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Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
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01.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 16696 🔁 3733 💬 283 📌 189BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
01.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 35236 🔁 17443 💬 2307 📌 2256Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
31.01.2026 18:33 — 👍 4739 🔁 1217 💬 143 📌 36Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
01.02.2026 00:50 — 👍 12676 🔁 6194 💬 384 📌 440I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
01.02.2026 01:23 — 👍 16846 🔁 5016 💬 229 📌 204yes zeteo.com/p/trump-geor...
01.02.2026 05:10 — 👍 259 🔁 78 💬 1 📌 2It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
01.02.2026 03:10 — 👍 11513 🔁 3442 💬 202 📌 156One of the things they teach you in constitutional observer training is that you can’t physically stop ICE, but with your whistle and your phone, you can become cumbersome.
31.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 668 🔁 73 💬 15 📌 1Make do with what ya got
Wabun playground
Minneapolis, MN
1/31/26
We are locked in an infinite loop where the administration distracts from outrage over Epstein files by creating outrage over ICE excesses, and distracts from outrage over ICE excesses by creating outrage over Epstein files.
This is a unique way for a democracy to spiral towards oblivion.
The Nazis murdered without distinction. Once cruelty reaches its highest level, people (by then they are monsters) treat anyone they see as "not from their group" exactly the same: As worthless and ok to murder.
It's as simple as it is horrible.
ICE are the American Nazis.
2 blocks away, got a face full within minutes. Burned our eyes, noses, throats, skin. Many were retching, kids, elders could not breathe. All remained calm and moved quickly, no panic, to get to fresh air blocks away. Helpers washed our eyes. I’ll be 65 in Feb. Never b4 attacked by my own countrymen
01.02.2026 02:50 — 👍 219 🔁 35 💬 7 📌 5Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
01.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 29669 🔁 9864 💬 436 📌 288A large bison sitting in a field looking as though it has never heard of capitalism
I always find it tremendously helpful to talk to the bison in Golden Gate Park
01.02.2026 04:07 — 👍 435 🔁 39 💬 15 📌 1This is a good point re: Portland today
This wasn't on federal land
It wasn't when agents were claiming to do any enforcement activity
It was federal agents shooting gas at children and union families in the streets
Im not a lawyer, but I dont see how qualified immunity counts here
It's assault
Imagine his thinking this database will be useful for anyone other than decent people. I imagine if it ever becomes public women will use it to see who they should date.
28.01.2026 01:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Honestly I am not sure how you exist in the twin cities (and are able to leave your house) and don't end up in the database even just by accident.
27.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A CBP officer holding a large camera level facing towards bystanders
A CBP officer was walking down the police line soon after Alex Pretti’s murder with this sinister camera setup, lingering on each onlooker in turn. Everyone there at that point literally were just neighbors, so glad their list will ultimately just be a duplicate of the census
27.01.2026 18:31 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0We're going to get shirts made with our database ID
27.01.2026 19:00 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1I cannot imagine what company would bother to look and I wouldn’t want to work for one that did.
They think they can repeat red scare McCarthyism but by capturing too many they’ve ensured it’s uselessness. McCarthyism (sadly) worked because it was *selectively* applied giving appearance of meaning.
it's so funny, man. if you've basically been anywhere in the twin cities (and throughout the state!), you've probably seen ICE and they've probably taken your picture. no joke the database is going to have hundreds of thousands of people in it
27.01.2026 18:26 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Man the party so pissed about cancel culture really loves to cancel. Fuck Homan.
27.01.2026 18:25 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Is there a web portal where I can submit my own photo and information? I’d like to be on the record opposing these assholes.
27.01.2026 18:34 — 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0A guy recorded me outside of my kids school and I asked if it was to send to his wife so she can see a real man
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Hell, ICE’s presence and surveillance are so all-encompassing, that there are probably thousands of people in the database who were just going about their lives and happened to stumble upon a bunch of goons trying to kidnap or brutalize someone.
27.01.2026 18:26 — 👍 461 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 0Here’s the deal, they captured my face standing outside of my kid’s preschool in a high-viz vest. The database is going to be so big it’ll be useless. Employers will ask why you aren’t in the database and unless you explain you were doing mutual aid, the people hiring will think you’re a bad person.
27.01.2026 18:24 — 👍 2574 🔁 443 💬 36 📌 31okay well good luck with your database of millions of people lol
27.01.2026 18:53 — 👍 338 🔁 23 💬 11 📌 0