Politics Jan 30 DOJ has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, deputy AG says “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday.
Nation Jan 29 Unearthed videos show Alex Pretti scuffling with federal officers in Minneapolis days before his death Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged…
Nation Jan 28 Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
Politics Jan 28 What we're learning about the man arrested in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar Anthony Kazmierczak hadn't been formally charged or scheduled for an initial court appearance as of Wednesday morning.
Nation Jan 26 Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict Trump administration statements Several government officials had essentially convicted Pretti on social media before the crime scene had been processed.
Nation Jan 22 Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia, autopsy finds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 55-year-old father of four was attempting suicide and the staff tried to save him. But a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards…
World Jan 20 U.S. forces seize 7th sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident” and that the tanker was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”…
World Jan 15 U.S. seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Nation Jan 09 'We had whistles. They had guns,' says wife of Minnesota woman killed by ICE agent The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as…
Nation Jan 08 Woman killed by ICE agent was mother of 3, poet and new to Minneapolis In social media accounts, 37-year-old Renee Good described herself as a poet, writer, wife and mom.