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#ICU #nurse fatally shot by “federal agents” in #Minneapolis cared for #veterans
#AlexPretti, 37, was kind & didn’t often discuss politics, friends & colleagues said.

His family disputes [as do we all with functioning eyes] the #Trump admin’s version of the #shooting.

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://wapo.st/3Z0RNzB

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

#BorderPatrol agents shot & killed a 37-year-old man in #Minneapolis yesterday. The victim, #AlexPretti, was an intensive care #nurse at a #VeteransAffairs hospital. He was a #US #citizen, the Minneapolis police chief said.

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minnesota #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded

A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 months ago

#Federal labor #unions targeted in the EOs have repeatedly sued the #Trump admin, & in some cases forced the admin to temporarily pause Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal work force & reshape the government. The American Federation of Government Employees [#AFGE] has filed more than a dozen lawsuits related to the federal work force. The White House has likened this to a declaration of “war.”

#law #labor #unions

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 months ago

So far, 9 agencies have terminated #union contracts that covered >445k #FederalWorkers from the #EPA, US #CoastGuard, #FEMA, #GSA, the Departments of #HHS, #Agriculture & #VeteransAffairs, & parts of #ICE & #Citizenship & #Immigration Services.

“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the #AFLCIO. “There’s not another time when that many people lost their union.”

#law #labor #unions #Trump

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 months ago

The termination of protections followed an Aug 1 appeals court ruling on legal challenges to Trump’s directive. The order, signed in late March, directed 22 agencies to ignore contracts for employees in specific #unions. Last Thursday, #Trump signed a 2nd EO stripping #union rights from thousands of other employees at 6 additional agencies.

#law #labor #unions

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 months ago

#Trump said that the affected workers had roles that touched on #NationalSecurity, & that provisions in their #labor contracts could interfere with his policies being carried out. He cited, for example, the role that Dept of #VeteransAffairs employees play in providing care for wounded troops in wartime.

#law #labor #unions