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Video footage has emerged showing a man identified as Pretti intervening between a woman and an ICE agent before the woman is forcibly pushed to the ground. The object in Pretti’s hand appears to be a phone.
“The events in Minneapolis are deeply troubling,” stated Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy on his social media account. “There needs to be a comprehensive federal and state investigation. The American public deserves transparency and truth.”
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski also took to social media, expressing that Pretti’s death “should prompt serious reflection within the administration regarding the adequacy of training for immigration enforcement and the directives given to officers in executing their duties.”
Within the Department of Homeland Security, frustrations are intensifying. Officials have been circulating videos of the incident among themselves, leading to widespread concern and anger over how the shooting was handled.
Frustrations are also building within DHS, as officials shared videos of the incident among themselves over the past day, fuelling widespread concern and fury over the handling of the shooting.
“The department needs a law enforcement leader, not a sycophant,” one Homeland Security official told CNN.
Some US Border Patrol agents on the ground in Minneapolis are also beginning to feel unconvinced that being in the city is productive enough to justify the risk of being placed in tenuous situations, according to a former senior Border Patrol official.
