Immigration agent mocked bystanders with brutal taunt after fatal shooting: report
An immigration agent reportedly hit bystanders with a brutal taunt after the killing of an ICU nurse over the weekend.
The killing by DHS agents of American Alex Pretti, who can be seen on video trying to help a woman who was pushed to the ground by the immigration officials, has spawned protests throughout Minnesota. The shooting comes after the killing of Renee Good, and early independent reports suggest Pretti had been disarmed before the first shot was even fired.
An Associated Press report states that, "The shooting happened amid widespread daily protests in the Twin Cities since the Jan. 7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle. Saturday’s shooting unfolded just over a mile away from where Good was shot."
Further down in the story, the AP includes a detail involving mockery.
"After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them 'cowards' and telling them to go home," the weekend report states. "One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: 'Boo hoo.'"
The report continues:
"Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car. Protesters dragged garbage dumpsters from alleyways to block the streets, and people who gathered chanted, 'ICE out now,' referring to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
'They’re killing my neighbors!' said Minneapolis resident Josh Koskie."