by outlets appears to show an agent removing a gun from Pretti’s waist before shots were fired.
- Angry Catfish Bicycle in Minneapolis organized a local ride and urged solidarity events worldwide, with organizers reporting roughly 200–250 rides across 43 states and about a dozen countries over the weekend.
- Crowds ranged from hundreds to more than a thousand in cities including Boulder, Denver, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Milwaukee and Des Moines, with many participants framing the rides as protests of current immigration enforcement.
- Volunteers handed out yellow vests reading “PEACEFUL OBSERVER, DON’T SHOOT,” and health-care workers held vigils in Minneapolis, including one where Sen. Amy Klobuchar spoke, to remember Pretti and seek accountability.