Alabama vigils, demonstrations scheduled following ICE killing

At least three public demonstrations are scheduled in Alabama this weekend in response to another killing by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers in Minneapolis.

The events, organized by grassroots activist groups, invite attendees to pay respects and speak out against the Saturday killing of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent while documenting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

Pretti, who worked as an intensive care unit nurse at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis, was shot multiple times after immigration agents pepper-sprayed him, wrestled him to the ground and removed a licensed handgun he had holstered…

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