"Five years later, more of Bellingcat's stories are taking place on American streets. Last year, the outlet partnered with visual investigative nonprofit Evident Media to report on federal agents using tear gas and pepper spray against protestors in Illinois, and with CalMatters to track immigration raids in Los Angeles."
"On January 7, when a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis, Bellingcat used footage from five different smartphone videos to figure out what happened. Just over two weeks later, when ICE agents shot and killed U.S. citizen Alex Pretti, Bellingcat reported from Minneapolis again."
"The United States Department of Homeland Security claimed Pretti was killed after an 'armed struggle' with DHS officers and that it seemed he had wanted to 'do maximum damage,' Bellingcat's investigation team wrote. 'Yet video footage shared online, showing shortly before and during the incident, appears to contradict that claim.'"
Bellingcat launched in 2014 and occasionally covered U.S. topics such as the far-right and COVID-19 misinformation. In recent years the outlet's U.S. coverage has shifted toward local, street-level investigations. On January 5, 2021 it ran a headline about the insurgent and MAGA right in Washington, and the U.S. Capitol attack followed the next day. Bellingcat has partnered with investigative nonprofits and local outlets to examine federal agents' use of tear gas and to track immigration raids. The outlet used multiple smartphone videos to reconstruct two Minneapolis shootings and found video evidence that appears to contradict official DHS claims. Bellingcat has increased partnerships with American news sites to reach local audiences.
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