I don’t think I can overstate how horrific the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents is. DHS, the White House, and the entire top of the federal government is blaming Mr. Pretti as “attacking” ICE with a loaded weapon. There are multiple videos documenting this is not the case.

I am sharing a link to a video that clearly shows Mr. Pretti protecting a woman who was being assaulted by ICE, and ICE pepper sprayed him, wrestled him down, grabbed his legally purchased and concealed and not-brandished gun, THEN shot him ELEVEN times AFTER they grabbed the gun out of his waistband. WARNING it is graphic, and the link is here. This is after ICE killed Renee Good in cold blood.

We’re being asked by DHS and the White House to not believe our eyes and ears, and that accountability for these killings lies with Mr. Pretti, Ms. Good, Mayor Frey, Governor Walz, and the people of Minnesota.

Let’s be clear: ICE is responsible for these killings, and enabled by DHS and the White House for not holding these agents accountable for their actions outside the law.

I support law enforcement upholding the law protecting the public. ICE is not doing either, implementing warrantless searches and seizures, inhumane practices, detaining and killing U.S. citizens, and all the while Trump is blaming people of Somali descent for ICE’s presence in the state.

It is time for DHS and ICE to be dismantled. DHS was created in the aftermath of 9/11 ostensibly to try to prevent another terrorist attack. Instead DHS has turned its eyes and guns inward against the United States. We have a Customs and Border Patrol, we have an FBI, we have a DEA and an ATF, as well as the CIA and military intelligence branches. We don’t need an omnibus paramilitary force terrorizing our republic.