Chapter 1: What happened during the shooting of Alex Preddy in Minneapolis?
Good evening and thanks for joining us. A city already on edge, now faced with yet another deadly shooting by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
On Saturday morning in Minneapolis, a man named Alex Preddy was wrestled to the ground by federal immigration officials. Preddy was shot just before 9 a.m. after a heated confrontation between agents and protesters who opposed the government's immigration enforcement tactics. In total, 10 shots were fired in five seconds. Then he was fatally shot.
The second deadly shooting by immigration agents in less than three weeks.
Immediately after the shooting, administration officials blamed Preddy, who had a gun on his body. Deputy Chief of Staff and Trump advisor Stephen Miller called Preddy a domestic terrorist.
Chapter 2: How did the community respond to the killing of Alex Preddy?
Here's the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign. This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons and are using them to assault law enforcement officers. But videos of the shooting contradict the administration's account.
Footage reviewed by the Wall Street Journal showed a federal officer pulling the handgun away from Preti. Less than a second later, an agent fires several rounds. The killing, the second by immigration authorities this month, sparked more protests in Minneapolis, which has been the site of an unprecedented immigration crackdown called Operation Metro Surge.
Ice out! Ice out! Minnesota, y'all know who you are!
Chapter 3: What challenges are local authorities facing in the investigation?
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As Minneapolis is reeling, even some of Trump's allies are beginning to question the president's push. Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Jessica Mendoza. It's Monday, January 26th. Coming up on the show, what a second deadly shooting in Minneapolis means for President Trump's immigration plans.
This morning, we talked to our colleague Joe Barrett, who's in Minneapolis. He says that on Friday, people had gathered for a planned demonstration against immigration officials.
There was a huge protest on Friday. Thousands of people peacefully going down the streets to protest ICE's involvement in the city.
Chapter 4: What impact does the shooting have on immigration enforcement in Minneapolis?
And, you know, everybody was feeling pretty good about the response and how well managed the whole thing was. They also closed down many businesses. Hundreds of businesses were shuttered just for the day in sort of what they were calling a general strike. And then Saturday morning, everybody woke up to another ICE shooting.
What has been the response to the killing of Alex Preddy in Minnesota?
I mean, you know, people are angry. They're sad. They kind of feel like they've been saying something like this could happen. I mean, two weeks ago, it was Renee Good, another person trying to observe ice who was shot in the head by an ice agent. And now it happens again.
Chapter 5: How are federal immigration tactics affecting local residents?
So, yeah, people are very upset.
Yesterday, Joe went to the site where Preti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was killed, a commercial strip in Minneapolis. Residents had set up a memorial with flowers and pictures of Preti. A saxophone played in the distance.
So I just am getting to the scene of yesterday's shooting, and the street here is still closed off at this point. probably 100, 200 people just coming to pay their respects. Lots of media, lots of well-wishers. The police are here to direct the traffic. People are bringing their dogs out. I saw one older couple, they had a framed photo of the victim and a candle.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of the recent protests in Minneapolis?
What did people at the scene have to say? What was generally the feeling there?
Just sadness and anger. I mean, I saw a lot of people in tears. I spoke with people and it just doesn't take long for them to get to a real sense of hopelessness and sadness that somebody who had dedicated his life to helping other people and was, you know, a gun down in the street.
After the shooting, the state's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said its agents were blocked from investigating the scene by federal authorities.
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating the shooting, but Governor Walz demanded access for state law enforcement and said, quote, State investigators sued the Trump administration on Saturday, and the judge ruled that the federal government could not destroy or alter evidence.
The cooperation is still just not happening. And so the state's trying to launch their own investigation, but it's very difficult when they don't have access to the evidence like body cam footage or any of the forensics or anything else.
When Joe arrived at the site of the shooting on Sunday, he saw some state agents trying to make sense of the crime scene.
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Chapter 7: How are political figures reacting to the immigration enforcement strategy?
I mean, the integrity of the crime scene has been completely lost, but they were there right in front of a business is where it happened, and they were knocking on the door to see if anybody inside had any information. There was a man being interviewed on TV, and one of the investigators asked to speak with him afterwards and had the guy walk over and point where he
had seen blood on the day of the shooting. There were flowers all over, but they were still trying to get a few photographs to see whether there was any markings of what had happened. I think they were probably looking for bullet casings too, but there just was nothing. It was all covered in flowers and memorials at this point.
After visiting the scene of the shooting, Joe went to other parts of the city. He came across a protest in downtown Minneapolis.
Probably 300 people on the street corner, you know, just yelling, F ICE, ICE out. Spoke with, you know, some of those people who had protested Friday and thought, you know, maybe they'd have the weekend off, but then ended up protesting again on Saturday and again, again on Sunday.
Chapter 8: Could this incident signify a turning point for Trump's immigration policy?
One of the people Joe spoke with was Matthew Stegeman, a 34-year-old urban planner.
He had on a placard over his chest saying, you know, peaceful observer, do not shoot.
So I'm here in support of our community members. Immigration is a close issue to me. I have close friends and family who have immigrated from other countries.
And, you know, he's like a sort of typical Minnesota guy. He wants everybody to know that we're, you know, we're regular people. Nobody's getting paid to be here. And, you know, we're just, you know, trying to make this case and do it peacefully and hopefully, you know, get ICE out of town.
We are here because we have to be. And we are here for anybody else in the country who's gonna face this next.
Later in the day, Joe met Charlie Sellers, who works in tech, at a gathering in the neighborhood where Alex Preddy lived.
I think a lot of us have been uncomfortable with how aggressive the administration has been with its tactics. But that aggression went to another level when our neighbors started getting murdered. And so regular folks like us have gotten off of our couches and felt compelled to do something about it.
And what's your sense of what the people of Minneapolis will do next? Do you expect to see more of these protests in the next weeks?
Yeah, I mean, I think as long as it goes on, I don't think that they're going to be deterred. I mean, you know, ICE has ramped up its tactics. And, you know, there are people who follow their vehicles around in cars. And, you know, we're hearing reports of those people getting boxed in by ICE, their windows broken, people dragged away.
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