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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This is just like the guy the Lesbians tried to run over.
Same damn thing
Another “expert.”
What’s Rob Doar’s FR handle? 🤔
Yep. I agree.
This is the kind of thing the Left is angling for. And all of this is being orchestrated by big, dark money.
On the Left, they don’t give a crap about that dead dumbass. He is just a useful idiot served up as cannon fodder to further their goals, the foremost of which is to foment anarchy. This is what the Left does.
This is why two things need to happen: Invoke the Insurrection Act, and find out the sources of the money and organizers of this behavior.
Yea I wonder if this “expert” knows his ass from a hole in the ground?
The earlier article from DailyMail within an hour or two said he was a great guy. He was caring and family and coworkers said he was a gem.
He didn’t even have an Id. A permit doesn’t mean anything once you walk into the bank to rob it. He interfered with a Law Enforcement Op.
He attacked a Govt official and resisted arrest. He was committing crimes (plural).
What if the deceased had another gun on him. I’m not law enforcement. So I have no idea how I might react. I do not believe the officer who shot him is a cold blooded killer. He reacted our of fear and self preservation most likely. Why did that idiot brawl with federal agents?
An “expert” is someone who validates the narrative of the day.
The DailyMail seems to think it happened ln slow motion. It was bang-bang.
What do they risk their lives doing for society?
Within 90 minutes of the shooting, the Daily Mail was reporting was a great guy and a Gem the guy was.
Just like the Lesbians Trying to run over Law Enforcement.
I really like your definition. I'll steal it if you don't mind.
It was bang-bang.
The guy was there with bad intentions and no ID.
Very bad intentions.
It’s not just the daily fail, this is all leftists.
You know they will cry like babies over this man like they did for Renee what’s her name. Now this man will also be a hero. They will nick pick everything the officers did or did not do for the next several weeks.
I need a barf bag and some Paregoric to deal with what is going to come from the left over this.
FWIW , the guy was pepper sprayed with Law enforcement grade pepper spray which is very nasty stuff.
He then got into a tussel with ICE officers which transfers the pepper spray to the officers. This messes with their breathing and vision - it's miserable.
Not sure the dude deserved to be shot, but the shooting was more than justified
He was at the scene of a Law Enforcement operation. He wasn’t attending a Mid-town Riot. They were there to interfere with an Operation and apprehension.
He should not have been there and with a gun period.
That was just asking for it.
What was that old movie line?
“What we have here is failure to communicate Some men, you just can’t reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don’t like it any more than you men”.
The riot came after he was shot.
My bad.
The thing about bringing a gun while intentionally causing a violent altercation, is PERCEPTION. You can’t tame it.
One cop knowing the suspect had a gun, then he gets turned around not being able to see his hands, still thinking he has a gun..........
The officer perceived he was still a threat, and the perp got smoked.
I'd bet the video analyzed is one that doesn't accurately show what really happened.
And I'd bet that 'they' (the Antifa tech guys) are generating many fake AI videos that they will use to further enrage the public and try to overwhelm the good actual videos that show the Border Patrol / ICE guys involved in a justifiable shoot.
(A least I HOPE it was justified.)
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