The situation in Minneapolis just went from bad to worse. Viral videos from different angles reveal a federal officer pinning Alex Pretti, 37, down before finally shooting him. As the debate about whether he threatened federal agents with a gun wears on, protesters are filling the streets, and tensions have never been higher.
Pretti was an Intensive Care Unit nurse who had been protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, which was inspired by a speculative YouTube video about Somali-run day cares in Minnesota. One graphic angle showed Border Patrol agents having a scuffle with an unidentified woman in what federal agents are now describing as a “targeted immigration enforcement operation,” and Pretti can be seen approaching the agents to shield the person. Pretti is then pepper sprayed, wrestled to the ground — before he is fatally shot.
