Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents during what authorities described as a lawful enforcement action. To many residents, they look less like people than mechanisms, interchangeable parts in a vast state apparatus. They are witnessing what feels like rule-breaking backed by raw, unaccountable state power. When the other side appears unconcerned with rules, when you are facing an overwhelming display of state power, moral responses are no longer theoretical. To scold protesters for dehumanizing ICE agents ignores the gravity of this moment and profoundly misrepresents the imbalance of power.