The White House said on Monday that US President Donald Trump does not want to see people getting hurt or killed on the streets of the United States but will not back down from efforts to deport “violent criminal illegal aliens” from Minnesota.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed journalists after the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday by federal officers drew outrage from Americans. It was the second fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota this month.
“Let’s be clear about the circumstances which led to that moment on Saturday. This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota for weeks,” Leavitt said.
Video from the scene, verified by Reuters, contradicts the Trump administration’s account that immigration agents fired in self-defence after Pretti approached them with a handgun.
Footage shows Pretti holding a phone – not a gun – as agents wrestle him to the ground. It also shows officers removing a firearm stored near his waistband after he was subdued, moments before they fatally shot him. Pretti was a licensed gun owner.
Leavitt said Trump “will never back down from his promise to deport violent criminal illegal aliens and make America safe again, and he welcomes all cooperation in that effort”.
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