A fatal confrontation on Minneapolis’s icy roads has federal ICE agents under fire after killing Alex Pretty, an American ICU nurse. The second citizen death by ICE in recent weeks has protesters flooding streets, pressing the Trump government to pull operations from the sanctuary city.
Saturday’s drama, documented in raw cellphone videos, reveals Pretty navigating the frosty chaos, filming agents and guiding vehicles. Chaos peaks as an ICE officer slams a protester to the sidewalk. Pretty reacts with chemical spray, leading to his brutal restraint on the ice-slicked ground.
Officers swarm; a handgun emerges from Pretty’s pocket. An agent shoots immediately, followed by distant volleys into his prone body. Echoing Renee Good’s demise weeks ago—which Trump called legitimate self-defense—DHS highlights Pretty’s pistol, with Secretary Kristi Noem decrying him as a violence-monger. The White House piles on, dubbing him a killer.
Yet the videos challenge this script, depicting Pretty as a helper amid turmoil. On X, VP JD Vance attributes the unrest to local Democrats’ refusal to partner with ICE, calling it a product of ‘extreme left movements’ thriving on fabricated mayhem.
From nurses’ unions to civil rights groups, voices rise in horror. ‘Protectors turned killers—enough!’ blared protest signs. As bodycam reviews and federal inquiries begin, the incident spotlights escalating confrontations between immigration enforcers and communities wary of overreach.