SHOTLIST:

MINNESOTA, US (JANUARY 27, 2026) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF ANTI-ICE PROTEST OUTSIDE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ’S OFFICE, PROTESTERS HOLDING PHOTOS OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENÉE GOOD, CHANTING SLOGANS

2. JAYLANI HUSSEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAIR MINNESOTA SAYING:

"They broke both laws. They break federal laws and state laws. We're asking for the state agencies to do their job by bringing charges against the officers who kill those individuals."

3. PROTESTERS HOLDING PHOTOS OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENÉE GOOD

4. JAYLANI HUSSEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAIR MINNESOTA SAYING:

"I think they're losing the their entire, mental and operation around ice. I don't think ice can go to any other community after Minnesota, knowing how failure they had here and how much costly it was to the public."

5. VARIOUS OF ANTI-ICE PROTEST

6. PARTICIPANT DIANE DENGATE SAYING:

"We are losing liberty. We are losing people. We need to show up and be a voice for the people who can't show up."
MINNESOTA, US - JANUARY 27, 2026: Protesters rallied outside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s office at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to denounce federal immigration enforcement actions after a series of fatal shootings by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents in Minneapolis, including the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renée Good.

Organized by the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) alongside local community groups and leaders, the demonstration saw participants carrying anti-ICE signs and chanting slogans demanding accountability and a local investigation into the killings, including calls for the arrest of the federal officers involved.

Jaylani Hussein, executive director of CAIR Minnesota, told reporters, “They broke both laws. They break federal laws and state laws. We’re asking for the state agencies to do their job by bringing charges against the officers who killed those individuals.” Hussein added that he did not believe ICE could operate effectively in other communities after failures in Minnesota and the high cost to the public.

Tensions have escalated in Minnesota following the deaths of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a mother of three, and Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse, who were fatally shot in separate incidents involving ICE agents in Minneapolis this month.

Good was killed on Jan. 7 while near a protest site. Less than three weeks later, Pretti was shot amid a protest.

The US Department of Homeland Security has said both individuals posed a threat to agents, a claim disputed by politicians, journalists and civil rights groups citing video footage from the scene.

The back-to-back deaths have triggered protests across Minnesota and elsewhere in the US, with demonstrators demanding accountability, transparency and independent investigations into federal immigration enforcement actions.