US protesters begin nationwide strike as DOJ launches Pretti killing probe
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Protesters call for ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ in response to Trump’s deadly immigration enforcement crackdown.
Protesters in the United States have started a nationwide “no work, no school, no shopping” strike in response to the President Donald Trump administration’s deportation drive.
The strike on Friday, organised by an array of activist groups, comes in the wake of the killing of two US citizens in Minnesota by immigration enforcement agents this month, building on a state-wide strike held last week.
On Friday, the US Department of Justice announced it would open a civil rights probe into the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by border patrol agents on January 24.
However, it has still not moved to investigate possible rights violations of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7.
United States Representative Ilhan Omar, who represents Minneapolis, was among the elected officials promoting Friday’s strike.
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