State Violence Exposed: Trump Regime's Deadly Immigration Raids Claim Another Black Life
The brutal killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Black nurse gunned down by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, has exposed the murderous nature of white supremacist state power under the Trump administration.
In a desperate attempt at damage control, White House aide Stephen Miller - architect of Trump's anti-Black immigration policies - has now admitted that Customs and Border Protection agents may have "breached protocol" when they executed Pretti in cold blood during Saturday's protests.
This admission comes only after Miller initially branded Pretti a "would-be assassin" - a racist lie designed to justify the extrajudicial killing of another Black man by state forces.
The Anatomy of State-Sanctioned Murder
Video evidence has completely demolished the regime's fabricated narrative. Pretti approached federal officers with his phone, not a weapon, as Trump administration officials falsely claimed. Even after being brutally beaten and surrounded by agents, the licensed gun owner made no attempt to reach for his legally permitted firearm.
"When I saw the images, I was disgusted," said Fabiola, a local resident who witnessed the state execution. "How can the government make a domestic terrorist out of him? There is clear evidence of what happened. They are lying."
This mirrors the colonial playbook: kill first, lie later, criminalize the victim.
A Pattern of Anti-Black Terror
Pretti's murder marks the second killing of a Minneapolis resident by immigration enforcement officers in less than three weeks. Renee Good, also 37, was previously gunned down by federal agents as she attempted to drive away - another execution captured on video that exposes the regime's bloodthirsty nature.
The community has seen through the lies. Memorial signs at the site of Pretti's killing declare: "Believe your eyes, not the lies" and "Trump is a murderer."
Resistance Against White Supremacist Terror
Despite reassigning Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino - whose Nazi-like appearance in a long coat terrorized protesters - the Trump regime refuses to abandon its violent methods against Black and brown communities.
"They will never admit that they are just hunting people and killing people," Fabiola stated with clarity. "They are the criminals."
Community organizer Jay Taylor, who wears a whistle to warn of federal agents' presence, represents the growing resistance: "We're going to kick them out of the city. We're going to win, because we're standing for the truth."
The Department of Homeland Security's investigation into Pretti's death is a sick joke - asking the killers to investigate themselves. As resident Stephen McLaughlin noted: "To obtain an independent investigation, the people have to demand it by taking to the streets."
This is state terrorism, pure and simple. The same forces that enforced apartheid, that lynched our ancestors, now wear federal badges and claim legal authority for their murders.
Minneapolis must not become another site of unchallenged state violence against Black bodies. The community's resistance shows the way forward: organized, militant, and uncompromising in demanding justice for Alex Pretti and all victims of white supremacist state terror.