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18. The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have yet to be properly investigated, no one has been held accountable.
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 09:16 PM
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The Atlantic - "Six months after (Renee Good) and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings."

"Nearly six months have passed since federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis. No one has been arrested, the Trump administration has provided no reason to believe that any serious investigation is taking place, and federal officials continue to stonewall state and local investigators in Minnesota."

"This inaction was predictable. The day after Good’s death, Vice President Vance insisted at a press conference that the agent who shot her would face no criminal charges. 'That guy is protected by absolute immunity,' Vance told reporters. 'He was doing his job.' Soon, Stephen Miller doubled down on the message, announcing 'to all ICE officers' that 'you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.' Federal agents apparently received the message: The next day, an ICE agent fired a gun into a Minneapolis home, wounding a Venezuelan immigrant, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. The week after that, Pretti was killed outside a doughnut shop. The Department of Homeland Security called him a 'domestic terrorist' and said that the officers who shot him had acted in self-defense."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/alex-pretti-renee-good-accountability/687792/

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... Faux pas Monday #1
They left him in the street for five hours? yardwork Monday #2
Yes, sheshe2 Monday #4
This is a nightmare. yardwork Monday #15
I am right there with you Grim Chieftain Monday #32
Monsters MustLoveBeagles Monday #3
Monsters UpInArms Monday #6
And they get away with all of it Grim Chieftain Monday #33
I think they just yell, "weapon," now, whether they see one or not Bayard Monday #35
Bull shit SuzyandPuffpuff Monday #5
Their time is gonna come BeneteauBum Monday #7
Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, was not the target of the warrant agents were trying to execute, federal officials said. chowder66 Monday #8
I don't give what "they" say any credence. There is no one in this government that deserves credence. erronis Monday #11
I saw that too! sheshe2 Monday #12
That's the latest excuse that they are using after wnylib Monday #24
As if that makes any difference? Murder is still murder! n/t slightlv Tuesday #45
Depraved Solly Mack Monday #9
Trump is murdering Americans in the street Johonny Monday #10
Well, he did say he could shoot somebody on fifth ave and not LisaL Monday #14
Somebody make it stop hookaleft Monday #13
My grand girls love Bluey and this is beyond tragic mcar Monday #16
People of Maine will not put up with this BS infullview Monday #17
The hell of it is... GiqueCee Tuesday #46
The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have yet to be properly investigated, no one has been held accountable. sop Monday #18
Fuck JD Vance! llmart Monday #25
Just god awful evil. efhmc Monday #19
I am a lily white Mainah MaineNative Monday #20
Organized crime FuzzyRabbit Monday #21
It's what the racketeering laws were written for Walleye Monday #30
Organized crime funded by the taxpayers. Trump's America. OGBuzz Monday #36
We must abolish ICE. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #22
The system, the people that unleashed them... sheshe2 Monday #26
not just abolish. arrest all ice officers that served while Trump was in office lapfog_1 Monday #28
That threat needs to be out there loud and strong. Maybe KPN Monday #34
... littlemissmartypants Monday #23
I do not know why these groups of killers are not now referred to as 'Murder Squads'. That is what they are. Scalded Nun Monday #27
You are absolutely right. sheshe2 Monday #38
What kind of person (?)... BurnDoubt Monday #29
Where is senator concerned? fujiyamasan Monday #31
What few Democratic Senators are brushing all this aside? sheshe2 Monday #40
It was mainly Fetterman I had in mind fujiyamasan Monday #41
MONSTERS. GiqueCee Monday #37
... BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #39
When are they gonna start shooting members of the wrong political party? And by that I don't mean Democrats. LeftInTX Monday #42
Kick dalton99a Tuesday #43
Kick yardwork Tuesday #44
Anyone who is a part of HIS gestapo are dispicable human beings. The planet would be better off without them, Fla Dem Tuesday #47
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