Posted on 01/24/2026 7:54:43 PM PST by Morgana
A gun rights advocate says he has major concerns about the legality of the shooting Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti after watching footage of his killing.
Rob Doar, senior vice president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, analyzed one of the several videos taken of the shooting of Pretti on Saturday and shared his damming opinion that the killing was unwarranted on social media.
Pretti, who was a US and an intensive care nurse who treated critically ill military veterans, was killed shortly after 9am on January 24, after an altercation involving multiple federal officers.
Video footage showed he was wrestled to the ground before one federal agent fired multiple shots into his chest, after which the agents scattered. The Department of Homeland Security told the Daily Mail that the suspect was armed with two magazines, and the gun was later recovered by federal authorities.
However, Doar noted that the gun may have been found moments before the altercation turned deadly: 'This video appears to show an agent remove a firearm from the holster of the 37-Y/O man (Pretti), prior to the shooting.'
'I never see the man touch his firearm, and it looks like he's disarmed before being shot, said the gun rights advocate in another post.
Doar told Star Tribune that he concluded that, 'If Mr. Pretti was disarmed — absent any other evidence of any risk to an officer —I don’t see how deadly force would be justified.'
The footage, which Doar analyzed, shows several masked agents wrestling Pretti while he is on his knees. An officer dressed in a grey coat and cap appears to pull an item from the protestor's waistline, which seems to be a pistol-shaped object; however, no evidence has confirmed the contents of the object at the time of this report.
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We get it, you’re with the insurrectionists.
Never any accountability demanded from them for their actions from you. Never a demand for accountability from the MN authorities for egging the street thugs on. Never demand accountability from Walz or Frey for withholding cooperation from Fed LE.
Always running cover for the Democrat’s undermining of lawful authority.
Enjoy the revolution you’re siding with.
He was wearing Dark Sun Glasses, too.
Hat pulled down tight.
What did he think was going to happen?
Oh, I know. I’ve been arguing that all night now.
The same way the DemonKKKrats money launder the dollars lining their back pockets is the same way the financiers of these ICE protests hide their funding. I am certain the DOJ with Musk's revelations have unlocked their tactics. The clock is ticking when the DOJ trap gets them.
The mechanism is well understood. Public officials use demonizing rhetoric, create moral panic, and then maintain plausible deniability when a listener finally acts. They don’t choose who commits violence or when—but they know someone will. That’s the point.
Those are also extremely poignant points. The left has been pushing the envelope with stochastic terrorism for a long time now. Two attempts on Trump and Charlie Kirk's murder are prime examples of hoped for outcomes.
No one is talking about the officers fighting to restrain Pretti. I wonder if, in the process of restraining Pretti, they discovered the gun. I imagine the officer in that discovery announced, “He’s got a gun!” That warning caused the officers to watch every move Pretti made. Did Pretti reach for the gun, provoking an officer to shoot before Pretti got a round off?
Renee’s last name is Floyd, Renee Floyd - say her name. Secondly, this guy was not a hero. He was there to kill someone. So, he lost. I hope the shooting officer remembers he did his job. Dear Dear is just a Monday morning asshole. We’ve all met them and generally don’t like them.
I don’t know why you would assume that. Here is a link to their website. It is the sort of group most would be supporting due to their strong 2nd Amendment advocacy and education.
https://gunowners.mn/ OH and here is a link to their “Activities and Results” page,
https://gunowners.mn/about/activities-results/
I strongly support TCE and law enforcement. I wasn’t there, I haven’t seen detailed examination of all the videos, I’ve not read witness and officer’s statements. That being said, I can’t proclaim what happened. I hope and wish this is a justified shooting.
I always appreciate how Branca breaks down such incidents.
Same shit different year. Democrat voters act like retards in the street and die. We sit here at Free Republic, drink beer and laugh at them.
Where are the “claims” of disarming pre shooting coming from? From hysterical rioters?
A Minnesotard.
The armed riot agitator was wearing a Keffiyeh scarf (Hamas) and his gun was shop made, not in manufacturing plant. A shop made firearm is legal for an individual citizen to make, but not if he is an Alien. But if he is an alien, he has no right for a firearm.
He is very likely an illegal. He is very likely to have an arrest record.
That is a bald-faced lie.
Here’s an idea.
Don’t advocate for the murder of law enforcement and go out and riot..
They can’t be expected to not be on edge.
As usual, the leaders are stirring up the useful idiot masses to do their dirty work and pay the price while they stay safe and comfortable.
Obviously.
The way that The Daily Fail was easily able to find one of them to crawdad for the Treason Media?
“looks like he’s disarmed before being shot,”
Was this before, or after he bit the agent’s finger completely off?
I’da shot him too.
Someone else did that.
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