Merz Denounces ICE’s Shooting in Minneapolis
“I find the news we've been getting from the USA in the last few days indeed worrying. And it's obviously always one region or one city that is affected,” Merz said in Hamburg.
“I assume that the American authorities will now really clarify whether it was necessary to shoot here, whether there really was a threat to the officers involved. In any case, I have to say I find this level of use of violence in the USA worrying, to put it that way,” he added.
The 37-year-old man was shot and killed on Saturday in Minneapolis, marking the city’s second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal agents this month. While the US government described the killing as self-defense, video footage of the scene posted online appears to contradict that account.
The victim, Alex Pretti, who worked as an intensive care nurse at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Minneapolis, sparked heightened tensions following his death, with clashes breaking out between protesters and law enforcement. The incident came shortly after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, by an ICE officer on January 7 in Minneapolis.
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