They couldn't manage to turn Renee Good into a George Floyd so now they are working hard to turn Pretti into GF-2. Some real hurdles stand in the way. First is the fact that Pretti was in a physical confrontation with ICE just one week prior to his fatal meeting this week; that portrays him as an activist!
Second, Pretti was carrying a gun - PLUS two extra full magazines. The extra bullets puts us into the mind that, like these school shooters, he expected to need a lot of deadly shots. Since he expected to confront armed LE officers, a question arises as to his intentions.
Third and perhaps most perplexing, he was suffering from a broken rib, obtained the week prior in a physical confrontation with ICE - confirmed by CNN Network. A broken rib is painful and one expects the torso to be well wrapped with intent to minimize movement and even mild physical contact. It would seem likely that the subject was on a fairly heavy regimen of pain medication.
Perhaps fairly heavy opioid dosing for pain explains much of this puzzling episode. Even with that, it seems odd that when Pretti was seized by officers in order to establish control, he did not cry out with pain. Any sudden physical contact by LE officers would raise expectation of a pain reaction to override the sedative effect of the opioid medication. No pain reaction has been mentioned by any one present, including the videos.
Heavy dosing by opioids could lead to poor judgment on Pretti's part. His involvement in this incident, especially being armed and possessing extra rounds, exhibits truly poor judgment on his part at the time!
I posted the interview with the lawyer earlier. Given the his violations of Federal Law I doubt the agents will be tried in federal court. Hard to say what political prosecution the state of MN might try.
Just reported, someone sprayed some substance on Illhan Omar at a town hall. Had a syringe and squirted her. Person was arrested. Perhaps some "Skunk"? ( liquid fence rabbit repellant?) Is she pulling a Jessie Smollet? Man arrested after Ilhan Omar attacked, sprayed with substance d
Those in the crowd reacted, telling others that the man "sprayed something on her" while Omar was speaking. When someone advised her to "go get checked" she said, "We will continue. These f*cking *ssholes are not going to get away with this." She insisted that she was fine after the incident. "Please don't let them have the show,” she added as she said that the town hall will go on. "Whatever it is smells so bad, she needs to go get checked," one woman said of the substance. "It’s about your safety, you need to go get checked. It smells terrible." "It is important for me to continue to lead my Democratic colleague in demanding her resignation," Omar said. "If she does not resign, we’re going to introduce articles of impeachment."uring Minneapolis town hall
I agree with your analysis of possible pain medication use by Nurse Pretti impact on the situation. My only revision, “Any sudden physical contact by LE officers would raise expectation of a pain reaction to override the sedative effect of the opioid medication. “
It’s really the ‘analgesic effect’ of the opioid. (Although yes they have a sedative effect.) Opioids, if used, put the user in a euphoric bubble and could have impacted situational awareness and commands by officers.
Interesting if we get a blood analysis on the nurse. Watching footage of James O’Keefe in Minnesota, one of the protesters said “Yeah, someone came by a little while ago and handed out weed to everyone.” Thus the useful idiot protesters could be juiced with drugs overtly or even in the free supplies at the stations they have created.
Most who carry carry extra mags. Most who carry don't fight Federal officer a few times a month, but if they do they don't carry while engaging armed officers.