Another senseless killing of an American citizen took place in Minneapolis on Saturday. This one even more violent and indefensible as the last one.
Right on cue, government officials released their own distorted version of events claiming that the victim, Alex Pretti, approached officers with a loaded gun. The only accurate part of their statement was that he had a loaded gun, which was strapped to his hip, but never left his holster until agents removed it from him.
Pretti was filming ICE operations and went to the aid of a woman bowled over by a BP agent. He was tackled, beaten, sprayed, and on the ground when one of the agents saw his gun, grabbed it and moved away. A second or so later, agents opened fire multiple times while Pretti was on the ground. Then, incredibly, backed away from his lifeless body and shot about 4 more times.
That's murder, folks. Plain and simple.
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Glen Vann
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