One called it murder. Some need more information. How policing experts see the Pretti shooting.
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... The Border Patrol's killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has revived concerns about whether immigration enforcement officers are properly trained to deal with protesters.
In Alex Pretti's final moments, he was down on all fours on a frigid Minneapolis street, with multiple federal agents on top of him.
One agent emerged from the scrum with a gun taken from Pretti's holster, a bystander's video shows. An instant later, another agent opened fire at point-blank range.
Then more shots were fired, leaving Pretti motionless on the sidewalk.
Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was soon pronounced dead.
Some policing experts said the shooting appeared unjustified and one said it amounted to murder. Others said they could not form a judgment until they knew more, particularly what threat the agent who fired thought he faced at that moment.
The killing of Pretti, the second fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis this month, has also revived concerns about whether immigration enforcement officers are properly trained to deal with protesters.
"This video raises a lot of questions," said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based organization of current and former law enforcement officials focused on improving policing.
"What happened that made these agents feel threatened? That should be the question that everyone is trying to get to the bottom of."
Whether the killing will be the subject of a thorough investigation remains an open question.
Multiple Trump administration officials have already defended the actions of the Border Patrol agent who opened fire, in some cases making claims that run counter to videos of the confrontation. ...
