https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/24/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-protester-alex-pretti/052c7198-f965-11f0-9ceb-4c268b6e1369_story.htmlFamily members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who loved getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Law Enforcement officer earlier this month.“He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He felt that doing the protesting was a way to express that, you know, his care for others.”Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets.In a recent conversation with their son, his parents, who live in Wisconsin, told him to be careful when protesting.“We had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically,” Michael Pretti said. “And he said he knows that. He knew that.”The Department of Homeland Security said that the man was shot after he “approached” U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. Officials did not specify if Pretti brandished the gun, and it is not visible in bystander video of the shooting obtained by The Associated Press.Family members said Pretti owned a handgun and had a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Minnesota. They said they had never known him to carry it.
The family first learned of the shooting when they were called by an Associated Press reporter. They watched the video and said the man killed appeared to be their son. They then tried reaching out to officials in Minnesota.“I can’t get any information from anybody,” Michael Pretti said Saturday. “The police, they said call Border Patrol, Border Patrol’s closed, the hospitals won’t answer any questions?”Eventually, the family called the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who they said confirmed had a body matching the name and description of their son.
>>1482018>Officials did not specify if Pretti brandished the gunYeah footage shows he literally never even revealed he had it until they fucking pushed him to the ground and found it while in the middle of pistol whipping him.
>>1482018>The Department of Homeland Security said that the man was shot after he “approached” U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. Officials did not specify if Pretti brandished the gun, and it is not visible in bystander video of the shooting obtained by The Associated Press.There is absolutely no reason to believe a fucking word DHS says. They have demonstrated time and time again that they will lie straight to your face. ICE could shoot a baby and they'd still say their brave, heroic agents were acting in self defense.
Wonder how the trump regime will smear this guy, more than claiming their murdering of him was 'self defense'
>>1482039They're not even trying anymore. He was a woke commie liberal terrorist. There, done, maybe throw on a few more buzzwords for good measure. I imagine they'll keep pushing this "He had a gun!! He was going for the agent's gun!!" shit too.
>>1482039They're already treating him like he was caught mid-mass shooting, even though he never even touched his gun. Apparently carrying a backup clip with your legal carry means you were actually about to shoot up the whole block.
>>1482039they don't need to. the whole point of this campaign is to terrorize the average person. You don't see these guys going into high-crime neighborhoods. They don't even go after immigrants anymore, or they'd be all over Miamia in Trump's back yard. This is being done in big cities in Blue states to warn people about trying to rise up against Trump and his handlers.It's gonna be even more fun in November when "election monitors" are cracking heads in big city precincts in especially Blue neighborhoods.
>>1482018No such thing as an illegal veteran.He lost sight of the mission.
>>1482057I think people would be more sympathetic if the dems hadn't been acting like domestic enemies of the state since BLM
>>1482018>intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about peopleSounds like he was a fucking idiot and makes you wonder if he abused patients with his bad ideas.
>>1482039They just have to say he was a domestic terrorist. It's not like Fox or other right wing 'news' networks are going to tell their viewers the truth.
>>1482062Everyone has missed the real message of the last ten years, because Biden won in 2020.Trump got 63 million votes in 2016 and won by EC.Trump got 74 million votes in 2020 but lost by a big margin to Biden.Trump got 77 million votes in 2024.That is a huge increase after his first term and another increase after 2020 as well. Trump is simply more popular now than he was even in 2016 ... a lot more popular.
>>1482072>Trump is simply more popular now than he was even in 2016 ... a lot more popular.Lmao you wanna bet that's still true now after he directly fucked over half his voters?
>>1482054We have reached the point where ICE will shoot you for having a gun. Not for using it, for brandishing it, just for having it. For bearing arms. >>1482062That's fine. People are getting more and more sympathetic every day. Everyone hates this shit, everyone hates you.Nobody is fucking buying this tactic, anon. Nobody is buying these accusations that "dems hadn't been acting like domestic enemies of the state" when the entire nation can see ICE acting like domestic enemies of the state. Did you not use "domestic terrorist" this time because you figured people were too keyed in to the fact that ICE are fucking terrorists? This won't work either.
>>1482074How did he fuck over half of his voters?
>>1482084Remember that time where he promised lower grocery prices, and now they're higher than ever? Remember that time he promised he would help farmers, and now they're going bankrupt while he yells at them for being "ungrateful"? Remember that time where he promised to save US manufacturing, but now tons of factories are closing and thousands are losing their jobs?
>>1482059The mission to remove the orange retard from office? Imagine being in the military and having to serve that fag
>>1482097He was a nurse and his mission was to help veterans. There is no such thing as an illegal American veteran.
>>1482090Eggs are back down to $2.50/doz and milk is down to $2/gal. Chicken is between $2.60 and $1.10/lb depending on seasonal supply. Vegetable prices are normal.Really the only items where price is up is junk food and beef.
>>1482104Beef though. He should get on that. Maybe Brazil is the next on the list.
>>1482077Wrong, the BLM riots were very unpopular for dems. Most people actually don't want to see the Democrat party attempt yet another civil war
>>1482112>Wrong, the BLM riots were very unpopular for dems.>Won the election right after???
>>1482113Yeah, they rigged it. Everyone knows that.
>>1482117And then somehow didn't rig 2024 even though they were in power?
>>1482118Couldn't afford it. Their primary donor was put in prison and Kamala pocketed the rest for her Malibu home
>>1482118Republicans reinforce voting places and had legions of lawyers on standby.
>>1482120lmao no they didn't. And all of the Republican election lawsuits failed.
>>1482117Nobody buys that either.
>>1482121Talking about 2024, not 2020.
>>1482127no one buys that Joe Biden got 80 million votes either.
>>1482074yeah, he is. Look at the jump from 2016 - 2020. He gained 11 million votes in his first four years.
>>1482090Gas is $2.50/gal, eggs are back to normal, farmers get welfare no matter who is in office. The biggest cost increases are housing and medical care and that happens no matter who is in office.
>>1482147>b-but eggs-The rest of the grocery bill is up 40%.
>>1482018Dead traitor is dead traitor. Rest in Piss.
>>1482039An ICU nurse that has treated bullet injuries carries a loaded pistol and no wallet to a protest where he forces a physical altercation with law enforcement who are conducting law enforcement duties?>no ID means he wanted to get arrested and held until his identification could be determined (ICE arrested a US Citizen = lol pwnd)>loaded pistol because he was a fucking retard that forgot that many crimes catch a weapon charge if you are armed>decides to brawl with ICE instead of just walking away>continues to brawl when it is obvious that he is being arrestedMoron
>>1482182How does the boot taste?
>>1482182>>decides to brawl with ICE instead of just walking awayThey literally jumped him after blinding him with spray. Then beat him, including pistol whipping him in the head, when they had him on the ground.He would've been fully justified in blowing one of their heads off.
>>1482182Man, you guys really have fucking nothing this time if you're going "b-but he had a gun!!"
>>1482104All groceries are now free under god trump. You may plunder from your democrat neighbors and make them your slaves!You may fly anywhere in the world and claim territory by GOD Trump. They may even beg you to rule their continent. That is power.That is maga. Fly upwards and rain pestilence upon the land with our... secrets.
>>1482018Well he ain't so Pretti now.
>>1482188Communists should remain in their homes and not interfere with ICE.
>>1482059>No such thing as an illegal veteran.This appears to be untrue.https://azmirror.com/2025/11/20/veterans-condemn-deportations-of-immigrant-service-members-under-trump/https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/09/18/mass-deportations-ensnare-immigrant-service-members-veterans/
an important part of the conservative mutant psychology is that they do not have any sort of vision for the world in the event they successfully stamp out leftist dissent. the world they want to build is infinite bugman hive suburbs where the only entertainment is AI-generated dank memes and the only method of class mobility is sports betting
>>1482194ICE should remain in their homes and stop murdering people.
>>1482199Agreed, but only after the criminal illegals have been deported.
>>1482201you'd better get on that then instead of getting into bitch fights with citizens. Obama is lapping the field with Drumpf in pure deportation numbers
>>1482204True. We need another 200,000 ice agents at minimum.
>>1482196If you take the time to sign up to die for a country, make sure it's Your country first. I have no sympathy for any non-citizens who refused to get naturalized. Veterans have a very clear path to citizenship, if they choose not to take advantage of it, that's their own fault
>>1482205Based. Get those numbers up.
>>1482205good luck with that
>>1482207https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/06/28/new-trump-policies-could-end-in-deporations-for-some-active-duty-troops/>DoD has also since stopped expedited citizenship approvals for service members, she added, because “the solution was we used to have was to just naturalize the troops and we wouldn’t have to worry about them getting deported.”
glad he was killed, he was jewish
