cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42177433
Sat 24 Jan 2026 21.32 EST
Large protests spread across US cities on Saturday – including Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island – after 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a registered nurse living in Minneapolis, was shot dead by federal agents.
The wave of demonstrations come just one day after thousands marched through the streets of Minneapolis to protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Protesters again braved the extreme cold to speak out against the agency and show support for Pretti and others who have been harmed by the surge of immigration agents who have flooded the city in recent week.
Thousands more rallied in Union Square in New York City, with footage showing demonstrators shouting: “Say it once, say it twice, we will not put up with ICE!”
It will NOT be all right on Monday. People will go to work outraged about this, and they’ll talk about it. The MAGAs in the workplace will be EXTREMELY uncomfortable, and they should remain that way for as long as this lasts.
Things are not all right, and the mood is slowly, but inexorably, changing.