Category: Alex pretti death
Federal cops in Pretti shooting placed on leave; Pretti’s family retains attorneys from George Floyd case
One Border Patrol agent and one Customs and Border Protection officer were placed on leave for their involvement in the lethal shooting of anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti, according to ABC News.
Also on Wednesday, Pretti’s family retained attorneys who had helped prosecute an officer in the death of George Floyd.
‘It’s just amateurish. It’s terrible; it’s making the president look bad on policy.’
The developments come after President Donald Trump and local Democratic leaders worked together to ease the tension from the incident Saturday.
A Department of Homeland Security notification to Congress obtained by ABC News indicated that both of the officers discharged their firearms during the incident.
Sources said that putting the two on leave was “standard protocol” for an officer-involved shooting.
Steve Schleicher is representing Michael and Susan Pretti, the activist’s parents, pro bono according to a statement from the family. Schleicher is a partner at the Minneapolis-based firm Maslon and worked as special prosecutor under Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in the trial against Derek Chauvin.
Micayla Pretti, the activist’s younger sister, hired her own attorney, Anthony Cotton of Kuchler & Cotton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Democrats pounced on the death of the 37-year-old ICU nurse by resuming and amplifying their calls for the Trump administration to end all ICE operations and disband the agency. Others have called for Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem to resign from the office.
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“What she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said. “It’s just amateurish. It’s terrible; it’s making the president look bad on policy.”
On Tuesday, it was revealed that Pretti had gotten into a separate confrontation with federal agents about a week before his death. He had been tackled in that interaction and reportedly broke a rib when one agent leaned his knee on him. Pretti was released in that incident.
“That day, he thought he was going to die,” said a source who had spoken to Pretti.
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Alex Pretti broke a rib in a previous altercation with feds a week before he died: CNN
The man who was shot and killed during a scuffle with federal agents last weekend had suffered a broken rib in a previous altercation with federal agents, sources claim.
Alex Pretti tried to intervene in another federal immigration operation and got tackled by federal agents about a week before his death, according to the CNN report.
‘That day, he thought he was going to die.’
The report was based on a person who spoke to Pretti about the previous incident but asked to remain anonymous to avoid retribution.
That source said the incident began when Pretti saw federal agents chasing a family, and he reacted by blowing his whistle and shouting at them. The agents tackled Pretti, and one leaned on his back, which led to a rib being broken, according to Pretti’s alleged comments to the source.
Pretti was released at the scene.
“That day, he thought he was going to die,” the source said to CNN.
Records reviewed by CNN showed that Pretti was given medication consistent with treatment for a broken rib.
It was unclear whether federal agents recognized Pretti in the second and lethal encounter, CNN reported.
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The CNN report suggested that Pretti could have been known to federal agents because of efforts to collect information about protesters.
“One thing I’m pushing for right now … we’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding, and assault — we’re going to make them famous,” said Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, earlier in the month. “We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
President Donald Trump sent Homan to oversee the operation in Minneapolis, and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino is reportedly set to leave the city. Homan will report directly to Trump and is meeting with Tim Walz, the state’s governor, and Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis mayor, to negotiate their cooperation with the federal government.
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