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.

  • Zombie@feddit.uk
    51·
    21 hours ago

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

    • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
      15·
      21 hours ago

      LMAO…. look around bud. Your little memes aren’t stopping shit. They’re going to kill people tomorrow, just like they did today and no amount of complaining about it is going to stop it.

      So enjoy playing pretend while doing nothing like even else- but at least I’m being honest about it.

      • Zombie@feddit.uk
        61·
        21 hours ago

        You’re not being honest.

        You’re trying to get people to just lie down and accept the fascists as their rulers. You’re spreading hopelessness and misery.

        At best you’ve lost hope yourself and see no way out. At worst you’re a Nazi MAGAt paedophile sympathiser who delights in suffering and violence perpetrated towards others. Either way, you’re actively trying to make the world a worse place.

        Considering how vehemently you’re arguing the point I think you’re a cowardly MAGAt. Trying to get others to lie down and accept the boot upon their face as their reality. To that, I say: fuck off.

        • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
          13·
          18 hours ago

          I’m not trying to get people to do anything. I’m simply calling it how I see it without all the pomp and nonsense.

          No pageantry. This is how it is.

          If trump could have been stopped, he would have by now. And if it’s up to the people…. They need to stop sharing memes and yelling at one another online- but we both know that won’t happen.

          So here we are.