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Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, prompting renewed protests and clashes in a city where tensions have reached a breaking point after weeks of aggressive federal immigration enforcement. As dusk fell, Minnesota officials deployed the National Guard in an effort to prevent possible violence.

Colleagues and a senior law enforcement official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse. Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them.

It is worth noting that, according to a U.S. official, Department of Homeland Security is investigating the fatal shooting in Minnesota on Saturday. Now, two high-ranking D.H.S. officials have made sweeping comments on the shooting, saying the man who died intended to kill federal agents.

Kristi Noem called the victim of the shooting a domestic terrorist. “This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism,” she said. “That’s the facts.” Earlier in the day, Stephen Miller described the man as a domestic terrorist as well.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, continues to say at her news conference that she knew the intent of the individual killed by D.H.S. officers on Saturday. “The facts of this situation: this individual showed up to an law enforcement operation with a weapon and dozens of rounds of ammunition,” she said. “He wasn’t there to peacefully protest.” There is no evidence, as of yet, about the motives of the man.

The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said in a news conference the man shot and killed by D.H.S. officers in Minnesota today was aiming to kill law enforcement officials, repeating claims made by other administration officials. “This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement,” she said. Noem blamed the violence on Minnesota public officials, particularly Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. “It appears that they want this lawlessness to continue,” she said.

Joe Scarborough was inspired to finally talk some common sense on the issue of Trans. Of course, hearing such talk caused, with the exception of The Mooch, his Morning Joe crew to act as if they had been taken as hostages. They wanted to be ANYWHERE but there as Joe Scarborough was spouting Taboo Talk about the subject of Trans. A subject so perilous for liberals that they would prefer to make themselves appear to be laughingstocks by pretending that men could get pregnant rather than violate the sacred Taboo by telling the more than obvious truth.

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.