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No, it was an execution.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-26 12:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Was it a negligent discharge.

Nonsense.

As I posted elsewhere, there's closeup video showing the ICE officer shooting him in the back after he saw that the gun had been taken away:
Just watched this analysis of the shooting, including
some video I hadn't seen before.

Male nurse had no gun in his hands, and didn't draw his gun.

The agent shot him after he saw that the gun had been taken away, as it probably didn't even register with him that the guy was now disarmed even though he was looking right at it.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-26 12:19 PM | Reply

I stated this PoV in my initial post on the topic.

Did the decedent's firearm go off as the officer removed it turned with it in hand.

My understanding is that particular weapon has a twitchy trigger, meaning slight top of barrel touch and the weapon can discharge.

IMO it was handled with care, so its not negligent discharge, its an accidental accidental (gun defect).

Some lawyers have mentioned SIG might be culpable in this case.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-26 12:36 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

You're a ------- ------.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-26 01:58 PM | Reply

LOL. imalumpertoo going with the Alec Baldwin defense. Too funny.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-26 02:05 PM | Reply

It does look like execution. It does look like he wasn't holding any weapon.

If that firearm went off, what do you do? What do the officers think is happening?

There's no ignoring the reaction to a weapon discharge. If that shot isn't from that gun, then ballistics should confirm if that weapon was even fired.

If you are the defense attorney,you will look at this possibility.

If it happened,the grand jury would too.

#6 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-01-26 02:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

then ballistics should confirm if that weapon was even fired.

Assuming anyone checks it, or even knows where it is now.

If you are the defense attorney,you will look at this possibility.

Assuming anyone is ever charged and there is a trial.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-26 02:26 PM | Reply

A stabilized zoomed in slow motion version.
old.reddit.com

There is zero doubt what happened, 54 seconds in.

Add in the video where we see the gun was taken from the male nurse right in front of the agent's eyes, and there is no chance this shooting was defensible.

I don't think this was murder, though. Agent was in over his head and made an error.

#8 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-26 05:00 PM | Reply

"I don't think this was murder, though. Agent was in over his head and made an error."

That's an absurdly generous assessment.

#9 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-26 11:19 PM | Reply

He thinks dead Palestinian children had it coming because reasons. ---- him.

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-26 11:35 PM | Reply

The guy was shot multiple times.

Was there a discharge of his gun by the officer holding it?

Without that discharge, then did someone think he was reaching for a weapon?

Someone started the shooting. One pull is all that was needed for them all to shoot.

It comes down to why?

Prosecutors and defense attorneys will need those facts.

It looks like cold blooded murder. As we wait, more comes out.

There has been more analysis of the potential discharge of that gun. The history of that gun is still recent.

As a juror, what would you do if that gun went off and that happened?

The last jury I was on, one juror felt someone had to pay, despite self defense was established. That's the attitude that must park outside the deliberation room.

#11 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-01-27 09:38 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

That's an absurdly generous assessment.
#9 | Posted by Angrydad

Maybe.

Brain/limb interaction is tricky, and sometimes the hands do stuff once set in motion before the brain has a chance to process current events and tell them to stop. Although in this case, male nurse never even drew the gun and no indication he was going to do so, so no basis for the use of deadly force.

#12 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-27 10:33 AM | Reply

#12 | Posted by censored

My "theory" is that the offending agent (murderer), seeing that a gun had been taken from the victim, thought to himself: "Sweet. Dude had a gun. Green light...BAM!!!

#13 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-27 02:13 PM | Reply

My "theory" is that the offending agent (murderer), seeing that a gun had been taken from the victim, thought to himself: "Sweet. Dude had a gun. Green light...BAM!!!
#13 | Posted by Angrydad

Also a distinct possibility.

Seems like manslaughter without the premeditation.

#14 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-27 04:31 PM | Reply

100% there was a spontaneous discharge.

Normally I use negligent discharge, but Pretti was carrying an Sig 320. The gun with a notorious reputation with many videos showing the gun spontaneously discharging in holsters with hands nowhere near it.

A gun with such a bad reputation for going off without the trigger being pulled most ranges won't allow them in the building. Dozens of departments that spent millions purchasing them and training their officers to use them, have just stopped using them and are spending millions more to outfit their departments with Glocks.

This in no way excuses the shooting, you should always be sure of your threat. But it goes a long way in explaining what happened and why.

Sig is culpable for producing a terrible and dangerous product and denying there is a problem at every turn.

But I think the one with the most culpability is the agent who disarmed Pretti and failed to announce it LOUDLY that he had done so.

#15 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 07:20 PM | Reply

"100% there was a spontaneous discharge."

Is this 100% of your evidence or is there more?

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 07:21 PM | Reply

"This in no way excuses the shooting, you should always be sure of your threat. But it goes a long way in explaining what happened and why."

We gave morons guns and badges is the ONLY reason this happened.

You not being able to just come out and say that is ridiculous. It strains whatever credibility you think you have.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 07:23 PM | Reply

----, even the White House has walked back their story. You're still trying to sell it.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 07:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's going to come down to the investigation. Dod the agent that shot actually see he had been disarmed? Was there a spontaneous discharge by a gun known to be prone to them and then cause the agent to think he or his partners were under fire from Pretti?

It's a lot of sticky questions and I look forward to the answers.

It certainly doesn't look good for the shooting agent at all. Difficult to legally justify. But man the agent that disarmed him should have yelled "gun secure!" It's just as important to announce that as it is to tell everyone there is a gun.

#19 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 07:25 PM | Reply

17. You can clearly see it in the video. As he turns the slide rocks back his arm goes up from the recoil and his head instinctively ducks. It happened.

That Sig 320 is a dangerous piece of crap.

#20 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 07:27 PM | Reply

This is just one of a ton of videos about the 320 and its known problems with spontaneous discharges.

youtube.com

#21 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 07:29 PM | Reply

I guess the other 10+ shots were discharges too.
Uh. Oops?

#22 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 08:00 PM | Reply

#15 | #19 | #20 Flag:

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:03 PM | Reply

What are you talking about? Wrestling with a subject ... Right or wrong at the moment is immaterial. You see a gun yell it out, and suddenly a shot is fired ... . And now you think you or your partners are taking fire.

#24 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:04 PM | Reply

And now you think you or your partners are taking fire.
#24 | Posted by Imshakinitboss

This happened to you, or are you playing make-believe?

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:06 PM | Reply

"You see a gun yell it out, and suddenly a shot is fired"

And suddenly your partner starts shooting because you yelled gun.

And this is how one hand washes the other.

How many people did you shoot in your law end career? Answering that question will speak to your credibility as an expert witness.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:09 PM | Reply

Except that isn't when he started shooting. He shout after the spontaneous discharge. Why lie about it?

#27 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:13 PM | Reply

That Sig 320 is a dangerous piece of crap.

Is that true, or just the Alec Baldwin defense? If it is, why can they sell them?

#28 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-27 08:15 PM | Reply

It certainly doesn't look good for the shooting agent at all. Difficult to legally justify. But man the agent that disarmed him should have yelled "gun secure!" It's just as important to announce that as it is to tell everyone there is a gun.
#19 | Posted by Imshakinitboss

Those are good points, but the male nurse was disarmed right in front of the agent's eyes.

As noted in #2 above:youtube

#29 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-27 08:15 PM | Reply

#27 Flag:

#30 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:16 PM | Reply

28. True. The guns rep for ADs is so bad. Is davi famous for them

#31 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:20 PM | Reply

"He shout after the spontaneous discharge."

#27 Flag: You're welcome

#32 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:20 PM | Reply

"spontaneous discharge"

Do we actually have ballistics evidence supporting the claim that his gun discharged in any capacity?

Bcause I tend to think if this actually happened, that evidence would be on the front page of WhiteHouse.gov. Don't you?

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#33 He's just gaslighting because he has nothing else.

#34 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:27 PM | Reply

But man the agent that disarmed him should have yelled "gun secure!" It's just as important to announce that as it is to tell everyone there is a gun.
#19 | Posted by Imshakinitboss

Not if you're looking to establish a lethal force justification so you can kill some bitch protester.

You understand ICE hates protesters, right? Can you acknowledge that?

#35 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:28 PM | Reply

If you watch the video attached to this article you might learn something. Like seeing and hearing the gun fire right when it's removed.

I know that we'll be inconvenient for your hatred. The good news for your hatred is he should still be sure of his threat and clearly was not.

#36 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:31 PM | Reply

"Like seeing and hearing the gun fire right when it's removed."

So ICE discharged his weapon, then killed him for it?

#37 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:34 PM | Reply

That's not what a spontaneous or accidental discharge means. The gin fired on its own as it's prone to do which caused the agents to believe they were under fire.

That doesn't excuse them not being sure of their threat but it makes it a whole lot less malicious. It also shifts some blame from the shooters to the disarming agent and to sig.

#38 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:39 PM | Reply

"The gin fired on its own"

When?
Was someone touching it, if so, who?

#39 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:41 PM | Reply

#38 Flag: Has nothing but lies; it transparently dishonest, lacking any integrity

#40 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:42 PM | Reply

Which is good for you, yes? That means more ice agents for you to hate and blame!

#41 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:42 PM | Reply

"caused the agents to believe they were under fire."

Did the report of the incoming fire originate in the direction of the person they killed?

Remember when the acorn landed on the cop car, so he just started blasting? That's essentially what you're saying happened here.

#42 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:43 PM | Reply

It also shifts some blame from the shooters to the disarming agent and to sig.
#38 | Posted by Imshakinitboss

Why was a legally armed man being disarmed in the first place?

What's your justification for denying his rights?

#43 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:44 PM | Reply

#39 Snoofy, the real tell that Alex Pretti's gun was never fired or went off on its own:

If that was the case, it would have been plastered all over Fox News, NY Post, WSJ, the WH Web site, etc.

The fact it wasn't is 100% proof that any claim of spontaneous emission is simply a wet dream.

And nothing else.

See also: Zero pictures of Rene Nicole Good's murderer's "bruises."

#44 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:47 PM | Reply

Facts matter. To deny there was an accidental discharge at this point is insane. It's just straight denial of reality

To deny that the sig 320 is a totally flawed design that has a long and well documented history of spontaneously firing without the trigger being touched is also insane.

It's okay if your cute little narrative you constructed of the evil assassins twirling their snidely whiplash mustaches and looking for reasons to kill people is proved wrong. But you should be man enough to admit it.

#45 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 08:48 PM | Reply

#41 Flag: Forgets that ICE hatred is self-induced; no help needed

#46 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:49 PM | Reply

#45 Flag: Believes the unbelievable; a unicorn is his pet

#47 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:50 PM | Reply

#45 Flag: Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never went off

#48 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 08:52 PM | Reply

"looking for reasons to kill people"

Have you been retired for like 20 years, and have no idea what's actually going on?

Is that why you don't realize how stupid you sound, to actually be a cop, and saying ICE isn't looking for excuses to escalate violence against civilians who get in their way?

That is literally what they are instructed to do.
And this is the training from ten years ago.
Not the new stuff they're getting from IDF and Stephen Miller!
Link from 2016:

What ICE agents are taught: How to use deadly force', evade lawsuits
According to one lesson in 2016, which is still available on FLETC, officers are allowed to react with force to the threat of violence and not just violence itself.
The lesson describes the following as a myth: "Deadly force can only be used as a last resort." Establishing that policy and law are not the same, the lesson goes on to say, "The law requires officers to use objectively reasonable force, not the minimal force."
Giving a warning or using minimal force or all other forms of force before shooting, the training said, could "create an unnecessary risk for the officer".
www.aljazeera.com

#49 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 08:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"cute little narrative you constructed of the evil assassins twirling their snidely whiplash mustaches "

See, you're forcing yourself to live in a cartoon world.
You can't take this seriously.

Here in the real world, they say "------- Bitch" after they shoot her in the face.
That's a cute little narrative Angry White Men like you created.
For some reason, you're telling us we're getting you guys all wrong.

The ICE agent telling the civilians following them around
"Have y'all not learned from the past couple of days?"

That's the narrative, cop.

Are you man enough to talk about it?

#50 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You sound like you grew up in a Sundown Town and you liked it.

#51 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:03 PM | Reply

You can't take this seriously.
~ Snoofy

Similar to how you can't take illegal immigrants committing murder seriously.

#52 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-27 09:05 PM | Reply

#52 Flag: Doesn't care about murder victims; uses them as a cudgel

#53 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:07 PM | Reply

#52 Snoofy asks, "Are you man enough to talk about it?"

Imshakinitboss was unavailable for comment.

#54 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:10 PM | Reply

You will do or say anything to avoid the fact that there was an AD and it very likely contributed to the shooting.

Just because you want it to be worse than the facts say it is.

Quit trying to deflect to other things. I'm not going to run around with you while you carry these goal posts around.

The facts are what they are. It's okay. I admit they are at fault ... it shouldn't affect you this much that it is not as malicious as you want it to be.

#55 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 09:25 PM | Reply

"You will do or say anything to avoid the fact that there was an AD and it very likely contributed to the shooting."

ICE being in Minnesota in the first place is the #1 contributing factor to this shooting.
ICE strongarm tactics is what caused all of this to happen.
All of it.

#56 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:29 PM | Reply

"You will do or say anything to avoid the fact that there was an AD"

I'm not convinced there was, or there wasn't.

I don't think it's particularly germane, since the intervention and escalation by the police caused the circumstances that resulted in the alleged accidental discharge.

DHS reports two agents fired their weapons, could that second cop's weapon have been the discharge you're 100% sure was an accidental discharge?

#57 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:32 PM | Reply

#55 Flag: Facts matter; Alex Pretti's gun was never fired, by accident or on purpose

Hint: You're the only person outside the fevered sewage dumps of the QANON haunts lying about this.

#58 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:32 PM | Reply

#57 100% correct, Snoofy.

#59 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:33 PM | Reply

"I admit they are at fault"

The entire mission is to terrorize immigrants and Americans who are fresh off the boat from Somalia, and any others they happen to feel like harassing.

Why can't you just address that?

The whole reason ICE is there, is for things like this, to happen.

#60 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:33 PM | Reply

"I admit they are at fault"

They murdered that man like Nazis in the streets of Poland.

#61 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Ah, this is a Reddit gaslight.

Noted.

Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

A fact that cannot be disproven.

#62 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:35 PM | Reply

57. Oh. So I guess you're just going to refuse to watch the video attached to this article. Fair enough.

#63 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 09:41 PM | Reply

First shot fired Alex Pretti's gun is already away from him, prone on the ground.


click image for larger view

#64 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:48 PM | Reply

"So I guess you're just going to refuse to watch the video"

This video, the one captioned "Did the decedent's firearm go off as the officer removed it turned with it in hand."

So you're saying ICE caused the gun to fire, and then ICE reacted to their own fire by killing this guy.

Do I have these facts right?

#65 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:49 PM | Reply

Ice is there to detain people in the country illegally. If the citizens didn't violently interfere with their operations and allowed them to conduct their lawful arrests, There would be zero violence. All of this stems from a population unable to look beyond the politics of thePresident liking the agency. It's immaterial. Their job is legitimate and necessary. Their arrests lawful. If they let them do the job the country hired them to do, this operation would likely be over by now and there would very likely be two less deaths.

There is nothing inherently wrong or evil about the mission to find people here illegally and take them before an immigration judge. That's all they do. There are two notable exceptions: 1) if someone voluntarily leaves in lieu of seeing a judge and 2) if they already have a final order of deportation from getting denied by two judges.

30 years here and no criminal record? Great. Go see an immigration judge and get legal status.

The most heinous culprit here is sanctuary cities and states. If they would honor ice detainers and allow them to pick up aliens convicted of crimes before they are released into the community, ice wouldn't have to go find them.

#66 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 09:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"firearm go off as the officer removed it"

In normal English, the ICE agent fired the gun as he was trying to remove it.

That's not a spontaneous discharge. There's nothing spontaneous about that. That's as spontaneous as the time that Saudi Prince got off the rape charge by saying he was sleepwalking with an -------- and happened to fall onto the couch where the woman was laying.

#67 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Ice is there to detain people in the country illegally."

Oh so you're just going to completely deny that there's been a massive increase in violence by ICE as they carry out this mission.

You won't talk about the broken windows, the citizens being taken and released, all of that is not part of what ICE is there to do, it just kinda... somehow... keeps happening.

#68 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti
Again: Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

#69 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:54 PM | Reply

" If the citizens didn't violently interfere with their operations and allowed them to conduct their lawful arrests, "

Citizens aren't violently interfering with anything. If they were, they would be charged and prosecuted, and so perhaps some small number have been. Meanwhile, ICE has arrested over 100 Americans and all released with no charges filed.

#70 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:54 PM | Reply

#66

Anyone who trusts the World's Greatest Liar, who LIED about immigrant crime rates in this country for political reasons; to create fear and get elected... anyone who trusts him to handle immigration in a rational and truthful way should have their heads examined.

#71 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-27 09:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

65: no and you know it. A defective gun fired in its own. And caused agents to think they were under fire. Perhaps if the disarming agent had announced it, they would have paused and been better identifying their threat.

But you already knew that. You like intentionally distorting facts to make it appear better for you like it's some kind of brave and smug point.

#72 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 09:55 PM | Reply

"Their job is legitimate and necessary."

No it isn't necessary.
75% of the immigrants detained by ICE have no criminal record.
Why is it necessary to detain them and send them to camps and then deport them?
Especially the camps part, why not just deport them forthwith, like we did in Trump's first term?

#73 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 09:56 PM | Reply

"firearm go off as the officer removed it"

A lie. Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti
Again: Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

#74 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"A defective gun fired in its own."

Another lie. Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti
Again: Facts matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

#75 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 09:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

That doesn't matter. The law doesn't say only people with an arrest record. It says anyone here illegally is subject to arrest and being brought before an immigration judge.

All of the 9/11 hijackers were visa overstays and here illegally. They had no criminal record. You don't want people like that picked up?

#76 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 09:59 PM | Reply

In normal English, the ICE agent fired the gun as he was trying to remove it.

Yep. My guns have been here all day and none of them have gone off by themselves.

#77 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-27 09:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"There is nothing inherently wrong or evil about the mission to find people here illegally and take them before an immigration judge."

Did someone say there was?
What's inherently wrong is how the mission is being carried out.

This is worth multiple civilian fatalities to you.
"This is necessary" were your words.
"There is nothing inherently wrong or evil about the mission" those were also your words.

You really think this is worth multiple civilian fatalities, to not even send all that many illegal immigrants packing? Not even talking about the cost; one day of ICE operations in Minneapolis costs more than it cost OBL to pull off 9/11.

Tell us why the ICE mission is worth the price of cops killing civilians.
Or maybe you just consider civilians a Target of Opportunity, like ICE does.

#78 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:01 PM | Reply

70 you must really hate the news. The list is LONG of the violent interference.

And they started it

They should peacefully assemble on sidewalks well away from the agents while conducting their operations. That's what then constitution allows for. Not this horrific war being waged against ice for doing their job.

#79 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 10:01 PM | Reply

horrific war being waged against ice

What a lying -----.

#80 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:03 PM | Reply

78 again with the disingenuous. Correlating disparate thoughts together like it's a smug point is stupid. I never said that and you know it.

The reality is, if the citizens didn't interfere violently like they have been for MONTHS, no violence would be occurring. Their inability to let ice just do its job in peace is directly responsible for the violence.

#81 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 10:04 PM | Reply

horrific war being waged against ice
What a lying -----.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:03 PM | Reply

What he said

#82 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-27 10:04 PM | Reply

"A defective gun fired in its own."

It didn't fire on its own.
It fired because ICE went grabbing for it.

#83 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:04 PM | Reply

So, the liar who says, about his Reddit (LOL) misedited "video," that "we" won't watch it, won't even look at, much less acknowledge this Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti ... probably because it thoroughly destroys his lie that the gun discharged all by itself.

But facts do matter: Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

No maybe.

No possibility.

Never happened.

Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

#84 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:06 PM | Reply

"if the citizens didn't interfere violently like they have been for MONTHS, no violence would be occurring."

So you're saying ICE lost their temper now?
After MONTHS they got fed up?

Did you learn to think this way from the husbands you got DA calls on, or is this just evidence that you think poor emotional regulation is an affirmative defense?

#85 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:06 PM | Reply

DFTT

#86 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-27 10:06 PM | Reply

lets compare the deaths between civilians and ICE, -------.

ICE: 0 in 2026.
Civilians: 9 in 2026.

Some "war" ya got there, chief.

#87 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:07 PM | Reply

- if the citizens didn't interfere violently

How did the VA nurse interfere violently?

#88 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-27 10:07 PM | Reply

80 oh so they aren't storming hotels, vandalizing cars, throwing ice and rocks at agents, they aren't approaching them aggressively while they are trying to do their jobs? They don't surround them and other wise block them so they can't work? They don't interfere with their operations by warning their targets? They don't ram their cars? They don't DOXX the agents to terrorize their families?

You really don't watch the news.

#89 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 10:07 PM | Reply

You really don't watch the news.

#89 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-27 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag

You watched Good get murdered and prevaricated over it. You can't even decipher three videos with your own eyes.

#90 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:08 PM | Reply

#83 ... DON'T FALL IN TO THAT LIAR'S TRAP, Snoofy.

Not in his hand.

Not by itself.

And not in the agent's hand

Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

And he can't disprove that fact.

Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti

#91 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:08 PM | Reply

Not this horrific war being waged against ice for doing their job.
#79 | Posted by Imshakinitboss

Because their "job" is to smash windows and snatch people from their cars, or detain citizens with no charges filed, simply to intimidate the public at large.

Why do you claim this is necessary? It's obviously thuggery. ICE was able to do their job just fine in Trump's first term without acting this way.

You're really too ----------- to address the real issue here is not the ICE mission statement but the fact that they're doing it like The Gestapo coming for Anne Frank?

You can't figure out that's what people are protesting?

Or are you just a Nazi? Trust me, that's the easiest explanation for you.

#92 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:10 PM | Reply

horrific war being waged against ice

Is that why Trump threw Bovino under the bus? Because of the horrific war?

Noem is next.

#93 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:10 PM | Reply

ICE was able to do their job just fine in Trump's first term without acting this way.

Correct. Trump wasn't offering bonuses for false detentions. Pence didn't tell ICE they had immunity either.

#94 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 10:11 PM | Reply

"80 oh so they aren't storming hotels, vandalizing cars, throwing ice and rocks at agents, they aren't approaching them aggressively while they are trying to do their jobs?"

That's how ICE treats people who are trying to do their jobs, so are you saying that's bad?

#95 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:11 PM | Reply

"storming hotels"

Any weapons discharged, any injuries?

Meanwhile, ICE storms homes and businesses all day long without a warrant, and you say it's necessary to carry out their mission.

#96 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:13 PM | Reply

"They don't DOXX the agents to terrorize their families?"

Federal agents serve the public and their names should be public. Like Fanone and Sicknick.

It should be illegal for police to hide their face and not have a name tag or ID number showing.

#97 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:15 PM | Reply

How does knowing an agent's name cause his family to exist in a state of terror?

Is this true of all Federal employees? Soldiers? Attorneys?

State police, local police, all police, should their identities be secret too?

You have such a ------ for fascism but I don't think you have the cognitive and language skills to understand that about yourself.

#98 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:17 PM | Reply

The liar wants a video.

Okay:

New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn't pose a threat.

NOTE: All shots are accounted for; Alex Pretti's gun never discharged

And now watch as the liar tucks his tail behind his legs and do everything to try to avoid manning up and owning his lies...

... including repeating the lie, ad nauseum, despite being proven wrong.

#99 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:18 PM | Reply

Also, what kind of fathers are these, leaving behind their little ones to go play GI Joe in the freezing north?

I can't imagine any ICE agent is truly capable of loving a child. Not seeing how they treat children.

#100 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:19 PM | Reply

"There is nothing inherently wrong or evil about the mission to find people here illegally and take them before an immigration judge."

There is when it violates the Fourth Amendment.

As you are surely aware, ICE claims the authority to raid people's homes without a signed warrant from a judge.
And as you are surely aware, those were not the rules when you were a cop.
To enter a suspect's home, you needed a signed warrant from a judge.

You said "There is nothing inherently wrong or evil about the mission to find people here illegally and take them before an immigration judge. That's all they do."

Does this include violating the Fourth Amendment, as you understood it when you were a cop, to enter homes and take people without a signed warrant from a Judge?

This is pretty much the crux of what's being protested in Minneapolis. And you would support those protests if you actually believed the Oath of Office you swore to the Constitution. But I think you were lying when you swore that oath.

#101 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 10:27 PM | Reply

New thread just posted:

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM

Video: Reveals Flawed, Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn't pose a threat.

Will those that lied about this admit they were wrong?

Or will they just continue to lie?

#102 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:32 PM | Reply

Ya'll made him run away.

OK, waddle away, more like.

#103 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-27 10:39 PM | Reply

My understanding is that particular weapon has a twitchy trigger, meaning slight top of barrel touch and the weapon can discharge.

IMO it was handled with care, so its not negligent discharge, its an accidental accidental (gun defect).

Some lawyers have mentioned SIG might be culpable in this case.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut

You keep talking about this like you have a clue.

It has nothing to do with the trigger. In the handful of incidences where a defect has been proven, it's been found to be due to worn/weak springs in the secondary safety within the striker housing. Weak spring = safety doesn't engage, allowing striker to impact the primer if the gun is jolted the right way.

In any case, I see no reactions by any of the agents to indicate a negligent discharge. At least two officers would have been struck by debris caused by the round spalling if it had gone off and you would have at least seen a reaction from the guy holding it.

#104 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-27 10:56 PM | Reply

Pretti's gun never discharged.
The first gunshot you hear is from the ICEhole - who actually nudged the other ICEhole out of the way to shoot Pretti as he was subdued and laying face down on the ground.

#105 | Posted by YAV at 2026-01-27 11:09 PM | Reply

I'm surprised more of them didn't start shooting him, honestly.

Gotta wonder how many ICE agents are taking Gender Affirming Care in the form of steroids.

#106 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 11:28 PM | Reply

The gun with a notorious reputation with many videos showing the gun spontaneously discharging in holsters with hands nowhere near it.

If the "accidental" discharge was as prevalent as you wish to portray it then the company would have been sued out of existence years ago. After all, products liability is an express exclusion from gun manufacturer liability for gun injuries.

That's not what I'm seeing. www.google.com

That said, I'll wait for some more reporting before coming to conclusions.

#107 | Posted by et_al at 2026-01-27 11:46 PM | Reply

showing the gun spontaneously discharging in holsters with hands nowhere near it.

I wonder what superpower the owner had been using to prevent that from happening all the time he was packing it around?

#108 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-27 11:53 PM | Reply

D**n. Blew that one. Try again; "... is an express exclusion from gun manufacturer immunity ... for injuries.

#109 | Posted by et_al at 2026-01-27 11:54 PM | Reply


If the "accidental" discharge was as prevalent as you wish to portray it then the company would have been sued out of existence years ago. After all, products liability is an express exclusion from gun manufacturer liability for gun injuries.

A Milwaukee police officers' union on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the pistols used as the department's main duty weapon can discharge without the trigger being pulled.

The plaintiffs say the incident involving Maritato was one of at least three documented cases in which a Milwaukee Police officer was injured in SIG Sauer P320 discharges without a trigger pull, including a recent accidental discharge on Sept. 10.
www.kcra.com

After a U.S. Air Force airman died from a suspected accidental discharge of his Sig Sauer handgun in Wyoming, some USAF commanders placed an indefinite pause on its use.

Following that move, and after years of questions about the safety of the Sig Sauer P320 and its military variants, law enforcement agencies across the country have also begun their own reviews or even outright suspended its use.
www.oklahoman.com

Just a couple of instances I found in my search.

#110 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-28 12:53 AM | Reply


Pretti's gun never discharged.
The first gunshot you hear is from the ICEhole - who actually nudged the other ICEhole out of the way to shoot Pretti as he was subdued and laying face down on the ground.

#105 | POSTED BY YAV

I haven't seen a good video of the actual shot, but the evidence this did happen is the officer on his knees in one of the videos, jumps. Though there is no audio but the movement made it seem like he was next to the discharge.

Do you have a good non-AI enhanced video? I don't understand why these videos are so poor (Android to IOS Bs??)

#111 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-28 12:56 AM | Reply

Gotta wonder how many ICE agents are taking Gender Affirming Care in the form of steroids.

#106 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 11:28 PM | Reply

I'd wager 75% or more.

#112 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-28 02:01 AM | Reply

Just a couple of instances I found in my search.

Thanks for reiterating my point. A few random cases do not a mass problem make.

If it is a mass problem the company would be sued into oblivion. Neither your nor my google searches support that conclusion. Ergo the reference to multiple youtube videos is nothing more than anecdotes that apparently don't stand up to judicial scrutiny.

Again, massive problem equals massive litigation. That ain't happnin'. Conclusion, accidental discharge ain't a mass problem.

#113 | Posted by et_al at 2026-01-28 03:32 AM | Reply

101: okay so the courts have ruled that immigration warrants are not sufficient to enter people's homes. That's true. The DOJs position is that they are sufficient when pursuing a fleeing suspect. I haven't seen anything that indicates they have changed the view that it is always acceptable as a warrant to enter homes. If you have a source for that, I am amenable to reading it. That said the DOJ believes they have an exception. That will be litigated I. Court and upheld or not. That doesn't mean it is some crazy nefarious bout of storm trooper tactics to "terrorize" the populace. Get a grip. As for businesses? Businesses are places where the public can enter and have a reduced expectation of privacy and reduced protections under the 4th amendment.

ICE uses traffic stops to effect arrests. Something that happens every day all day in the enforcement of laws in this country. As long as they have established probable cause for the existence of an immigration violation, their traffic stops are perfectly legal. They don't NEED. A warrant of any kind to execute a traffic stop and effect an arrest. The overwhelming majority of arrests in this country are made without a warrant. There is no indication that ICE doesn't properly obtain probable cause before arresting anyone. Citizens don't get to interfere with lawful traffic stops just because they don't like the president.

So please. Tell me how the ICE Mission can get done without traffic stops. What is the way to find the people here illegally and arrest them without traffic stops? It's very simple. Run the plate, then run their identifiers through the database and if the data indicates they are here illegally? Viola? PC to arrest.

Where, exactly is the 4th amendment violation?

You say "they are violating the 4th amendment!" But have offered no proof of such.

All you have is anecdotal evidence. Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal and in no way an indictment on anything other than particular case. Mistakes are terrible things and I hope everyone of them sues for redress and wins. Court is the place to fight them, not the side of the road.

Let them do their job and there would be no violence. The instigating citizens interfering with lawful arrests is without question the cause for the violence. Not then police simply doing their jobs and conducting lawful traffic stops.

#114 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2026-01-28 06:16 AM | Reply

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