‘Apprehensive ICE will deport 700K Indians’: Row over Saikat Chakrabarti calling federal brokers ‘murderers’ after Minneapolis taking pictures

Indian-American political activist Saikat Chakrabarti stirred a row after posting on X concerning the deadly taking pictures of a Minneapolis man by US Border Patrol brokers. The previous chief of workers to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez wrote: “ICE is murdering individuals. And they’re going to solely homicide extra. RIP Alex Pretti. Abolish ICE.”In a video message, Chakrabarti stated the incident is probably going a state-sponsored homicide: “Yesterday in Minneapolis, Border Patrol brokers murdered Alex Pretti — a 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen. They pepper-sprayed him, tackled him to the bottom, beat him, after which fired six pictures — killing him. Alex was legally carrying, had his ID on him, and was attempting to assist somebody who had been pushed down. However as a substitute of de-escalating, brokers selected violence — once more. That is state homicide. That is what ICE and Border Patrol do. We can not let this proceed.”Chakrabarti additionally used the video to name for public motion to defund federal brokers as soon as and for all: “Emergency protest in the present day at 4 PM — Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco. Convey indicators, convey rage, convey pals. Name your Democratic senators RIGHT NOW — inform them to vote NO on the DHS funding invoice arising this week. Abolish ICE. Defund Border Patrol. Justice for Alex Pretti. Relaxation in energy, Alex. We cannot overlook. We cannot cease.”