Minneapolis community leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at Alex Pretti’s memorial site

🇺🇸 The Guardian (US) —
Minneapolis community leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at Alex Pretti’s memorial site

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Residents in Minneapolis have left “I Voted” stickers at the memorial for Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse killed by federal immigration officials during an enforcement operation. The article links the gesture to community opposition to deportations and the wider midterm election cycle, and notes another U.S. citizen, Renee Good, was fatally shot in the city days earlier.

Residents are sending a clear message about the violent deportations taking place across the country during this midterm cycle Alex Pretti’s memorial site, which has been covered by flowers and signs for months, now has new pops of color – “I Voted” stickers from community members. Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse at the Veterans Affairs medical center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was killed by federal immigration officials during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in the Minneapolis region in January. His death happened just days after an immigration official in the city shot and killed another US citizen, Renee Good. Continue reading...

World Security Politics Minneapolis Alex Pretti Renee Good immigration enforcement federal officials midterm elections memorial

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