Posted on 01/27/2026 12:17:08 PM PST by Morgana
Alex Pretti had been injured in a scuffle with federal agents in Minneapolis just one week before he was shot dead, it has emerged.
Pretti, 37, was left with a broken rib after being tackled by a group of officers during a protest against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, a source told CNN.
The alleged assault occurred after Pretti stopped his car after seeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers chasing a family on foot, the insider said.
Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.
The ICU nurse, who allegedly 'thought he was going to die', was reportedly released at the scene - but allegedly remained on federal agents' radar.
Agents deployed in Minneapolis were instructed earlier this month to 'capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors,' according to documents obtained by the outlet.
Federal officers are understood to have kept documented details about Pretti, although it is unclear when they first started collecting information on him.
He was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Multiple bystander videos show a Border Patrol agent shooting and killing Pretti after a roughly 30-second scuffle around 9am Saturday.
The videos appear to contradict statements by DHS, which said the shots were fired 'defensively' against Pretti as he 'approached' them with a gun.
In the videos, Pretti is seen with only a phone in his hand. None of the footage appears to show him with a weapon.
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I hope a lover (either sex) will come forward with a scrawled
unhinged anti-ICE, anti-Trump manifesto he wrote.
Someone who repeatedly goes to scream at people probably has one. Maybe his parents are hiding it and scrubbing his computer now.
He quit his nursing job months ago and was socializing with a group his parents didn’t care for, his folks warned him to stay away doing things like—well, what got him killed.
“Another felony on the guy. Obstructing law enforcement again. A troublemaker.”
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It’s not obstruction to blow a whistle and take pictures of the ICE agents, but it appears 5 of them broke his ribs just for that.
None of what has happened in Minneapolis has been competent police work, particularly shooting unarmed people (yes, he was unarmed when the gun was holstered and concealed).
Stupid is, as stupid does.
“He quit his nursing job months ago and was socializing with a group his parents didn’t care for, his folks warned him to stay away doing things like—well, what got him killed.”
So let me guess? He quit his nursing job to be a paid protestor? Did that have medical benefits and life insurance?
I wonder of Antifa Fascist give out merit badges for going full retard against the U.S. Government. If the full retard illegal aliens had gone full retard on their own governments in their own countries, the jugheads in this country wouldn’t be a each other’s throats like they are riding on a subway.
He knew self pest control is a civic duty.
Who said he broke a rib? It’s like when I was told my cousin-in-law “had his arm ripped off!” Turns out he broke a nail....
“It’s not obstruction to blow a whistle and take pictures of the ICE agents, but it appears 5 of them broke his ribs just for that.”
His ribs were broken for blowing a whistle and taking pictures?
Okay my bridge in Brooklyn is for sale again...any takers?
Other reports have his wife divorcing him after just over a year marriage. It's starting to become clear that this guy was another in a long list of mentally disturbed people that everyone around him was aware of but he never got any help. These often end in tragedy.
“That is insane.”
Precisely!
“I wonder of Antifa Fascist give out merit badges for going full retard against the U.S. Government. If the full retard illegal aliens had gone full retard on their own governments in their own countries, the jugheads in this country wouldn’t be a each other’s throats like they are riding on a subway.”
Meanwhile the full retard Minnesota Somalis are NOT out there in the streets supporting these antifa retards or has anyone else noticed this? You know where they are? They are at home laughing their retarded a$$ off as they stole all this money and these retarded Americans are defending them.
LOL !
“Other reports have his wife divorcing him after just over a year marriage. It’s starting to become clear that this guy was another in a long list of mentally disturbed people that everyone around him was aware of but he never got any help. These often end in tragedy. “
Suicide by cop?
His father told him to not do anything stupid. He should have listened to his father.
A possibility. I have to believe that the investigation is 80% complete - they know what happened by now.
The purpose of the whistle is to alert potential targets to the presence of ICE agents. If that's not obstruction, what is?
The purpose of the photographing of ICE agents is to identify them for later assaults upon them and their families. Do you find that acceptable?
There is no way in hell someone with a broken rib could be bouncing around hooting and hollering and pushing Leo and resisting arrest so forcefully that it was taking a pack of men to subdue him.
I’m calling typical fake news bs he had a broken rib
I’m thinking that he went out there armed, looking to pay’em back for his busted rib.
It was. I just showed you the link.
Do you also not read replies to you??
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