Tim Cook calls for de-escalation but avoids criticizing Trump after Minneapolis death

President Trump is facing a rare bipartisan backlash after a group of federal agents shot and killed protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. But tech industry leaders—once some of Trump’s fiercest critics—are sitting this one out.

Pretti’s killing, depicted clearly in multiple angles of bystander video, has galvanized even apolitical corners of the internet and united voices from opposite sides of the political spectrum. The fatal shooting took place less than three weeks after...