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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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jasonkirell.bsky.social
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...
www.aclu.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
Congrats to @stephenking.bsky.social for being the most banned author ever per @penamerica.bsky.social - lifetime achievement award!!

Next week is Banned Books Week. Celebrate by reading, buying or checking one out from your local library. (Libraries are on the front line and need support!)
October 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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rincewind.run
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously

when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint

the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
Far Side cartoon with a female chimpanzee grooming a male chimpanzee “Well, well - another blond hair. … Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
Republican attempted to take out Trump at his ally. Republican intended to do so at his golf course. Groyper takes out C.K. Libertarian shoots ICE facility.

Disaffected right wingers seem to be the biggest violent threat to the Trump regime.
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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romgothsam.bsky.social
It is never a bad time to bring out my favourite illustration of Frankenstein's creature

Very come hither.
Dick's Standard Plays. An image of a fairly ripped and attractive creature, dressed in some loose sheets around the torso (legs and pecs out), leaning against a table slightly provocatively. He might be getting up from it and showing trying to show a lot of crotch in the process. He's faced by a chap in black tights and doublet with a tiny sword behind his back.
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
Nancy Mace tweet: Time to bring back the death penalty superimposed on an image of Mr. Burns tenting his fingers as he talks to a crowd Smithers whispers in Mr. Burns's ear Mr. Burns pushes Smithers away Nancy Mace tweet: We truly belive if Tyler Robinson had ever sat down across from Charlie, the great debater, the man of faith and grace he was Tyler wouldn't have pulled the trigger superimposed on an image of a chastened Mr. Burns speaking to the crowd about a different subject
September 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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gotmtv.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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adamscochran.bsky.social
1/31

I believe there is growing evidence, that the White House is covering up the fact that Donald Trump has been dealing with TIA strokes.

AND that he likely had a more significant ischemic stroke this week.
August 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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therealflydog.bsky.social
It sucks our power, guzzles our water, takes our jobs, and provides nothing in return.

Suffer not the Abominable Intelligence to live.

#ChatGPT #Grok #AI #AISlop #AIIsNotArt #StopAI #Meme #Doom #ButlerianJihad #LateStageCapitalism
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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lataco.bsky.social
Earlier today, U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted a raid in Little Tokyo near a press event held by @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social.

Reporting by @shoton35mm.bsky.social @eltragon.bsky.social @marinamasako.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
desidiosus.bsky.social
Good article on ICE's "consensual encounters" (which besides being shady af, feels really icky to write out)

lataco.com/how-to-talk-...
‘Can I Talk to You?’ How to Spot and Survive ICE’s ‘Consensual Encounters’ in L.A. ~ L.A. TACO
Technically, this tactic for pursuing immigration detentions is still fair game after a federal judge blocked ICE’s race-based stops last week.
lataco.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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aclu.org
The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:

✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law

Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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technodivva.bsky.social
Some masked men just arrested a person on GG Blvd near Dale. They went eastbound and I couldn't follow.
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”

A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
White House transparency fails and distraction tactics going strong
June 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
So, a Fox personality calls for ICE to go to Dodger Stadium and then it happens a couple of days later.
Our leaders now just getting their marching orders from right wing media.
Clay Travis on Fox calling for ICE to go to Dodger Stadium
June 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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faithannraider.bsky.social
USC Clinic: uscimmigrationclinic.org

Agents of Change Civil Rights Advocacy Initiative
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/06/18/u...
USC Agents of Change establishes hotline to help move immigration hearings online
Since Monday, a group of 15 USC student, alumni and faculty volunteers have already received thousands of calls for help on open immigration cases.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM