Ex-MLB star rips Trump admin over Minnesota shooting, calls immigration enforcement 'blatantly racist'

Former college basketball coach Bruce Pearl appears on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" to talk about the Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minnesota.

Former MLB Gold Glove outfielder Kole Calhoun ripped the Trump administration on Monday following the Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minnesota over the weekend.

Calhoun wrote a lengthy statement on his Instagram Stories, starting with his assertion that Alex Pretti – the Minneapolis man who was shot and killed on Saturday – was "straight murdered."

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Los Angeles Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun (56) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on Aug. 11, 2019. (Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports)

He then recalled his playing days for the Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers and Cleveland Guardians and how he played with teammates of different backgrounds and was delighted to see some of them being able to send money back to their native countries to help their families buy houses.

The 38-year-old Arizona native said he used to sit in the middle of political discourse and tried to stay out of the conversation for the most part. But that was until the latest shooting involving federal officers occurred.

"The United States we live in now could not be more divided, but this is a turning point," he said. "The images and videos from Minnesota are alarming on all fronts, to what this country was built on and our core values as a society are under attack. There is (a) right way to do things and a wrong way and the tactics on display for the world to see, the ones designed to create fear and intimidate by recruits of this administration,