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The Placer County Democratic Party mourns the tragic and senseless loss of Alex Pretti, a dedicated 37-year-old ICU nurse and American citizen, who was fatally shot yesterday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. We also continue to grieve for Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, poet, and American citizen, who was killed by an ICE agent on January 7, 2026. In less than one month, under the Trump Administration's aggressive directives, federal law enforcement agents have unleashed excessive and lethal force that has claimed the lives of two American citizens in Minneapolis. This represents an increasingly chilling pattern of abuse of power, where unaccountable federal agents operate with impunity, turning our streets into zones of terror.

We also condemn in the strongest terms this administration's escalating campaign of deception and dehumanization by falsely branding American citizens as "criminals" and "terrorists" to justify mounting deaths, brutal injuries, and violent mistreatment of peaceful protesters and legal observers. This is not law enforcement. It is state-sanctioned violence that erodes the very foundations of democracy and betrays American values. We urge every U.S. Senator to vote against the upcoming Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would perpetuate the continuation of these unchecked and indefensible abuses.

Placer County Democrats stand resolutely with the families of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in demanding full accountability, transparent investigations, and swift justice for those responsible for these killings. We fiercely oppose the weaponization of federal agencies into secret, unaccountable paramilitary forces that answer to political whims rather than the rule of law. Our hearts beat with those who courageously and non-violently resist the Trump Administration's un-American assault on our communities, our rights, and our humanity.

On Sunday, Jan. 24, community members held a candlelight vigil after news spread of another senseless killing by untrained federal immigration officers.

Photos courtesy of Democratic Club of Lincoln

Our Climate Future: A Forum with California's Next Governor

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

4 p.m.
Where: YouTube Livestream

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

 Panel Discussion

Thursday, January 29
6pm – 8pm

1400 W. Stanford Ranch Rd. Rocklin

Connect with other activists to find out what we're doing and what we're going to do next. By joining us, you'll collaborate with like-minded individuals and contribute to meaningful change in your community. You'll gain valuable insights, learn effective advocacy strategies, and strengthen your democracy organizing and mobilization skills. Together, we can make a real impact and protect the values we all cherish.

A court order required release of Epstein files by December 19, 2025. The initial incomplete and incompetent release of documents in December revealed only thousands of pages and documents and not anywhere near the millions of pages of the Epstein investigation. Even as they slow-work the redaction to comply with victims privacy protections, the common belief is that the Trump DOJ pursues dystopian distractions from the Epstein case.

Seems to many observers that while not all photo or documents are evidence of child sex crimes, the unsettling suspicion is that DOJ may be protecting high profile pedophiles.

The CBP Chief Gregory Bovino (with news breaking that Bovino was been removed from his position) equated nonviolent observers or even ICE protestors to "bankrobbers." All the while, he complains about accountability being sought by observers and protesters. View the YouTube video (scroll to minute 17:20, where he walks off within a minute without further explanation). The viewer is left with the impression that if you are an observer or peaceful protestor you may be killed. He admits he sees all protestors as making "bad choices." Those peacefully and responsibly exercising their First and Second Amendments in the U.S. Constitution peacefully beware per ICE.

Operation Metro Surge is Part of the immigration raids, arrests, and deportations in the second Trump administration under the authority of Immigration Customs Enforcement  (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Presently, they are terrorizing the state of Minnesota (Twin Cities) with physical abuse, harassment, and intimidation. Besides the recent Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings, ICE earlier in January injured Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezeulan man (North Minneapolis) in a non-fatal shooting.

There have been 26 shootings by ICE/CBP resulting in six deaths since Trump took office in January 2025. For deaths during ICE detentions, the year 2025 was the highest number of deaths since 2004, and December 2025 was the deadliest month on record. With increased presence in multiple Democratic states, the list of shootings are trending toward doubling by the end of election year. (See links below) 

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