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Swede

(38,852 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:24 AM 8 hrs ago

As Pretti laid on the ground, the woman he was shielding yelled out "decorticate posturing" a sign of sever brain trama.

Them fucking bastards!

In an exclusive interview reported by The Intercept, the EMT said she could tell immediately that Pretti had a catastrophic brain injury. She says she identified herself, begged to perform CPR, and pleaded to get to him. On the audio in the video, her voice can be heard calling out “decorticate posturing,” the involuntary curling that can signal severe brain trauma. She says an agent held her back anyway.
Read that again: the person he tried to shield was trained to save lives, and federal agents would not let her get to him. Whatever you think about immigration policy, whatever you think about protest, whatever you think about “crowd control,” this is a basic human line.

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As Pretti laid on the ground, the woman he was shielding yelled out "decorticate posturing" a sign of sever brain trama. (Original Post) Swede 8 hrs ago OP
The cruelty is the point. RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #1
They do not care. OLDMDDEM 8 hrs ago #2
Those bastards shot him 10 times. There had no Klarkashton 7 hrs ago #3
FUCK FUCK FUCK orangecrush 6 hrs ago #4
"" AllaN01Bear 6 hrs ago #5
They're just murderers looking for a place to practice their skill on humans. nt Trueblue Texan 6 hrs ago #6
They are practicing for you quakerboy 6 hrs ago #7
Horrifying karin_sj 6 hrs ago #8
When they first got Alex on the ground dflprincess 6 hrs ago #9
I share your hope, but not with this corrupted DOJ Evolve Dammit 6 hrs ago #11
My hope is in the Hennepin County Attorney. nt dflprincess 2 hrs ago #13
One of the more shocking realities angrychair 6 hrs ago #10
Isn't shooting someone once or twice usually enough to slow them down? 3catwoman3 4 hrs ago #12
Charlie Kirk's decorticate posturing was immediately noticed by witnesses. LastDemocratInSC 2 hrs ago #14
DAMN THEM! Damn them all to their own private HELL. Silver Gaia 1 hr ago #15

Klarkashton

(5,043 posts)
3. Those bastards shot him 10 times. There had no
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:46 PM
7 hrs ago

Interest in having anyone except their own undertakers get near the body.

quakerboy

(14,793 posts)
7. They are practicing for you
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:14 PM
6 hrs ago

They started with the brown folk because they knew most wouldnt complain and they could claim they were illegal.

Now they've moved on to protesters..

If there is not a change, the future is very grim. Voting, especially in a purple state, is likely to be a more dangerous experience moving forward.

dflprincess

(29,256 posts)
9. When they first got Alex on the ground
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:21 PM
6 hrs ago

The video shows one of the thugs repeatedly banging him on the head with what looks like a canister.

I hope the murder charge is coming soon.




angrychair

(11,946 posts)
10. One of the more shocking realities
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:36 PM
6 hrs ago

That I've learned since that happened was what actually happened in those last moments.

I've never watched the full, unedited video and never will.

That said, they did shoot him 10 times but I was always under the impression it was in his back but it was not. They shot him multiple times in the head. They were trying to murder him. On purpose.

3catwoman3

(28,983 posts)
12. Isn't shooting someone once or twice usually enough to slow them down?
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:04 PM
4 hrs ago

I've never even touched a gun so am no expert, but shooting someone 10 times, especially at such close range - WTAF?

LastDemocratInSC

(4,228 posts)
14. Charlie Kirk's decorticate posturing was immediately noticed by witnesses.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:20 PM
2 hrs ago

But one shooting victim was described as a domestic terrorist and the other described as a saint bound for celestial glory.

Silver Gaia

(5,323 posts)
15. DAMN THEM! Damn them all to their own private HELL.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:33 PM
1 hr ago

I did not know this.

Hired killers. Murderers paid by OUR government.

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