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Letters to the editors: Readers respond to Alex Pretti shooting, ICE actions in Minneapolis

Photo by Kerem Yücel via Minnesota Public Radio via AP / Two people stand in front of a memorial for Alex Pretti outside the Minneapolis VA hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Photo by Kerem Yücel via Minnesota Public Radio via AP / Two people stand in front of a memorial for Alex Pretti outside the Minneapolis VA hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Minneapolis.

DHS shouldn’t investigate their own

There are no words to describe my astonishment to find the DHS is heading the investigation of its second murder caused by one or more of their members. In the past, the government group or company that had a member commit a crime such as killing someone would not investigate itself, leading others to think there was bias in their report. Rightfully so. But this is not the way justice works today.

As each day slips by and more laws are broken but not rectified by the powers in Washington, I grow more mystified that the so-called lawmakers don’t try to return America to its foregone democracy ties.

We are indeed living in a country run by a tyrant.

Tom Baker