US federal forces shoot and kill another citizen in Minneapolis
Another person has been killed in the US city of Minneapolis by federal forces amid a massive crackdown on protests in the city.
Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O’Hara said that a 37-year-old man died in hospital on Saturday after being shot multiple times.
The man’s parents identified him as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse who was a Minneapolis resident and a US citizen.
The fatal shooting occurred amid a weeks-long immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where federal agents have been conducting raids as part of US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration push.
Minneapolis has been the scene of widespread daily protests since the January 7 shooting of a 37-year-old mother, Renee Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fired into her vehicle.
Minneapolis being invaded by federal government: Mayor
Reacting to the killing, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on Trump to “end this operation and recognize that this is not creating safety in our city.”
He said that it was unprecedented for “a great American city” to be “invaded by its own federal government.”
“How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” he stated.
“How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?”