All posts tagged: Minnesota (US State)

Border Patrol agents placed on leave over Pretti’s shooting | World | News

Border Patrol agents placed on leave over Pretti’s shooting | World | News

Two US Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota have been placed on “administrative leave”, according to DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. The intensive care nurse was shot dead on January 24.  A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent on Tuesday, January 28, that two officers had fired shots during the deadly shooting. The notice didn’t appear to confirm claims made by federal officials that the nurse was “brandishing” a gun at the time of the incident. On Wednesday, a Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson confirmed two agents involved in the incident had been placed on leave, adding this was “standard protocol”. It was not immediately clear when the agents, who have not been publicly named, had been put on leave. The standard protocol normally sees federal law enforcement agents involved in a shooting being placed on administrative leave during the course of the investigation into the incident. Explaining what this measure normally means, Scott Sweetow, a former special agent in charge for the Bureau …

Minnesota shooting LIVE: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as nurse | World | News

Minnesota shooting LIVE: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as nurse | World | News

President Trump has taken to social media to launch an attack on the mayor of Minneapolis throwing wild claims that he has started an insurrection. In a post on Truth Social, he shared an image of a gun saying it was “loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go”. He than launched an attack on Democrat congresswoman and Ihan Omar making more unfounded claims about her finances. The post reads: “Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account? And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? “We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy.” He went on with his attacks: “The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric! Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, …

Mayor says Minneapolis is ‘under siege’ by 3,000 of Trump’s ICE | US | News

Mayor says Minneapolis is ‘under siege’ by 3,000 of Trump’s ICE | US | News

Federal agents detain a protester near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Image: AFP via Getty Images) Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has claimed his city is being “invaded” by ICE officers in the wake of Renee Nicole Good’s death, as discussions take place within the Department of Homeland Security about deploying 1,500 troops to the Twin Cities. In a conversation with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Frey, a Democrat, described Minneapolis as “under siege” after an “invasion” by ICE agents. “I never thought in a million years that we would be invaded by our own federal government,” Frey stated. “They’ve got around 3,000 ICE agents and Border Patrol. They are now discussing deploying 1,500 military- this is absurd. “But we will not be cowed by the actions of this federal government.” Frey’s remarks come on the heels of a Washington Post article revealing that the Pentagon is gearing up to dispatch 1,500 active-duty soldiers if violence in Minnesota escalates, with unnamed officials referring to the move as “prudent planning.” It remains uncertain whether any …