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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. 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. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front 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've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. 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. 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 declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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atrupar.com
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Anyone telling you NOT to call your member of congress today is an op or under the influence of an op

There is literally no reason not to

Telling people not to call is not a radical position
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
I don't know who needs to hear this but the Holocaust was not Germany's first rodeo with genocide and ethnic discrimination

See any discussion about German antizyganism and also anything about the Herero and Nama genocide:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_...
Herero and Nama genocide - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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lucagalletti.bsky.social
Naturally formed hexagonal basalt pillars from past volcanic activity in Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Folks who enjoyed K-pop Demon Hunters, which is an allegory built on biracial heritage experiences in Korean society but does not include any people of biracial heritage in it, should read about Insooni, a Black Korean whose career began with the Hee Sisters, and push for KPDH2 to do better!
Insooni - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Our governments are forcing us to watch Palestinians starve to death

A bipartisan endeavor

We kept saying genocide and it has been and also that can make it hard to appreciate this is a new level to it

Mass, irreversible starvation
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 19
I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.
85% of Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.
July 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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birdingfella.bsky.social
Look at this amazing sign. #NoKings #butterfly
June 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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betsytheflyingcow.bsky.social
This one hit me in the feels today
June 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
"Your mom died so now no one is left who loves you like I do" is some serial abuser type shit to say
April 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Having 2 days off a month is not feeling super great right now
December 24, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Two Native folks on Thanksgiving:
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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spinellicross.bsky.social
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Revolution is already happening, all around us, all the time. The question isn't "when can I start it", it's "how can I support it?" Listen outside of yourself, in your community, pay attention to the things that are already going on.
October 30, 2024 at 12:50 AM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Ive had laringitis since Tuesday night and I just don't feel like myself when I can't talk and sing :/
October 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Man I sorta liked Jimmy Carter til he voted for a genocider. Guess I need to learn more about his term, too.
October 15, 2024 at 6:01 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Accusatory communication really bugs me
October 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
When we were brushing our teeth, my partner said "washing out the carcinogens" and I misheard them as saying "washing out the casino juice" referring to us having just smoked
October 14, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Tired of photos of the mid-latitude aurora on October 10-11? If so, avoid this thread because I finally got a full night's sleep and got my photos onto my computer so I'm sharing them along with my recollections (as an amateur photographer who's never shot space sky before)

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pink and yellow diffuse aurora under the milky way and above some silhouetted grass pinkish red aurora forming a distinct line above the bright moon, itself above a dark treeline pink and yellow diffuse aurora under the milky way and above some silhouetted grass dark trees with green behind them showing through and red above
October 12, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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imzeferino.bsky.social
the golden lady
October 13, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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cwnidog.bsky.social
"Can I tell yGu a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life. This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation. The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse\ to increase your wages.'' ---------------------------- Jesse Memer
October 12, 2024 at 1:56 PM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
Working six days a week with an hour drive one way actually sucks
October 13, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
one reason people don’t back down after being fact-checked on a post is that if they RT’d after having an emotional reaction, then those emotions are still activated, irrespective of facts. we can’t un-feel feelings! it takes a VERY HIGH level of emotional literacy to self-examine after new data
shayan86.bsky.social Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · Oct 6
These two posts sum up the issue of misinformation in the age of social media and hyper-partisan politics pretty well.

There comes a point when posting false content doesn't even matter, so long as it confirms your worldview and elicits the approval of your side.
October 7, 2024 at 2:27 AM
icedtiefling.bsky.social
My housemate let her dogs chew up my dryer balls
October 7, 2024 at 1:02 AM