Deputy attorney general makes announcement over fatal shooting in Minneapolis as fierce protests there continue
The US deputy attorney general announced on Friday that the justice department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti last Saturday by immigration officers, as fierce protests continued on the streets there.
“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” Todd Blanche, deputy to attorney general Pam Bondi, said at a press conference on Friday morning in Washington DC.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alex-pretti-doj-civil-rights-investigation
Author : Shrai Popat in Minneapolis, Chris Stein in Washington and Sara Braun in New York
Publish date : 2026-01-30 19:40:00
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