Sundance Rally Protests Nurse Shooting by Federal Agents

Protesters and celebrities at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, rallied against federal immigration enforcement on Monday, following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis nurse by Customs and Border Protection agents during an anti-ICE demonstration. The incident, which occurred Saturday morning, has intensified national outrage over the Trump administration's immigration policies and a series of lethal encounters in Minnesota.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital, was shot multiple times while lying on the ground after approaching agents who were detaining a female protester. Video footage captured Pretti recording the arrest with his phone in one hand and his other hand raised as he attempted to assist the woman. He was tackled, pepper-sprayed, and then shot by an agent around 9 a.m. Pretti, a U.S. citizen born in Illinois with no criminal record, lived about two miles from the scene and had participated in earlier protests against ICE operations. His family described him as a kindhearted outdoorsman and dedicated caregiver who owned a legally permitted handgun but did not carry it, according to...