They lie. That’s what this is about. They are lying and creating an after-the-fact excuse for [the] murder [of Alex Pretti]. And this is what they do. They lie. We have a sociopath for a president who is a pathological liar. And unless you lie on his behalf, you lose your job. And he’s surrounded himself with other sociopathic liars. So, all you’re going to hear from this administration are lies.
This government is a criminal organization at this point. And what they’re going to do is cover-up this murder and not investigate it. We have to start talking about the impeachment and removal of the president and senior cabinet officers. Again, this is a criminal president and a criminal administration, and they are engaging in crimes and they are covering-up these crimes.
This isn’t about immigration enforcement. . . . This is straight-out fascism. They are using ICE and the Border Patrol not as immigration enforcement tools, they are using them as Brownshirts. . . . They want to intimidate and scare people. They want to control people [and elections]. . . . This is about ending democracy.
We have to stop pretending that there is some argument for there is some legitimate law enforcement concern here, because there isn’t. These people are destroying the Constitution; they’re trying to destroy democracy, and they are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are just beating up citizens and killing citizens. They are using that tool to create disruption so they can use more force to eliminate the possibilty that they can be removed from office and suffer criminal sanctions for the crimes that they are now committing. That is what is happening in the United States today. And if we say it in any words that are less blunt, we’re not telling the truth.
Related Off-site Links:
Man Killed in Minneapolis by Federal Agents Identified as VA Nurse Alex Pretti: “He Wanted to Help People” – Melody Schreiber (The Guardian, January 24, 2026).
Pain, Anger, Action in Twin Cities After a Second Fatal Shooting by a Federal Agent – Hannah Ihekoronye (Minnesota Public Radio News, January 24, 2026).
Alex Pretti Remembered as Kind, Competent and Quiet – MPR News (January 24, 2026).
Video Contradicts Department of Homeland Security Claims About Killing of Alex Pretti – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, January 24, 2026).
Vigils Across Minnesota Remember Alex Pretti – MPR News (January 24, 2025).
As “Loyal Agents of Nazis” in GOP Murder Citizens, U.S. Is at “Turning Point,” Advocates Say – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, January 25, 2026).
Judge Grants Order Barring Feds from Altering or Destroying Evidence in Pretti Shooting – Andrew Krueger (MPR News, January 25, 2026).
“Please Get the Truth Out,” Alex Pretti’s Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, January 25, 2026).
Judge Grants Order Barring Feds from Altering or Destroying Evidence in Pretti Shooting – Andrew Krueger (MPR News, January 25, 2026).
“Please Get the Truth Out,” Alex Pretti’s Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, January 25, 2026).
UPDATES: “He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged and Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti – Democracy Now! (January 26, 2026).
RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion” and “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds – Democracy Now! (January 26, 2026).
Internal Review Contradicts White House Narrative of Pretti’s Death – Ximena Bustillo (MPR News, January 28, 2026).
Two Federal Agents Who Shot and Killed Alex Pretti Put on Leave – Ximena Bustillo (MPR News, January 28, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts on the resistance to the Trump regime’s fascist occupation of Minnesota:
• Omar Fateh: Quote of the Day – December 4, 2025
• Photo of the Day – December 5, 2025
• Susie Hayward on What’s Happening in Minneapolis
• Doing What We Can to Stop Unjust Arrests of Immigrants
• Great Event, Great Sign, Great Nails
• Christmas Eve Musings
• May We Do Likewise
• “This Is What Fascism Looks Like” – January 7, 2026
• “It Was Murder”: 12 Powerful Responses to the Death of Renée Nicole Good
• Omar Fateh: “Folks Are Waking Up”
• A Good Faith Appeal and a Grim Response
• Why Minnesota?
• Chris Hedges on ICE: “I Have Seen These Masked Goons Before”
• Steven Donziger: “Let’s Get Real . . . ICE Is a Domestic Terrorist Organization”
• Historian Kyle Dekker: “It’s Not Nazi Ideology We Are Fighting. It’s American”
• Knowing Our Rights
• Mike Figueredo on Why Trump Might Be Pushing the U.S. to the Brink of Collapse
• Dispatches from Occupied Minnesota
• Marianne Williamson on How to Psychologically Endure This Moment
• What Moral Clarity Looks Like in Minnesota This MLK Day
• Nemik’s Eulogy for Renée Nicole Good
• “It Was Never About Keeping America Safe”
• “ICE Out!”: The Minnesota General Strike – 1/23/26
• Honoring Alex Pretti
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