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Welcome to The Logoff: After killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, the Trump administration is making ready to brush his loss of life below the rug.
What’s taking place? On Tuesday, MS NOW broke the information that the Justice Division is not going to be opening a civil rights investigation into the capturing loss of life of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, a departure from customary follow.
As a substitute, an investigation into the capturing can be dealt with internally by Border Patrol’s mum or dad company, Customs and Border Safety, which can reportedly probe whether or not Pretti’s killer violated company coverage.
Moreover, one other Division of Homeland Safety company, Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) — which is part of ICE — is claimed to be investigating whether or not Pretti himself dedicated any crimes.
What’s the context? The Trump administration’s resolution could also be stunning, but it surely’s not stunning: After an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, shot and killed Renee Good at shut vary earlier this month, the DOJ quashed a civil rights investigation into her loss of life by the FBI. As a substitute, high DOJ officers pressed to analyze Good’s widow — a transfer which brought about a minimum of 10 DOJ prosecutors to resign in protest.
Why does this matter? The set of information round Pretti’s loss of life, captured on video for the world to see, is horrifying: He was gunned down by federal brokers who, after beating him to his knees, fired a minimum of 10 photographs inside seconds. When he was killed, he was making an attempt to guard a girl who had been pepper-sprayed by the identical federal brokers moments in the past.
However below the Trump administration, there’s little purpose to consider there can be any accountability for his loss of life: In 16 shootings by federal immigration brokers since final summer season, none have resulted in prison expenses towards the brokers, and even any identified disciplinary measures.
And with that, it’s time to sign off…
Each day after I begin drafting this article, I’ve a placeholder on this part that simply reads “One thing good!” That may really feel daunting within the face of every thing occurring on the earth, however I feel it’s price making an attempt anyway. So listed below are two issues to sign off with:
Handle yourselves and we’ll see you again right here tomorrow.
