Minneapolis protests

Outrage over Minnesota killings of citizens by federal agents grows; NRA, politicians on left and right weigh in

By Miriam Raftery

Screenshot from bystander’s video:  Border Patrol agent takes aim at Alex Pretti, a VA nurse who was shot nine times at point-blank range, after agents took the holstered gun he was lawfully carrying.

January 28, 2026 (San Diego) – The fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by ICE and Border Patrol agents have sparked outrage nationwide, after numerous bystander videos sharply contradict Trump officials’ claims about the shootings.


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Thousands of San Diegans join marches to support Minneapolis

By Brooke Binkowski, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association

Photo:  Hundreds marched on Sunday in an interfaith show of support for people on the ground in Minneapolis and elsewhere.  Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego

January 26, 2026 (San Diego) - San Diegans joined marches all over the county on Sunday, offering a show of support to people on the ground in Minneapolis as the federal government continues its chaotic deployment on the ground in Minnesota and elsewhere.


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