Angus Johnston

Lynching was a form of state-aligned terror designed to enforce a white supremacist order. White people were lynched as part of that project.

Yesterday’s murder was state-aligned terror designed to enforce a white supremacist order, even if the victim was white.

Many of the times in American history when people have taken to the streets in the largest numbers to protest the government have been precisely the times when doing so has put them at the most serious physical risk.

Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.

“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.

Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.

Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽

‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘

Minnesota says the US government will engage in a cover up:

"The actions of federal authorities to date indicate Defendants will continue to withhold, destroy, alter, or conceal (or allowed to be withheld, destroyed, altered, or concealed) evidence, if not restrained from doing so."

Reminds me of this one of John Lewis and Jim Zwerg.

On we go.

fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.

a face that says well, on we go

#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....

BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

This is the third shooting and the second fatal shooting by Defendants' agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks.! The situation is grave; this most recent fatal shooting and Defendants' escalating unlawful conduct provide compelling circumstances for Plaintiffs' request for this Court to treat Plaintiffs' motion as one for a Temporary Restraining Order as filed. If unchecked, Operation Metro Surge will only continue to inflict irreparable harms and wreak havoc on Plaintiffs and their residents. ... The need for emergency relief is urgent and undeniable. Plaintiffs ask the Court to act immediately, and certainly no later than the conclusion of the January 26 hearing, to preserve the status quo by ordering a temporary halt to Operation Metro Surge, requiring Defendants to drastically reduce the number of agents deployed in Minnesota. The record before the Court is more than sufficient to justify this immediate relief: Plaintiffs have demonstrated ongoing, irreparable harm and established serious constitutional claims. Every day that passes without Court intervention compounds these injuries and undermines the very rights this Court is charged to protect. Emergency relief is not only warranted, it is essential. Thank you. 1 For comparison, in the first 11 months of 2025, from January 1 to November 30, there were no officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis where the Minneapolis Police Department was involved. There was a single incident in July of 2025 where there was deadly force directed at an MPD officer. (Robertson Decl. I 2.) CASE 0:26-cv-00190-KMM-DJF Doc. 107 Filed 01/24/26 Page 3 of 3 Sincerely, /s/Liz Kramer Solicitor General Liz Kramer /s/Kristyn Anderson Minneapolis City Attorney Kristyn Anderson /s/Irene Kao Saint Paul City Attorney Irene Kao

BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawyers escalate their request for an immediate TRO to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge following today's ICE killing of Alex Pretti — noting three shootings by ICE in the past three weeks, after 11 months of no officer-involved shootings in Mpls.

Standard advice is not to bother. Call yours again instead.

Just left a message for Schumer that concluded with "You can't keep fucking doing this. You can't keep fucking doing this. You need to stand up for us now."

(202) 224-6542

First doctor on the scene after Alex Pretti was shot was delayed by ICE agents who were standing around "counting his bullet wounds" instead of administering aid. None had even checked if he had a pulse.

"RIP Alex Pretti, he was my Dads ICU nurse. [...] My Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex' sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration."

this reminds me of the way i’ve seen susan bro speak about her daughter, heather heyer. when a fascist murders your child, you aren’t allowed to just grieve. you have to defend their memory, even their very grave.

"I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct."

[NAME WITHHELD]

"We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values."

"I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined—it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice."

" I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front [of] me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened."

"I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting."

"I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors."

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."

Things fall apart; the centrist cannot hold.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Also, Alex Pretti's FEC records show a few dozen ActBlue donations over the last decade—none of them over fifty bucks, many of them less than ten.

Just a citizen. Just a guy.

AFGE is the American Federation of Government Employees.

Local 3669 represents professional employees in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.

Alex Pretti was a union man.

Walz on the DHS account of today's shooting: "It's nonsense. It's nonsense and it's lies."

Walz says he told the White House that Minnesota will conduct a criminal investigation of today's killing: "We will not be stonewalled."

Home Depot. Literally Home Depot.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

A different ICE observer says her TSA-Pre-check was revoked. bsky.app/profile/juli...

a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a baseball stadium and talking . Alt: Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own, saying "We're gonna win!"

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