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Democracy Now! 2026-01-26 Monday

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Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for January 26, 2026; “He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti; RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds; “Trumped-Up Charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest; ”ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:19.0

Donald Trump, I call on you once again, remove this force from Minnesota.

0:26.4

They are sowing chaos and violence. We've seen deadly violence from federal agents again and again and again.

0:34.1

Today we'll spend the hour in Minnesota, where Governor Tim Walls has activated the National Guard

0:40.9

following the second shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.

0:49.0

Alex Preti, an ICU nurse at the Veterans Administration, was helping a woman push to the ground when he was

0:57.0

tackled and shot. He had a holstered gun that he was legally permitted to carry that he never

1:03.0

took out. We'll go to Minneapolis for a report from the streets and speak to a doctor who is a former colleague.

1:10.0

Alex was a sweet, kind, and gentle soul who had a strong sense of civic responsibility and really stood up for his community and his neighbors.

1:19.6

His death is a devastating glow and truly frightening for all of us that want to stand up for our communities and our neighbors

1:28.7

and tells us that any interaction with ICE can be life-threatening.

1:34.2

Then we'll be joined by Nekima Levy Armstrong, the civil rights lawyer, minister, and

1:40.3

activist who is arrested last week and jailed for protesting peacefully in a St. Paul church.

1:47.7

She's now been released.

1:49.7

I'm grateful to have my freedom after feeling as if I was abducted by the federal government

2:00.1

and the Trump administration merely for speaking truth to power

2:05.4

about the joint role of David Easterwood as being a pastor and the director of the ICE office in

2:14.5

Minnesota. What's next is that we continue to persevere in challenging the status quo,

2:22.0

as well as fighting our case in court. And we'll continue to hear from many Minnesotans themselves.

2:29.5

On Friday, tens of thousands marched through the streets, closed businesses, and rallied

2:36.2

for ICE to get out of Minnesota.

2:39.8

The fear is so tangible.

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