Warriors' Steve Kerr claims 'misinformation' in media dividing Americans after CBP-involved shooting

Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr connected Sunday talked astir the Border Patrol-involved shooting successful Minneapolis that led to the postponement of their crippled against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The incidental occurred Saturday and near 1 antheral dormant – who was aboriginal identified arsenic Alex J. Pretti. He was changeable and killed aft helium allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cognition successful the confederate portion of the city. It was the 2nd shooting involving national officers successful the period of January.

Kerr took contented with the media for however it covered the deadly shooting.

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Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr reacts during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Toronto Raptors, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, successful San Francisco.  (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)

"My interest arsenic an American, we’re not perfect," helium said erstwhile asked astir a "path forward" successful the U.S. "We’ve ne'er been perfect. But I deliberation our ideals person been successful the close spot for a agelong time, our values. And I deliberation nary substance what broadside of the aisle you basal on, I deliberation remembering the values that travel with the constitution, that travel with citizenship, the values of looking aft each different are truthful important close now, conscionable due to the fact that of the extremism that we tin consciousness from each implicit the place. People are truthful angry.

"There should beryllium an entreaty to our amended angels to look aft 1 different and to admit what’s happening. We’re being divided by media for profit, by misinformation. There’s truthful overmuch retired determination that is truly hard for each of america to reconcile. In times similar these, you person to thin connected values and who you are and who you privation to beryllium — either arsenic an idiosyncratic oregon arsenic a country. And I deliberation that’s the biggest thing.

"And that’s what’s truthful bittersweet astir each of this. It’s similar we’re astatine each other’s throats close now. And you can’t conscionable say, ‘I’m right, the different person’s wrong.’ Not wrong this existent clime of nonstop quality flooding astatine us. ‘News.’ It’s hard to decipher what’s existent and what’s not. What’s existent and what’s not true. People arguing implicit the nonstop aforesaid video, saying, ‘This happened. No that happened.’ It is simply a confusing clip to beryllium live and to beryllium an American. So, what I would entreaty to everyone is to retrieve what our constitution stands for, what our values are, and what that means to however we dainty each different and our chap citizens."

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A national cause fires a munition toward demonstrators adjacent the tract wherever Alex Pretti was fatally changeable successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 24, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

Kerr besides praised the residents of Minneapolis arsenic helium talked to the media earlier the Warriors took connected the T’Wolves successful the rescheduled game.

"I’ve been pursuing everything. It’s precise sad," Kerr said. "This has ever been a large halt connected the NBA tour. I emotion the metropolis of Minneapolis. The radical present are fantastic and it’s precise bittersweet what’s happening. I consciousness for the city. There’s a pall that’s been formed implicit the city. You tin consciousness it. A batch of radical are suffering.

"Obviously, nonaccomplishment of beingness is the No. 1 concern. Those families volition ne'er get their household members back. When each the unrest settles down, whenever that is, those household members won’t beryllium returning location and that’s devastating."

Kerr said helium had conversations with T’Wolves caput manager Chris Finch astir postponing the crippled and helium agreed that it should person been done.

"General feeling is conscionable 1 of sadness for Minneapolis, for the city. It had been done a lot," Kerr continued. "We empathize with the citizens here, with the Wolves franchise and their fans. It’s a fantastic place. As I’ve said, I’ve ever felt a large vibe here. The look ‘Minnesota nice’ is simply a existent thing. People present really, truly attraction astir each other. Take attraction of their neighbors and spell retired of their mode to assistance 1 another.

"It’s a beauteous metropolis and it’s conscionable pugnacious to spot everybody truly going done a batch of angst and choler and sadness and grief."

The shooting decease came a fewer weeks aft a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) serviceman changeable and killed Renee Nicole Good. DHS said Good was changeable successful self-defense aft she utilized her SUV successful a mode that posed a threat. DHS said video showed Good interfering with ICE officers by parking her conveyance successful the roadway successful an evident effort to artifact national vehicles.

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Kerr called Good’s decease a "murder."

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