Kate and Josh discuss the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, and its still-unfolding fallout.

From TPM Reader JL …

I agree with a lot of your post on disorganized retreat.  But I want to come at this from another angle.

For the most benefit practically and politically over the next few months, the concession that is most important imo is giving MN AG full, real time access to all evidence.  Not to be crass about it but the public loves a murder trial.  Talking about legislative constraints on ICE will put the public to sleep.  But the public will have an endless appetite when it comes to pursuing justice for Alex Pretti and putting the man who shot him in the back of the head in jail.  

Big public and political fights often have the dynamics of military confrontations. The ongoing backlash and outcry over the ICE murder of Alex Pretti is one such example. Over the first days of this week, the Trump White House lost its footing on the whole issue of ICE wilding sprees in Blue cities. As we discussed yesterday, they’re trying to manage what amounts to a live-action rebranding, telling the public they’re getting things back into line without, if possible, changing anything. But the White House’s public line on ICE and its Blue state wilding sprees has been so categorical and over-the-top it’s a really tough pivot. It’s hard to get your footing when you’re rapidly going from “ICE is our warrior force against immigrant-befouled hellholes run by domestic terrorists” to “we need a real investigation and ICE probably shouldn’t be murdering this many people.”