Candlelight Vigil For ICE Victims Held In Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — They braved the cold weather before the storm to hold a candlelight vigil to protest the firestorm that has led to two people shot and killed by ICE agents in Minnesota.

Indivisible Bucks County held a candlelight vigil on Saturday night in Langhorne as 75 people "braved the brutal cold" to attend the vigil for Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were shot and killed by ICE, with the recent incident on Saturday.

The vigil was held outside U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's Office.

Pretti was shot and killed by ICE agents after he tried to help a woman who was being taken into custody on a downtown Minneapolis street. The ICU nurse was first pepper-sprayed and then fatally shot after ICE agents found that he had a legally-permitted gun in his possession.

Pretti's death comes just weeks after Renee Good was fatally killed by ICE agents after trying to drive away in her SUV after officers ordered her to get out of the vehicle.

"Words aren't enough. This has to stop," the Bucks County Democratic Committee said in a Facebook post on Saturday night. Congress, including our Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, has failed to use their powers to do anything to rein them in. Now is the time to step up and put an end to this violence."

"Another life has tragically been lost in Minneapolis today, and beyond the headlines, a family now bears a grief that cannot be measured," Fitzpatrick said. "I pray for their loved ones as they mourn, and I pray for all law enforcement officers across our nation. Harm directed at anyone — in any direction — is never justified. We cannot continue like this."

Fitzpatrick said the rule of law is a solemn social contract, a law that exists so disagreements are settled through order and reason" "So citizens can peacefully protest, and so law enforcement officers can enforce the law without facing violence themselves. When this social contract is compromised, our communities are less safe."

"Now is the time to come together: to lower the temperature, reject reckless rhetoric, condemn violence and hatred in all their forms, and lead with respect, restraint, and above all, humanity — for one another, and for the rights and institutions that hold our society together," the congressman said.

(Indivisible Bucks County)