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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Thought he was going to die.
So we went back to make sure he did die?
Well that is the American spirit, keep trying till you make it.
Died doing what he loved.
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NEW: Alex Pretti interfered with ICE agents during earlier operation, broke his rib after being tackled
The Post Millennial ^ | 01/27/2026 | Hannah Nightingale
Posted on 1/27/2026, 11:51:10 AM by DFG
I read that this is not true. I'll take a wait and see....
Yup.
Do you ever check to see if News is posted before you repost the same story?
It’s called Freeping. You need to try it.
Broken ribs are very painful. At least he doesn’t have to deal with that anymore.
Another felony on the guy. Obstructing law enforcement again. A troublemaker.
I’ve had a broken rib before and that thing didn’t heal in a week. And the painkillers just reduced the pain to a dull feeling of being stabbed with a screwdriver if i turned or moved a certain way. Nurse Pretti must’ve been on some pretty good painkillers to put up that kind fight.
I will give him credit for being prescient here!
It’s a shame his hippie drug addled parental units didn’t raise him better.
I searched this was not posted.
“Broken ribs are very painful. At least he doesn’t have to deal with that anymore.”
that is what I don’t understand. It’s hard to breathe with broken ribs yet he would to back to a protest where he broke them? That is insane.
As I’ve stated, it’s not about the gun.
It’s about the [now room temperature] dumbass.
Many more where he came from, that ‘useful idiot’ pool.
Don’t blame his parents! They warned him not to go! He didn’t listen to them and he done so he’d still be alive.
Different articles often have different or more information.
Besides, I like to check the comments on different sources to gauge the “temperature” of a moving story.
Oh yea the comments over at daily fail are something else.
Also DM always has good pics. They think their pics prove the left right but they don’t realize it’s proving or helping the right.
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