Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said today: "Alex Jeffrey Pretty was a critical care nurse at a veterans' hospital. He devoted his life to serving his community and the country through his profession."
As many saw in the video, his final act before being shot by federal agents was to do everything he could to protect his community.
Alex and thousands of Minnesotans courageously defended their neighbors against the bloody occupation of American cities by the federal government. I am angry and heartbroken for Alex, his family, Minneapolis, and America."
Minnesota Governor Walz wrote today: "This morning, federal agents once again committed an abhorrent shooting. I have contacted the White House. Minnesota has had enough. This is despicable. The president must end this operation. Immediately withdraw thousands of aggressive and untrained federal agents from Minnesota."
Commentary: Harris's statement is not only a strong condemnation of the second federal law enforcement shooting that resulted in death in Minnesota, but also a sharp accusation against the large-scale immigration enforcement actions of the Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), defining federal law enforcement as a "bloody occupation," which aligns with the anger and resistance of Minnesota's local government and people against the overreach of federal power.
Harris's intense condemnation, as a former U.S. vice president, is not merely a humanitarian appeal, but a precise political strategy by the Democrats, using the tragedy in Minnesota to further reinforce the negative image of the Trump administration as "misconduct in law enforcement and social division," accumulating public opinion support for subsequent political confrontation.
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