Video: Reveals Flawed, Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

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.

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The NYT does a masterful job walking us through the video of the murder of Mr Pretti by ICE agents operating under Trump authority and policies. Frame by frame www.nytimes.com/video/us/100 ...

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-- Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann.substack.com) Jan 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM

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When federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said he approached agents with a handgun, intending to massacre them. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol agents with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun." "This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement."

But a Times analysis of video footage from the scene in the moments when two officers opened fire, clearly contradict federal government statements. Pretti does not appear to pose a threat to agents. In fact, at several critical junctures, he is outnumbered and under their control. Here are the key moments that reveal what happened.

#1 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:26 PM | Reply

It also clearly contradicts this thread...

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

... and the liar who keeps insisting that Alex Pretti's gun was fired.

It wasn't.

Fact: Alex Pretti's gun was never fired

#2 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-27 10:29 PM | Reply

The ICEhole actually nudged the other ICEhole away from Pretti before shooting Pretti. That was the FIRST gunshot. Pretti's gun never discharged. It's clear as can be. Sick as that was, after 4 shots from the 1st ICEhole, the 2nd ICEhole - the one that was pounding his Pretti's face with the tear/pepper spray canister, joins in and unloads his weapon as Pretty lay on the ground. Another 6 rounds from the two ICEholes.

Both ICEholes backed away from Pretti's body but continued to shoot him... 6 more times.

Feds have announced there's not going to be any investigation and there will be no cooperation or access to any evidence or the ICE personnel.

#3 | Posted by YAV at 2026-01-27 11:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Yav,

ICEhole? That's clever.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-27 11:53 PM | Reply

Feds have announced there's not going to be any investigation and there will be no cooperation or access to any evidence or the ICE personnel.
#3 | Posted by YAV

*Also applies to those hoax Epstein/Trump papers that this attack on our populace was supposed to distract from.

#5 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-28 09:15 AM | Reply

---- off scumbag

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-28 08:01 PM | Reply

... 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. ...

Yes.

What was the threat he posed?

Anyone?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-28 09:41 PM | Reply

We are led by greedy grifting thugs...at least that is how I see today's Republican Party under Trump. They are intent on taking from the poor, including health care and enriching the rich...so those aforenamed rich can send them millions of dollars of support through Pacs.

#8 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-29 06:52 AM | Reply

Flawed?

No.

They wanted to kill someone and they did.

They've been itching to escalate the violence as directed by the administration. They wanted this to happen.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-29 07:40 AM | Reply

What was the threat he posed?

He had on him the greatest threat to these fascist thugs...a video camera.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-29 07:41 AM | Reply

Holy crap.

I thought before it looked like murder, but in the videos I had seen previously it was hard to see exactly what happened.

But this video makes it perfectly clear this was blatant murder.

The shooter pushes the agent away who is securing the gun in order to get a better shot at shooting his victim in the back.

#11 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-01-29 08:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Golly, with 47 days of training, just think what they could have accomplished with only 45 days of training? The second-saddest thing about the video is the unprepared, cosplay-dressed fat slobs rolling around trying to convince folks they were chiseled fighting machines, and not butter sculpture...

#12 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-29 08:18 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#12 CatDog says: "...the unprepared, cosplay-dressed fat slobs rolling around trying to convince folks they were chiseled fighting machines, and not butter sculpture and not butter sculpture"

Flag: The reviews are in: Brilliant prose ... clever dialog ... stunningly delivered ... a 5 star review! ...

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 08:25 AM | Reply

#11 Thank you for your excellent comment, gtbritishskull!

'Tis amazing to me that there are those (looking at you, Mark Fuhrman) who expect us to believe them, and not our lying eyes.

Again, thank you, gtbritishskull!

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 08:35 AM | Reply