Minnesota Murders Shoot a Hole in the Overton Window

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

“Alex Pretti was murdered, in public and on camera, by thugs. Period. If you’re lying to others about that, shame on you. If you’re lying to yourself about it, seek help.”

That’s my hot take on the Border Patrol’s public execution of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis over the weekend, and the varying reactions to it.

That’s exactly the reaction one might expect, given my prior disposition toward the war on immigrants and the ever-increasing militarization of the American police state...