Local State Rep. Blasts ICE Over Latest Killing

State Rep. Rebecca Martinez, D-Plainville, lashed out at federal authorities in the wake of the killing of a protester in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Martinez serves the 22nd House District, which is comprised of Plainville and parts of Farmington and Southington.

Monday, she released a statement on the shooting and killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

"Untrained, masked federal agents have no place patrolling our communities, inflaming fear, or operating outside the laws that govern every town and state in this country. How did we come to this?" she said.

According to Martinez, "multiple angles of the Minneapolis video show the truth: a 37‑year‑old American citizen — an ICU nurse — was holding a cell phone, not a gun."

"Yet the federal account of what happened does not match what the public can clearly see. That disconnect is blatant. It’s disgusting. And it’s devastating that this is where we are as a country," she said.

"ICE agents pepper‑sprayed him, assaulted him, and then shot him multiple times while he was already on the ground. This led to yet another killing — another American citizen, murdered.

"People deserve the truth, not a filtered narrative. Too many are only seeing the version being pushed out by federal authorities, and it does not reflect reality. I encourage every person to watch the videos themselves and see the facts firsthand.

"When public statements contradict clear evidence, that isn’t a misunderstanding — it’s misinformation, and it’s dangerous. Every American should be outraged when the truth about a killing is distorted.

"These agents are not trained or authorised to act as local law enforcement, yet they continue to operate masked, unaccountable, and outside the standards every legitimate policing agency must follow.

"This is not partisan. This is about accountability and the rule of law. Every leader, in every party, should be saying enough is enough. Allowing anonymous, uncredentialed agents to override local authority and evade transparency is unacceptable, and we cannot normalise it."