Minnesota Loses Bid to Force US to Preserve Pretti Evidence (1)

A US judge declined to order the Trump administration to preserve evidence tied to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, a setback for Minnesota state investigators who were initially blocked from the scene.

US District Judge Eric Tostrud on Monday denied the state’s request to extend a temporary order requiring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to ensure all evidence is protected for a state investigation into the Jan. 24 shooting. The judge said there was no evidence that DHS wouldn’t preserve the evidence under its own procedures absent a court order.

“Though the record ...