Letter From Minnesota: Finding Reverence in the Face of Brutality E. Bok Lee on the Courage the of Alex Pretti and His Fellow MinnesotansSo far this year, in Minneapolis, there have been three homicides, two of them by ICE. Mr. Pretti exemplified this. Mr. Pretti exemplified this. The government, along with much of purple and red America, pound the message that ICE in Minnesota is all about state corruption and criminality. “Are you okay?” Mr. Pretti reportedly uttered—his final words to a fellow citizen, as he himself was being pepper sprayed.