WATCH: AOC Calls Minneapolis Shooting an ‘Execution,’ Encourages Protesters to Keep Going Amid Escalating Chaos Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, referring to it as an “execution.” She encouraged protesters on social media amidst escalating violence in the city. Ocasio-Cortez questioned the presence of federal agents in Minneapolis, arguing they were exerting violence against Americans exercising their First and Second Amendment rights.

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez labeled the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by an ICE officer an “execution.”
• Ocasio-Cortez encouraged protesters to continue demonstrating on social media.
• She questioned the deployment of federal agents in Minneapolis, which is far from the U.S. border.
• Her official campaign account shared a message urging people to use their First Amendment rights to organize and mobilize.
• The article mentions other incidents occurring simultaneously, including a protester biting off a federal agent’s finger and the establishment of an “autonomous zone.”
• Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz have condemned ICE but have not stopped violent agitators.