All I've heard so far is that he "had a gun". Even if this is true, holding a gun is not a crime. This was a fucking execution.
It was in his waistband, at the small of his back. You can see an agent lift his shirt and take the gun, then you hear the first shot. Agent with his gun runs away, other agents magdump on the man.
*MAGAdump
I bet that idiot got him shot because the rest of them didn't notice it getting taken then freaked out when it was gone
Watch the video, straight up murder, they had already pistolwhipped him, he was done.
well ya but I think this comes down to a bunch on undisciplined idiots as well as whatever hate is also there
Latest angles show the gun had been removed and the other agent had enough time to see. Also the suspect was face down on the ground before he was shot in the back.
He was held to the ground and executed
Exercising Constitutional rights is now a capital offense in The People’s Republic of MAGAstan.
Free speech? Death.
Free assembly? Death.
Keep or bear arms. Death.
Privacy? Death.
The gun appears to be taken from him before he was shot based on the video screencaps here https://imgur.com/a/ice-taking-victims-holstered-gun-before-shooting-started-NtnH5Hv
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM Sarah Nelson
Homeland Security shares account of fatal shooting The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents were conducting a "targeted operation" in Minneapolis at 9:05 a.m. Saturday looking for "an illegal alien wanted for violent assault."
"An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun," the agency said in a statement. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted."
"Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots," the department's statement continued. "Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene."
DHS said the man had two magazines and "no ID" and that more information would be coming.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37.
No criminal history. A lawful gun owner with a valid conceal carry permit.
An ICU nurse who studied at the University of Minnesota. Brave ICE thugs, boldly murdering poets and nurses.
That pretty much confirms he was innocent and they murdered him.
Ah they can fuck off with their fearing for their lives. Cowards, and they need to fear more.
At this point maybe they should be getting reason(s) to fear for their lives because apparently you can be on the receiving end of nothing but peaceful protests for weeks, hell by now it's many months in places, and still fear for your life.
Also, this is the USA, we are allowed to have guns as civilians (for better or worse). Just being in possession of a firearm should be be a fucking pretense for murder.
ICE is just begging to get shot and they're going to deserve it when it finally does happen.
State governor Tim Walz said he had spoken to the White House about the incident.
Fuck the Whitehouse. Deploy the National Guard to get ICE out of town, Tim.
I'm afraid that's what it will take. I'm also afraid that's what will start the next Civil War.
I feel the Feds vs States is on already. The States are just not really responding yet.
You're splitting hairs. There haven't been standoffs or shots fired yet. It hasn't started yet. We will all know when it does.
Edit - People: I meant between Minnesota National Guard or Minneapolis Police vs. ICE. Government vs government.
Sorry for the confusion.
I think you are the one splitting hairs. ‘Well technically Jo shots have been fired’?
They’ve killed in captivity, had one ruled a homicide by an examiner, publicly executed 2 in front of cameras and so far they’ve managed to at least have their budget increased. At some point something will break.
Edit Removed 'We' from the initial start sentence as I'm dumb and can't type.
Civil War 2.0 is already under way.
I’m sure they’ve taken Tim’s stern criticism on board and will begin withdrawing ICE from the state any day now.
What exactly can the National Guard do? Can they be instructed to resist ICE presence? Genuinely asking.
It would be a coup at that point. The national guard is commanded by the Governor of the state, but the President can also legally override the governor and take control.
Can they be instructed to resist ICE presence
Yes.
Keep in mind, the only alternative to the Minnesota state government resisting the feds directly is armed, citizen militias, which will be way the fuck more bloody. ICE can possibly be intimidated by the national guard, but especially against citizens, they're not going to just tip their hat and leave.
I will never understand how we can push the second amendment so hard, and then use having a gun as an excuse to kill civilians. Furthermore, I will never understand how the 2A crowd will then also use that excuse as a justifiable reason for someone to be killed by law enforcement.
"No, bro, the way I carry MY gun is totally different. He wasn't doing it right."
California started restricting guns when the Black Panthers started exercising their 2A rights..
Reagan did that. It's always been the right wing nuts who control what others do.
Every republican that talks shit about gun control, I roll with it and see how far they'll agree with me.
"hell yeah, the government shouldn't be allowed to control our guns!"
"fucking politicians always getting scared of people just for owning and carrying guns. They don't kill you by accident!"
"anti-gun nut Ronald Reagan got scared of people walking around open carrying, and he fucked California up with gun control while Governor! Brought it to Washington with him, too! cites laws signed by Reagan"
I lose a lot of the with this one. Somehow Ronald Reagan is their idol?
"yeah man, if they can take a trans persons guns, they can take yours too!"
That last one is where I lose almost all of them.
If there is a hell, Ronald Reagan is getting pineapple'd with Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, and Charlie Kirk.
But don’t you see…their 2A fervor ends when applied universally, because they believe it was intended for them to use against their perceived enemies.
Systemic white supremacy
Always the passive voice. Even international media is apparently scared to say what we all see clearly from multiple angles on video: ICE grabbed him, wrestled him to the ground, beat him, held him still and unloaded about 10 rounds into him at point blank range.
Whoa whoa whoa. You're missing the most important inflammatory point. He approached them "with a 9mm handgun ^being legally carried and holstered like a responsible gun owner and it had been removed from his possession prior to ~~his murder~~ defensive shots^".
I bet those Democrats who voted for full funding for this public execution are proud and we should call them up and congratulate them on directly causing another murder of an American citizen.
Representatives Henry Cuellar (Texas), Tom Suozzi (New York), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), and Don Davis (North Carolina).
While we're at it, we should thank Pelosi (California), Clyburn (Worst Carolina), and other DNC leadership bigwigs for personally going to Texas to make sure that the anti-choice, anti-trans, and ridiculously corrupt Cuellar beat his progressive challenger Jessica Sisneros who was winning before they put their thumb on the scale.
Pretty sure "a gunshot is heard and then several more are fired. The man then falls still." is inaccurate. Video shows the man fell still at the first shot. Which means all the others were overkill.
And they’re pretending that he was brandishing the gun/had it illegally. Just came out that he had a permit to carry.
That was an execution.
The first one was overkill.
Nauseatingly, the ICE mentality
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