Details about Alex Pretti's Execution
In case you didn't already here, 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti was executed in Minneapolis today
The National and non-MN news have unfortunately not been fully covering how awful ICE has been in MN so I wanted to share some details for anyone who is not from or familiar with the Twin Cities, as someone in the Twin Cities who is decently connected with legal observers around the area:
Prior to being publicly executed, Alex Pretti was taking part in legally observing ICE and was assisting another legal observer who had fallen trying to distance themselves from ICE.
ICE has been viciously attacking legal observers. They are pepper spraying observers mere inches away from their eyes. They are using chemical weapons and carcinogenic gases. They are intentionally trying to take phones from people recording them.
Alex Pretti was killed at East 36th St and Nicollet Ave, almost right in front of a popular donut shop. This area of Nicollet Ave is lined with local restaurants and small businesses, many of whom have been struggling while ICE conducts an occupation of the Twin Cities and in particular had lost business by participating in the general strike yesterday. Therefore, Minnesotans wanted to go out in droves this weekend to make up for the lost income yesterday. This is all to say, ICE deciding to patrol and enact violence on this area of Minneapolis was vengeful and intentional. They were looking for protestors, observers, and people who are resisting ICE.
If you would like a non-exhaustive list of how you can help Minneapolis and help resist ICE, here is a place to start. Fuck ICE. Abolish ICE.