{"id":46740,"date":"2026-02-17T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46740"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:03:45","slug":"unprecedented-trump-admin-denies-minnesota-investigators-access-to-alex-pretti-shooting-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/unprecedented-trump-admin-denies-minnesota-investigators-access-to-alex-pretti-shooting-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unprecedented\u2019: Trump Admin Denies Minnesota Investigators Access to Alex Pretti Shooting Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hundreds of flowers and pieces of unique artwork are on display at the memorial site for Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 14, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Alex Kormann\/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets,\u201d said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. \u201cTrump\u2019s left hand cannot investigate his right hand.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 16, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has officially denied law enforcement officials in Minnesota access to evidence related to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis intensive care nurse Alex Pretti last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Monday announcement<\/a>, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) revealed that the FBI<\/a> on Friday delivered a formal notification informing the agency that will not receive \u201caccess to any information or evidence that it has collected\u201d related to Pretti\u2019s shooting at the hands of federal immigration<\/a> enforcement officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump Admin Opposes Order Banning Destruction of Evidence in Pretti Killing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Calls Trump Officials\u2019 Response to Alex Pretti Killing \u2018Flat-Out Insane\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BCA described the refusal to share evidence as \u201cconcerning and unprecedented,\u201d but it vowed to conduct a \u201cthorough, independent, and transparent\u201d investigation into the Pretti shooting \u201ceven if hampered by a lack of access to key information and evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to requesting evidence gathered in the Pretti shooting, the BCA reiterated its call for federal law enforcement to share whatever evidence it has collected in relation to last month\u2019s fatal shooting of Minneapolis mother Renee Good and the shooting<\/a> of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBCA investigations of these incidents continue,\u201d the agency vowed. \u201cThe BCA will present its findings without recommendation to the appropriate prosecutorial authorities for review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> slammed the Trump administration<\/a> for denying his state\u2019s officials access to evidence, and he demanded a real investigation into Pretti\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets,\u201d he wrote<\/a> in a social media<\/a> post. \u201cTrump\u2019s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Sunday interview<\/a> with CBS News Minnesota<\/em>, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty revealed that her office was not getting any help from the federal government in its investigation into the Pretti shooting, though she said her team was continuing to gather evidence and interview witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moriarty emphasized that her office, which is currently working with the Minnesota BCA in its investigation, can bring criminal charges against federal immigration officers if they have enough evidence to do so, even without the cooperation of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hundreds of flowers and pieces of unique artwork are on display at the memorial site for Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 14, 2026. \u00a0(Photo by Alex Kormann\/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) \u201cMinnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets,\u201d said Minnesota… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46741,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46740\/revisions\/46741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}