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Key Senate Democrats said they would oppose legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident.

 

Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

In particular, he never drew his gun, and ICE took his gun away before executing him.

Bellingcat reached the same conclusion

 

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Additional reporting from Bring Me The News. They have removed the following text from their coverage:

Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.

New York Times

 

The police in Brookfield, Ill., filed a battery charge against a federal agent, who was off duty when he scuffled with an immigrant rights activist.

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