BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Footage published on Wednesday appeared to show Alex Pretti kicking an immigration agent's car before getting thrown to the ground during a confrontation less than two weeks before he was shot and killed in Minneapolis.

Posted by oneironaut at 09:40 PM | 28 COMMENTS | permalink

Wow ... This is the crazy Lumpers usually say shouldn't have guns .. but here we are ...

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Too bad he wasn't arrested and detained without ID, and a permit and destruction of federal property ... he'd be alive today.

I am sure this is the type of mental stability is who Lumpers want with guns .. you know as long as they are on the right team...

Right Snoofy?

#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-28 09:43 PM

And? If that is correct, he should have been arrested and subject to trial.

Is this a justification for his ICE execution?

Or is this just an example of ICE's use of facial recognition gone awry?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 09:46 PM

And? If that is correct, he should have been arrested and subject to trial.

Why are you blaming the victim?

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-28 09:48 PM

Is this a justification for his ICE execution?

Define execution?

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-28 09:48 PM

Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App
www.wired.com

... Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US"including many citizens. ...

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 09:49 PM

@#3 ... Why are you blaming the victim? ...

I am not.

I am blaming ICE's response.

Do try harder.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 09:51 PM

@#4 ... Define execution? ...

Watch the videos.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 09:52 PM

Wonder if spitting on a car more than a week before he was murdered is a street execution offence in China, too?

Prolly so... I mean, Chinese Security would have already had his DNA.

Obviously 1NoNuts is fine with all that.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-28 10:00 PM

"Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App"

Courtesy of those genocidal Zionists from Tel Aviv. Know thy enemy, American.

#9 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-01-28 10:03 PM

The actual company responsible: Corsight AI.

#10 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-01-28 10:10 PM

"Pretti was not a peaceful protester."

How'd he compare to J6?

Point is, he wasn't even a protester when he got shot.
He was an innocent bystander.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-28 10:29 PM

"I am sure this is the type of mental stability is who Lumpers want with guns "

You spelled Republicans wrong, but aside from that I'd say you have a valid point.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-28 10:30 PM

@9 "Know thy enemy," indeed: www.youtube.com

We are all Palestinians, now.

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-28 10:31 PM

@#11 ... How'd he compare to J6?

Point is, he wasn't even a protester when he got shot.
He was an innocent bystander. ...

That is an excellent observation and comparison.

Pres Trump pardoned the J6 people who assaulted the police who were trying to protect the Capitol.

Yet, in this instance, Pres Trump seems to be saying ...

~Agree with me and you will be pardoned, but disagree with me and my private militia will kill you.~

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 10:52 PM

Great headline.

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-28 11:02 PM

---- off Beverly, you pathetic mewling MAGAT coward.

#16 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-28 11:16 PM

@#15 ... Great headline. ...

Why?

Please explain.

thx..

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 11:16 PM

#1 | Posted by oneironaut

Too bad ICE doesn't drag you out of your house in your underwear and a blanket before shipping your worthless sack of s*&^ a&& back to China.

Hey dumbf*&^, how is it those agents managed not to shoot him?

F*&^ off you stupid piece of s*&^.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-28 11:21 PM

Define execution?

#4 | Posted by oneironaut

Shot in the back while blind and on your hands and knees.

#19 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-28 11:22 PM

Why?

Please explain.

thx..

#17 | Posted by LampLighter

Because Truthhurts gets under his and ballwasher's skin so they try to pick on him together thinking it'll change the facts of the situation.

#20 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-28 11:24 PM

OneiroNUT is a scum sucking troll. Blaming the victim.

#21 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-28 11:24 PM

Oneirondumbf*&^ is just a lying s*&^ stirring piece of foreign agitating s*&^.

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-28 11:42 PM

@#20

I do not disagree.

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 11:47 PM

@#19 ... Define execution?

#4 | Posted by oneironaut

Shot in the back while blind and on your hands and knees. ...

Yeah, that looks like correct assessment.

So, what might the investigation show?

An investigation by a division of ICE, not the usual FBI investigation that also involves local local and state investigators?

What may the Trump admin be trying to hide?

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 11:53 PM

This is why there are ICE protests.

Taiyler S. Mitchell
5 hrs 23 mins ago
Taiyler S. Mitchell

Judge Gives Scathing Review Of ICE, Says Todd Lyons No Longer Required To Appear In Court
While canceling Friday's hearing in which acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons was required to appear, a judge in Minnesota gave a scathing review of the agency.

In a court order Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz listed 96 instances in 74 cases in which ICE had violated court orders this month.

"This list should give pause to anyone -- no matter his or her political beliefs -- who cares about the rule of law," Schiltz said in the court order. "ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence."

The judge added that future noncompliance could lead to court-ordered "personal appearances of Lyons or other government officials."

The hearing was canceled because Ecuadorian national Juan Tobay Robles, the petitioner in the case, was released from a Minnesota immigration detention center on Tuesday.

Via Huffpost

this isn't about law or immigration.

#25 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-29 12:13 AM

What may the Trump admin be trying to hide?

Good bet they want to bury the fact that Lewzer just told his gun ------- "Base" that they can't just pack their gat anywhere they like.

And if they do, Uncle Sam might just bust a cap or ten on their ass. Let Freedom Ring.

LOL.

#26 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-29 12:22 AM

Chief US District Judge Patrick Schiltz may order Deputy US Marshals (DUSMs) ensure the future "personal appearances of Lyons or other government officials."

#27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 12:39 AM

@ one Ruskie nut, the former horsey faced domestic terrorist known as Ashli Babbit sends her regards from hell.

#28 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-01-29 07:16 AM

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