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Graham Nash<\/a>, Neal Schon<\/a>, Tom Morello<\/a> and other rock stars took to social media to react to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.<\/p>\n You can see their reactions below.<\/p>\n On Saturday, federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old\u00a0intensive care\u00a0nurse who appeared to be\u00a0using his phone to record U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Videos show agents pinning Pretti to the ground and hitting him, and one officer leaving with what appears to be a gun.<\/p>\n These videos appear to contradict claims that Pretti\u00a0\u00a0\u201capproached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun\u201d and \u201cattacked\u201d\u00a0them, according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Neil Young Shares Stinging Anti-Trump Song ‘Big Crime’<\/a><\/p>\n Pretti’s death marked the second fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal agent this month, following the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good<\/a> by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Both deaths have led to nationwide calls for more thorough investigations and the dismantling of ICE.<\/p>\n “The events of this weekend in Minneapolis are terrifying, deeply disturbing, and heartbreaking \u2014 with yet another U.S. citizen losing their life while taking part in the time-honored and Constitutionally protected activity of being present to observe and peacefully advocate for their beliefs,”\u00a0Good’s family said in a statement<\/a> released by their attorneys.<\/p>\n They continued: “We urge all Americans to trust their own eyes as they interpret the horrific video, and to call for an absolute end to ICE activity in Minneapolis. It has clearly gone too far and strayed far beyond its stated mission of removing criminal non-citizens from the country. It is time for a hard reset. ICE agents can leave Minneapolis. The residents of Minnesota cannot.”<\/p>\n Nash offered a lengthy, full-throated denunciation of ICE on Instagram<\/a>, marveling at the people who tell him to “stick to music” when his music has been politically motivated for decades. “Anytime I dare to have an opinion, as a human being, about what is going on around me there\u2019s always the inevitable comment where somebody tells me to ‘stick to music,'” he wrote.<\/p>\n “Now, I\u2019m getting older myself so maybe the people leaving those comments have trouble hearing. So do I! That\u2019s the only reason I can think of that anyone would ever be shocked that myself, or anyone I\u2019ve ever sung with, would talk about politics, the destruction of the environment, generational conflict, generational responsibility or the state of the world in an way.”<\/p>\n After detailing his extensive songwriting resume and naming\u00a0political anthems such as “For What It’s Worth,” “Ohio” and “Teach Your Children,” Nash concluded: “So I\u2019ll say it again\u2026 after just watching a bunch of thugs who call themselves ‘agents’ kill yet another human being: F**K ICE. And since these murderers are part of a government sanctioned agency I\u2019ll say this and don\u2019t bother getting mad about it: F**K TRUMP too.”<\/p>\n Other rockers offered shorter but\u00a0equally harsh critiques in the wake of Pretti’s murder.<\/p>\n “This is f—ing insane and it all needs to stop,” Schon wrote bluntly on X (formerly Twitter). When another X user inevitably\u00a0told the Journey guitarist to “stick to music,” Schon responded: “Shut up. This was wrong.”<\/p>\n Morello likewise got into a heated exchange with an X user after referring to President Donald Trump<\/a> as a “murdering idiot” on an unrelated post prior to the Pretti shooting.<\/p>\n “You support white men with guns now!! Got it!” the user wrote, to which Morello replied: “You support masked federal government secret police murdering US citizens now. Got it. (PS\u2014ur likely a paid MAGA troll bot living in S. East Asia, but anyway).”<\/p>\n Not everybody sided against Border Patrol though. On Saturday, notoriously outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent<\/a> posted a text graphic on Facebook that said:\u00a0“Stop interfering with federal agents enforcing the law. Stay home. Save lives. Save your own.”<\/p>\n You can see these reactions and more below.<\/p>\n graham nash ice statement<\/span><\/p> See how rock stars have historically reacted to political unrest in our gallery of 20 protest songs that changed history:<\/em><\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Stacker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Happened to Alex Pretti?<\/h3>\n
Graham Nash Says ‘F**K ICE’ and ‘F**K Trump Too’<\/h3>\n
How Did Other Rockers React to\u00a0the Murder of Alex Pretti?<\/h3>\n
Rockers React to Border Patrol’s Killing of Alex Pretti<\/h3>\n
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\nHere’s a look back at songs that played a key role in political movements compiled by Stacker<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n