Pretti, Alex Jeffrey (1988-2026)

• Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police - It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.
• White House Distances Trump From Initial Response to Minnesota Killing - Officials clearly understood that the fatal shooting of a demonstrator posed one of the gravest political threats to President Trump since his inauguration.
• Our Photographer Describes the Scene After the Pretti Shooting - David Guttenfelder, a Times photographer based in Minneapolis, describes what he saw at the scene where Alex Jeffrey Pretti had been killed by federal agents.
• A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate - Current and former officials describe growing frustration and disillusionment with the Trump administration’s approach, even as they support the goal of immigration enforcement.
• ‘We Are Creating the Conditions for a Catastrophe.’ Three Columnists on the Shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. - On immigration raids, the shooting death of Alex Pretti and where we go from here.
• How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting - The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
• How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting - The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
• For Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is - The Trump team has advanced one-sided narratives to justify each of the killings, even when bystander video shows something else entirely.
• The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. - The Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.
• Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others - Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’