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First Lady Melania Trump called for peaceful protesting in Minneapolis as demonstrators continue to take to the streets following the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by a federal agent.
“I’m calling for unity. I know my husband, the president, had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor, and they’re working together to make it peaceful and without riots. I’m against the violence, so please, if you protest, protest in peace. And we need to unify in this time,” she said Tuesday morning on Fox & Friends.
Protests have been underway in Minneapolis since ICE descended on the city in December. However, demonstrations have only intensified following the fatal shootings of Pretti on Saturday and Renee Nicole Good on January 7.
Trump administration officials have said the shots were fired “defensively” against Pretti, who federal authorities said had a semiautomatic handgun and was “violently » resisting officers. However, bystander videos appear to show Pretti with only a phone in his hand.
This version of events has been challenged by Pretti’s family.
“The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,” they said in a statement.
« Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs.”
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