Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

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.

      • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
        101·
        20 hours ago

        Guess you’re only here to provide the cynical take, if you’re at first saying people doing nothing is a problem and then switch to saying people doing something is a problem. You must have a very hard life if you look at everything this way.

        • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
          17·
          20 hours ago

          “The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it”

          ~ George Bernard Shaw

          • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
            61·
            20 hours ago

            That is a good quote, but i hope you don’t believe your comments are the result of your power of accurate observation lol.

              • Zombie@feddit.uk
                41·
                20 hours ago

                Praise the baby Jeebus, Charlie Kirk has risen from the dead!

                Perhaps instead of deriding everyone you could give some suggestions, as you’re clearly much cleverer and superior to everybody else, and will have things sorted in 2 weeks if you put your mind to it.

                • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
                  03·
                  20 hours ago

                  Recognizing a hopeless situation is exactly what I’m doing. Sometimes there’s nothing that can be done. We had a chance, and a lot of people fucked it up for us all.

                  The bed isn’t going to sleep in itself.

                  • Zombie@feddit.uk
                    51·
                    20 hours ago

                    Ah, so you’re spreading their misery and propaganda. Good to know.