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Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Whanganui, New Zealand. It's Monday, January 26th. Today, the Trump administration defends the shooting of another American in Minneapolis, while Reuters' video analysis contradicts the official account. Healthcare workers turn out to honor the VA nurse shot dead by federal agents. And the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will face off at this year's Super Bowl. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
What incident in Minneapolis is being discussed?
Minnesota! Minnesota!
Minnesota!
Protesters in Minneapolis turn out in freezing weather to demand accountability over the fatal shooting of Alex Preti, a 37-year-old nurse killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday. This is what democracy looks like! The National Guard's been mobilized in the city as tensions grow over President Trump's immigration crackdown and the violent tactics used to enforce it. At the center is conflicting versions of what exactly happened to Preti. Officials say he assaulted officers, compelling them to fire in self-defense. But that's at odds with video evidence. Reuters has analysed footage of the shooting frame by frame. Here's Fernando Robles from our visual verification team on what they saw in three videos they verified from the scene.
The first one was filmed three minutes before the shooting started. In this video, you can see Freddy walking down the street. He's filming and a bunch of agents are also in the street.
At this point, a federal agent pushes one woman nearby and shoves another to the ground.
We can see Preti on his right hand holding a phone. He was filming. And on the left side, we don't see anything. You know, he has nothing on the left hand.
Preti moves between the agent and the women and raises his left hand to shield himself as the agent pepper sprays him. Soon after, agents push Preti to his hands and knees, and as he is pinned down, someone shouts what sounds like a warning about the presence of a gun. Video footage then appears to show one of the agents removing a handgun from Preti's waistband area and stepping away from the group with it. Moments later, an officer points at Preti's back and fires four shots in quick succession. Several more shots are heard as another agent also appears to fire. At the scene of the shooting, hundreds of health care workers gathered to honor Preti, who they say was one of their own. Reuters' Brad Brooks was there.
No justice! No peace!
It was a really somber event. It was a really quiet event in a strange way. The people there were just devastated.
Alex was an ICU nurse at the VA. That's one of the toughest jobs in the world.
Many of these people were devastated to see their co-worker and friend, who by all accounts was beloved by all of them, killed, shot down in a street not far from where he lived, not far from where he worked.
The fact that he was a nurse makes it so much harder. But, Brad says, their anger goes deeper.
I've spoken with countless doctors and nurses in recent days, and they're feeling under intense strain because of the ICE surge, because of the surge of immigration agents into their city. They say that their ability to care for their patients is drastically reduced, either because their patients are too scared to come in to the hospitals or clinics to seek care because ICE agents hang around the vicinity of hospitals and clinics and pick people up according to all these, you know, doctors and nurses. I think people are really pushed over the edge here, to be honest with you. I've heard that repeatedly from people from all walks of life, of all ages, of all races. People are incensed.
President Donald Trump, in an initial social media post, posted a photo of Preti's gun, saying it was loaded with two additional full magazines and was ready to go, saying, what is that all about? But in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the president said that his administration is reviewing everything and will come out with a determination about the fatal shooting.
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