Large protests spread across US after Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents

Key Highlights

• 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.“Fuck ICE, ICE out,” a crowd could be heard shouting in livestreams of the demonstration on Saturday night.37-year-old US citizen shot and killed by federal agents in MinneapolisRead moreThousands 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!”New York city council member Chi Ossé addressed the crowd in freezing temperatures to call for the abolishment of ICE.“We need Nuremberg trials for the people of ICE, for the people who are committing crimes against humanity here in our country.
• I refuse to call them law enforcement.
• They are agents of chaos.
• They are destroying the fabric of our country,” Ossé shouted to the group before him. In Washington DC, a giant crowd formed outside the headquarters of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Video footage captured cries of “shame” ringing out through the cold air on Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered in the dark. Across the country in San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered in the city’s downtown as the sun began to set.