Appropriating the death count: Manufacturing consent for an attack on Iran
Protest death toll speculations are used to rally support for an attack on Iran and downplay the genocide in Gaza.
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![A woman holds a placard with an upside down American flag as mourners gather at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. On January 24, federal agents shot dead US citizen Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway, less than three weeks after an immigration officer shot and killed Renee Good, also 37, in her car. [Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AFP__20260125__93XX68N__v4__HighRes__ProtestsAfterUsImmigrationOfficerKillsWomanInMi-1769448078.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
