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Alex Pretti’s martyrdom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the hands of a group of excited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents followed hard upon Renée Good’s two weeks earlier. Watching the video of these spontaneous public executions of what appear to be ordinary American citizens has led many caring souls in the United States and across… Continue reading This Isn’t a Pretti Good Story!
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