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BumRushDaShow

(166,540 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:45 AM 21 hrs ago

Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony

Source: The Guardian

Sat 24 Jan 2026 23.04 EST
Last modified on Sun 25 Jan 2026 07.32 EST

Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense.

Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city.

One witness is a woman who filmed the clearest video of the fatal shooting; the other is a physician who lives nearby and said they were initially prevented by federal officers from rendering medical aid to the gunshot victim.

The names of both witnesses were redacted in the publicly available filings.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/alex-pretti-killing-witness-testimony

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Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

We're all witnesses...there are literally 6 different angles of available recordings Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #1

I've seen the videos. No gun! patphil 20 hrs ago #2

He was executed for what he was thinking. Frasier Balzov 20 hrs ago #3

Those agents shot multiple bullets into him when he was already on the ground, Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #10

Our own eyes are lying to us IronLionZion 20 hrs ago #4

And they took his camera. Where is it? IcyPeas 11 hrs ago #12

His gun never left its holster. herding cats 20 hrs ago #5

Why is there even a question kacekwl 19 hrs ago #6

.... only because lying Republicans LIE some more....! Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #11

Of course the administration is lying like they always do about everything. .... everything. ChicagoTeamster 18 hrs ago #7

Velshi has the footage. He was unarmed and executed. And attempted to come to the aid of a woman violently pushed down. Evolve Dammit 17 hrs ago #8

He brandished his phone. Harker 15 hrs ago #9

Prairie Gates

(7,375 posts)

1. We're all witnesses...there are literally 6 different angles of available recordings

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:13 PM

21 hrs ago

patphil

(8,778 posts)

2. I've seen the videos. No gun!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:17 PM

20 hrs ago

He had been disarmed by an ICE agent, and was face down on the ground when he was shot repeatedly in the back.
I counted 10 shots.
This was murder, plain and simple.

Frasier Balzov

(4,917 posts)

3. He was executed for what he was thinking.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:46 PM

20 hrs ago

The only reason to be carrying while out in support of protesters is because of who he thought he might need to protect himself against.

He was executed purely because he was thinking this.

Unfortunately, discovery of his gun gave the storm troopers all the excuse they needed to permanently remove him from the struggle.

Jack Valentino

(4,527 posts)

10. Those agents shot multiple bullets into him when he was already on the ground,

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:44 PM

12 hrs ago

AND disarmed! Not much more needs to be said here---- this was MURDER!

(but when MTG, the NRA and other gun rights and law enforcement organizations
call out your actions in this case--- SOMEBODY NEEDS to be "LOCKED UP"! )

IronLionZion

(50,930 posts)

4. Our own eyes are lying to us

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:47 PM

20 hrs ago

the truth is, recording ICE with a cell phone camera is a capital offense. Helping a woman who ICE pushed to the ground is a capital offense. ICE will take away a person's gun, have a bunch of goons punch and kick him while he's on the ground, and then shoot him dead in that order.

No consequences. Cruelty is the point. They'll make up easily disproven lies to defend the indefensible.

IcyPeas

(25,014 posts)

12. And they took his camera. Where is it?

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:20 PM

11 hrs ago

herding cats

(19,983 posts)

5. His gun never left its holster.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:49 PM

20 hrs ago

Where it was removed, as shown via multiple videos, by one of his assailants.

Look, I get the need for these brave souls testimony. Truly do, and I deeply respect them for giving their accounts. What angers me is how we're all being fed blatant lies and propaganda by Trump's minions who are actively engaging in an illegal coverup as I type this.