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Alex Jeffrey Pretti

Age 37 • Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alex was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse who lived in Minneapolis. On January 24, 2026, he was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agents while observing and attempting to help a woman who had fallen during an ICE confrontation. He was recording the agents when they pushed him and opened fire. President Trump called him an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist," but witnesses say Alex was trying to protect the vulnerable. He held an active nursing license and worked at the Veterans Affairs hospital, dedicated to saving lives. His death represents the tragic cost of a regime that views compassion as resistance.

Renee Nicole Good

Mother of Three • Minneapolis, Minnesota

Renee was a mother of three and poet who had just dropped her 6-year-old son at school when an ICE agent shot and killed her. Federal officials claimed "self-defense," but video evidence contradicts their narrative. Her wife described her as "pure love, pure joy, pure sunshine." She was relatively new to Minneapolis, having moved there with her youngest son and wife from Kansas City. In her Instagram bio, she wrote that she was "experiencing Minneapolis" and included a pride flag emoji. She was described by friends as "one of the kindest people" they'd ever known.

Luis David Nico Moncada

Venezuelan • Portland, Oregon

Luis was a Venezuelan man in Portland when Border Patrol agents conducted a "targeted vehicle stop." DHS accused him and Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras of being "suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates" without providing evidence. Luis had entered the U.S. in 2022 and had a final order of removal, but had applied for a U visa. He was working as a rideshare driver when agents began following him. His story represents the dangerous assumptions made about immigrants under the Trump regime.

Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras

Venezuelan • Portland, Oregon

Yorlenys was a Venezuelan woman who was with Luis Moncada during the Border Patrol shooting in Portland. DHS accused her of being "associated with a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring" and involvement in a prior shooting, but provided no evidence. She had entered the U.S. in 2023 and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her death demonstrates the deadly consequences of guilt by association policies.

George Floyd

Age 46 • Minneapolis, Minnesota

George Floyd was a 46-year-old Black man who died after Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. His final words "I can't breathe" became a global protest cry against police brutality. His death ignited worldwide demonstrations and brought attention to systemic racism in American policing. The incident was captured on video, showing the casual cruelty that led to his death.

Breonna Taylor

Age 26 • Louisville, Kentucky

Breonna was a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was shot and killed by police during a no-knock warrant while sleeping in her own bed. She was an EMT dedicated to saving lives, yet her life was taken by the very system she served. Her death exposed the dangers of no-knock warrants and militarized police tactics in American communities.

I — Identity

The Kokosnus is the round core of the self: a storage of voice, dignity, memory. It is the I-Orbit that does not break. Each victim had a name, a story, a family. They were not statistics or collateral damage. They were human beings with dreams, fears, and the right to live.

C — Context

When systems harden, identities roll like stones through streets full of sirens. Context becomes pressure, pressure becomes crack. Under the Trump regime, ICE and Border Patrol became weapons of immigration enforcement, targeting communities of color with militarized tactics.

U — Understanding

To understand means: The victims are not numbers. They are people whose stories want to be carried forward. Understanding means looking beyond the headlines to see the human cost of political policies. It means acknowledging that behind every statistic is a family shattered, a community traumatized.

C — Connection

Block, Nation, Voice, Breath — everything woven like fibers of a shell. Nothing exists alone. When one of us falls to injustice, we all feel the impact. Solidarity is our greatest strength against oppression. Our connections make us resilient.

I — Intention

The rap is not an attack. It is a wake-up call, an acoustic crack in the system. Our intention is truth-telling, memory-keeping, and justice-seeking. We will not let their stories be erased or their deaths be in vain.

W — Witnessing

We see how power deifies itself and truth drowns in noise. To witness means: not looking away. We see the videos, we read the reports, we hear the testimonies. We bear witness to these atrocities and demand accountability.

E — Energy

The Kokosnus cracks — and the sound is a crack in the system. Energy becomes movement. The energy of their memory fuels our fight. Their spirits rise with us as we demand change, protest injustice, and work to prevent future tragedies.

S — Structure

The shell breaks, but the core remains: Community, Voice, Dignity. The broken structures must be rebuilt. Police reform, ICE abolition, and systemic change are necessary to prevent more lives from being stolen.

E — Evolution

From the break grows movement. From movement grows future. From future grows We. This is not just about remembering the past — it's about creating a different future where all lives are truly valued. Where "This Is Not America" becomes a promise of what America could be.