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If anyone is observing the carnage in Minneapolis.....

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MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:18

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-live

Guardian is running a live feed, and a good unbiased source is Agenda Free TV on YouTube also running live feeds from the streets there.

Obviously multiple versions of events being thrown about as it's very fresh.

Sending solidarity across the pond to any US Mumsnetters in the locale and protesting the awful actions of ICE and disregard of your constitution by the "President".

Minneapolis shooting: Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘sickening’ fatal shooting of man believed to be 37-year-old US citizen – live

Minnesota governor decries ‘federal occupation’ after another deadly shooting less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee Good in the city

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-live

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FunnyOrca · 24/01/2026 20:20

Thank you for the sources. I’ve been seeing stuff on social media but I want some actual reporting of what’s going on. I am really disappointed in the BBC’s silence on the ICE stuff.

MynameisJune · 24/01/2026 20:23

Let all the trump apologists try to justify this murder. Every American should be deeply ashamed of their country right now.

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:24

Walz has apparently requested National Guard support.

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MynameisJune · 24/01/2026 20:25

There’s a very graphic video on X, no car, no weapon drawn, at least 6 ICE agents beating him on the floor and then one gets their gun and shoots him.

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MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:24

Walz has apparently requested National Guard support.

The National Guard need to drive the cosplaying thugs out of the city.

AtomicBlondeRose · 24/01/2026 20:27

Once again Trump and his supporters are asking people to ignore the evidence of their own eyes. Spin it how they want, millions of people will soon have seen this man executed like a dog in the street for doing nothing.

Bloodylovecheese · 24/01/2026 20:27

Civil war = National Guard = No mid term elections
Trump is killing people for his own agenda.

checme · 24/01/2026 20:27

This doesn't look good, almost like civil war or some kind of fascist brutality . Poor man.

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:28

It was a 6 on 1 situation from the videos I've seen. If 6 "officers" can't restrain / disarm one man then they're pretty shit at their jobs. No justification. Again.

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Nabannas · 24/01/2026 20:28

Absolutely horrific.

Usernamenotfound1 · 24/01/2026 20:30

MynameisJune · 24/01/2026 20:25

There’s a very graphic video on X, no car, no weapon drawn, at least 6 ICE agents beating him on the floor and then one gets their gun and shoots him.

The video from the “lady in red”
it appears he was protecting/helping someone else ICE were trying to grab.

they wrestle him down, remove his (legally carried) weapon, and shoot him, before shooting his body several times.

the lady has been taken into ICE custody. Alt.parks are trying to get her a lawyer. The deceased man was a US citizen.

i don’t understand how the same people so vociferously defending their 2nd amendment rights now somehow seem to think carrying a legal weapon while recording ICE means they have every right to execute you on the spot.

has Trump made a statement yet? Does Vance still think ICE has automatic immunity from prosecution? What lies has propaganda Barbie come up with? Or the puppy killer Noemi?

WhereIsMyLight · 24/01/2026 20:30

MynameisJune · 24/01/2026 20:23

Let all the trump apologists try to justify this murder. Every American should be deeply ashamed of their country right now.

They already are on some of the other threads.

“Well if US citizens weren’t protecting illegal immigrants, they wouldn’t be shot”.

Raspberrymoon49 · 24/01/2026 20:31

Thanks OP, was looking for reporting sites, mainstream not covering, it’s beyond belief how things have escalated due to ICE, think tonight will be a place of protest in many states

TheAutumnCrow · 24/01/2026 20:32

I find the Republican senators and representatives who are sitting on their hands over this utterly abhorrent. Where are their ethics, morals, principles? When did they lose their humanity?

ooscal · 24/01/2026 20:32

Military top brass need to refuse orders now if asked to intervene. Then a general strike. Now.

It's time, win or lose to fight back. God love America and its non Trumpers. So many decent people just want to live their lives. Awful stuff, just awful.

MissyB1 · 24/01/2026 20:33

So sorry for the people of Minneapolis, it must be so scary to live there - and any other area where the ICE thugs are operating.

MynameisJune · 24/01/2026 20:35

WhereIsMyLight · 24/01/2026 20:30

They already are on some of the other threads.

“Well if US citizens weren’t protecting illegal immigrants, they wouldn’t be shot”.

I’ve seen some of the comments on X, saying because he had a gun he deserved it. Some Americans really will twist anything so they don’t have to face the truth. I bet most of them are fully paid up NRA members too.

Aethelredtheunsteady · 24/01/2026 20:36

Usernamenotfound1 · 24/01/2026 20:30

The video from the “lady in red”
it appears he was protecting/helping someone else ICE were trying to grab.

they wrestle him down, remove his (legally carried) weapon, and shoot him, before shooting his body several times.

the lady has been taken into ICE custody. Alt.parks are trying to get her a lawyer. The deceased man was a US citizen.

i don’t understand how the same people so vociferously defending their 2nd amendment rights now somehow seem to think carrying a legal weapon while recording ICE means they have every right to execute you on the spot.

has Trump made a statement yet? Does Vance still think ICE has automatic immunity from prosecution? What lies has propaganda Barbie come up with? Or the puppy killer Noemi?

2nd amendment for me, not for thee

hopefullyme · 24/01/2026 20:42

I didn’t want to rush to judgment but slowed video is clearer that the man, with a license to carry a firearm was murdered. I became surer when the Minnesota politicians started speaking. No way would they want to be saying that stuff if there was then footage of the agents genuinely being threatened.

RIP

Man shot dead named as ICU nurse

The man fatally shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say, according to the Associated Press news agency.

https://news.sky.com/video/man-shot-dead-named-as-icu-nurse-13498666

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:44

Jesus wept. An ICU nurse. Murder. Outright murder.

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MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/01/2026 20:46

To clarify, it doesn't matter of course what he was, job wise, or anything else, because nobody deserves that.

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ColdAsAWitches · 24/01/2026 20:47

Raspberrymoon49 · 24/01/2026 20:31

Thanks OP, was looking for reporting sites, mainstream not covering, it’s beyond belief how things have escalated due to ICE, think tonight will be a place of protest in many states

It's ridiculous to say mainstream are not covering it. It's the lead story on every news site. Sky have been live rolling coverage from there for hours

dontwantdrama · 24/01/2026 20:51

I’ve just seen a video of this and it’s appalling. ICE agents seem to think that they can act without any comeback it’s unbelievable. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be in the USA right now especially as someone who is not white and who has put up with stuff like this for years. Really dreadful, hateful stuff.

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