There’s a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a ‘complete aberration’

People attend a candlelight vigil organized by healthcare workers at the site where Alex Pretti was killed on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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There’s a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a ‘complete aberration’

For weeks after an ICE officer’s killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, and again in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration moved aggressively to control the narrative and the investigative process. High-level officials portrayed the victims as violent threats and even terrorists, while insisting that Minnesota had “no jurisdiction” and blocking state investigators’ access to key evidence. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans told local reporters that in his more than 20 years of experience, he had never been denied access to a crime scene. But after the administration received a barrage of criticism, including significant backlash from fellow Republicans, the dam began to break.

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