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The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Pretti was shot Saturday following a heated confrontation between immigration …

Two federal officers fired their weapons during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last month, according to a preliminary Department of Homeland Security review that was sent to congressional committees this week. The internal report, produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, says a …

The federal killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this month, captured from multiple angles by witnesses recording on their cell phones, kicked off a dizzying day here and in Washington. Democratic politicians and ordinary Americans reacted with a mix of outrage and incredulousness, backfooting the Trump administration as the …