MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesotans who have spent weeks protesting the Trump administration’s immigration raids in their city are taking a moment to mourn Alex Pretti’s death — but only as they make clear their great anger over how the federal government has swarmed Minneapolis.
Across the city, medical professionals, business owners and others told NOTUS their daily routines have been fundamentally disrupted by the federal surge. They say they’ve changed how they run their lives and businesses in hopes of guarding their community against immigration agents. And they say their experience has led them to believe they can’t rely on any authority to protect them from danger.
Demonstrators on Sunday quietly gathered with homemade signs around a mound of flowers at the site of Pretti’s death. One read “NO SECRET POLICE.” Another called Pretti a hero.