Another demonstrator at the ICE detention facility was charged with assaulting federal officers, causing bodily injury for allegedly and "savagely" biting and kicking them in response to orders to clear the road, DOJ says.
Protesters have countered the president's description of the encounter, claiming the leader backed into one demonstrator and ran over the foot of another.
Officials clearly understood that the fatal shooting of a demonstrator posed one of the gravest political threats to President Trump since his inauguration.
AI:The White House has distanced President Trump from the initial response regarding the fatal shooting of a demonstrator in Minnesota, an event officials viewed as a significant political threat to the administration.Open
Pretti's death marked the second fatal incident of the ICE deployment to Minneapolis, following the shooting of Renee Good, whom an agent shot while in her vehicle.
AI:Senator Murkowski is calling for an investigation into the "disturbing" death of anti-ICE demonstrator Pretti. This follows a previous fatal incident in Minneapolis involving the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.Open