We now know a few things about the man killed by federal agents.
The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Pretti, 37, has an address listed in south Minneapolis.
At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the man who was shot was a 37-year-old white man with no serious criminal history and a record that showed only some parking tickets. Law enforcement sources said Saturday their records show Pretti had no serious criminal history.
O’Hara said the man was a “lawful gun owner” with a permit. Records show that Pretti attended the University of Minnesota. State records show Pretti was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026.
So they’re killing law-abiding white people? This isn’t part of the white nationalist agenda, I thought.
Meanwhile, CBP, Republican Tom Emmer, and Donald Trump are blaming “rhetoric” for the death.
Let me be clear about this: it is obvious to anyone who hasn’t murdered their conscience that by voting to fund all this evil, schumer, jeffries and the rest of the cowardly corrupt democraps are as guilty of these blatant murders as are tRUMP, noem, hegseth, rubio and the rest of the evil murderous barbaric narcissistic egomaniacal pile of excrement and his fascist and plutocratic magats.
Trump et al are not entirely wrong in blaming rhetoric but it is THEIR rhetoric. They are trying to increase fear, and I wish the fascists would stop.
Emmer is the MAGA Federal House representative from a suburban Minneapolis district.
Emmer lies like all Republicans.
None of those people are outside paid agitators.
They are local residents defending their neighborhoods from right wing terrorists.
Those Minnosotans he claims agree with him are probably two fascists from his district.
Meanwhile Waltz is making sure Minnesota creates logs of such atrocities for ” future prosecutions.” Hello? Schumer? Jefferies?
Details are slowly coming out about this murder.
The NYTimes in a profoundly insightful observation (this is sarcasm), points out that ICE lied about the murder and contradicted the events seen on videos.
The guy had a phone in his hand, probably photographing or videotaping ICE, they grabbed his phone, threw him on the ground, and shot him at least 10 times at point blank range.
This was murder.
ICE are untrained, low IQ, nearly illiterate terrorists.
I’m sure they were hired for exactly those reasons.
They should.
No Statue of Limitations for murder.
They might not be able to arrest them tomorrow, but they have the rest of their lives to apprehend them.
The other thing they have to do is release the names of the terrorists who killed Pretti. There is no such thing as secret police in the USA.
It is all or should be public knowledge.
Governor Walz just activated the National Guard in response.
He was an ICU nurse at the VA often treating critically ill veterans. As has been stated he had no criminal record and was a legal gun owner.
@Morrison #7: Sure, but against whom?
raven said – ICE are untrained, low IQ, nearly illiterate terrorists.
I’m sure they were hired for exactly those reasons.
For certain.
After the recent murders, I have to wonder how many of them have a criminal history (that was intentionally overlooked). Or maybe even a requirement for hire. One trait they wanted was an affinity for violence. Wouldn’t surprise me if some of them were rejected by the military due to their history. Would love to see the psychological evaluations on these thugs.
Homeland security. ICE, National Guard, Sheriff’s department. Who out ranks who? Before this is all over it will leave long lingering legal issues. How do we control future out of control agencies like ICE wielded as harassing states by a stupid president? Checks and balances!
cheerfulcharlie @11
Ironically the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs think they are the law of the land. I don’t see those MAGAt fascists ever standing up to their addled thug in chief and his knuckledragging armed death squads. At worst they might be mad he’s siphoning off the local psychopathic thugs from their ranks.
Steve Morrison @7
I doubt the guard will be there to protect citizens from ICE thugs.
Here is a link to a Strib story about MN US Rep Emmer’s descent into MAGA madness:
https://www.startribune.com/once-a-defender-of-somali-minnesotans-tom-emmer-stays-silent-amid-trump-garbage-attacks/601511893?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=essential_minnesota&utm_term=Essential%20Minnesota
If you can’t read that story, it mentions a story that NPR’s This American Life program aired in 2016 when Emmer held a town hall meeting where the topic of Somali immigrants was brought up by the locals. Basically Emmer seemed okay (by republican standards) with immigrants back then while the locals (white folks naturally) urged him to stop the immigration because they “needed a breather”
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/600/transcript