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anthropology @ ucla // researching climate change, finance, thermal power, sewage, & birds in UK and Japan // he/him

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Picture of all 9 ICE victims of 2026, and their names: Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos

Picture of all 9 ICE victims of 2026, and their names: Alex Pretti Renee Good Keith Porter Heber Sanchaz Dominguez Victor Manuel Diaz Parady La Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres Geraldo Lunas Campos

All the people ICE has killed this year: (H/T Qasim Rashid)

Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos

27.01.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, β€œThis is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

27.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7793    πŸ” 4173    πŸ’¬ 483    πŸ“Œ 920
The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution.

Pretti later told the source that five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back – an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene.

β€œThat day, he thought he was going to die,” said the source.

The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution. Pretti later told the source that five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back – an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene. β€œThat day, he thought he was going to die,” said the source.

My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.

He thought he was going to die.

Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.

And a mob of agents killed him.

27.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6131    πŸ” 2232    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 130
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brass solidarity band performing β€œstand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting β€œthe people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

27.01.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 23473    πŸ” 7825    πŸ’¬ 331    πŸ“Œ 883

ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of β€˜26:

β€’ Alex Pretti
β€’ Renee Good
β€’ Keith Porter
β€’ Heber Sanchaz DomΓ­nguez
β€’ Victor Manuel Diaz
β€’ Parady La
β€’ Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
β€’ Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
β€’ Geraldo Lunas Campos

They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.

26.01.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2345    πŸ” 1325    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 23
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How to Block ICE In Your City Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay on effective tactics to disrupt ICEβ€”and the need to target corporate collaborators

"We had one hotel publicly refuse to house ICE, which became a big national news story when DHS went after them. That’s a hotel we were targeting, and it was mostly because of our pressure. We had two more hotels temporarily shut down to avoid housing ICE..."

www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...

26.01.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 720    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 15

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

25.01.2026 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6412    πŸ” 2585    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

25.01.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9762    πŸ” 3896    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 190

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

25.01.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17464    πŸ” 4325    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 119
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.01.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 16508    πŸ” 6621    πŸ’¬ 308    πŸ“Œ 378

Minneapolis friend:

"I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...

25.01.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.

24.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2718    πŸ” 602    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim

Abolish ICE is not enough.

It's not about training -- Ross who killed Renee Good was a TRAINER. It's not about body cams -- we saw Alex Pretti killed with our own eyes.

We have to abolish the idea that violence ever made us safer, before it's too late.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

24.01.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

We don't need body cams for ICE agents. We need to terminate the entire agency.

24.01.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

24.01.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 27623    πŸ” 9936    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 210

Alex Pretti’s last words were β€œare you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

24.01.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 17015    πŸ” 5535    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 173
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I cannot get this image out of my head. It is full of violent hate for people who are caring for their community.

24.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.

24.01.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.

24.01.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3093    πŸ” 618    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no β€œunrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.

Get them out of there.

24.01.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6246    πŸ” 1580    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 52

The amount of money that is currently going to fund immigration enforcement in the US is larger than the military budgets of every country in the world other than the US and China. We are witnessing a military assault on American cities by a wildly unpopular governing party.

24.01.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1916    πŸ” 708    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 18

His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.

24.01.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1111    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

If ICE is emboldened to carry out extrajudicial killings of American citizens in broad daylight, imagine what's happening to the tens of thousands of people being held in makeshift detention camps across the US without cameras, attorneys and organizers

24.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they start using these lists to put people on the no-fly lists, audits by the IRS, etc. as retribution. Once a government starts making lists of its citizens like this, the abuses will inevitably follow.

23.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1276    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 16

What all the crowd shots won’t show you is this energy extends to the rest of the metro. There are additional huge gatherings of people all around the cities, ICE watch is visible on so many street corners, walk a few blocks and you’ll pass people clearly in the middle of distro

23.01.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

24.01.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 31566    πŸ” 7295    πŸ’¬ 362    πŸ“Œ 346