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Tragedy is waiting to strike

Riley Williams
Feb 19
2 min read

Within the last few months, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been the subject of major national attention. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the cause for most of the national attention going on in the city.  


Two people have been killed in Minnesota during the ICE riots: Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Regardless of whose fault it was, it is still tragic. 


Tragedy struck on Jan. 8th, 2026, when Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent during a protest. According to koat.com, an officer shot through her vehicle after she attempted to drive into the officer with her car and disobey lawful orders. The officer stated this was in self-defense, while many other people said the officer was “abusing his power.” 


A few weeks later, people gathered to protest her killing and tragedy struck again.


According to nytimes.com, on the morning of Jan. 25, 2026, federal officers shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti. Immediately after, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement saying Pretti approached federal officers with a handgun in an attempt to massacre them. 


Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse who lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to nbcnews.com, Pretti was legally carrying a handgun when shot by law enforcement. The officers on scene stated Pretti drew his weapon on them and had multiple rounds of ammunition in his car.  


According to minnesotaformer.com, the Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz urged the people of Minnesota to record and “disrupt” officers. Regardless of if you believe in ICE’s actions or not, we are here because the Governor is telling the people to “disrupt” them.


Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a government agency just trying to do their job and when you have people disrupt them, you are asking for something bad to happen. Instead of trying to control the situation, people are in a grey area when they leave the situation in the hands of ICE agents. 


If Renee Good hadn’t driven her car in the direction of the officer, and just got out and obeyed lawful orders, she’d still be here today. This isn’t in any way justifying her killing, however, she left the situation in the hands of an armed federal officer and he made a decision. You can protest all you want, but don’t try to disrupt federal officers because, like we have seen in Minneapolis, tragedy is just waiting to strike. 

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GeorgeIHoag
Sep 09

It's heartbreaking to read about Renee Good and Alex Pretti — two lives lost in such a short span, and the details feel so murky depending on which report you read. The fact that Pretti was a legally armed ICU nurse just adds another layer of confusion to the whole situation. On a related note, when the news gets this heavy, I sometimes need a mental reset, and I've found that a quick round of the krillion game helps me clear my head before I dive back into trying to make sense of it all.

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