Alex Pretti identified as man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis

Murdered is the correct word.

his firearm was taken from him, 7 agents on him, hands clearly nowhere near his waist, this was a murder. No doubt about it.

Immigration should not be killing people

Now identify the ICE Nazis that executed him. They’re going to have to do it to set up their gofundme murder bounties anyway

He was “resisting” by being pinned to the ground, with about 2 ICE officers per limb, lying completely motionless, before they shot him dead with three bullets in the chest, and then an extra 10 or so to his lifeless corpse for good measure.

And our government is gleefully lying about his murder, labeling him a terrorist. Past time to bring these fascists down

Alex Pretti was a 37-year old [ICU nurse for critically ill veterans](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/s/wBAHFMlHE2) lawfully filming ICE activity today before he was pepper sprayed, fully subdued, kicked and beaten by a team of ICE agents, and then murdered by them in broad daylight by repeatedly shooting him in the back.

There is nothing more traumatic than finding out your relative has been murdered. While his family just begins to mourn our own government immediately maligns his memory. I can only hope that this starts to wake people up.

US citizen, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, an athlete, a son, a brother, legally owned his firearm, licensed to carry, no priors or any history of violence

He didn’t break any laws, did nothing that warranted detainment let alone summary execution. He was attempting to attend to someone who had just been pushed to the ground by ICE

He was shot multiple times in the back while both of his hands were on the ground after being sprayed in the face and subdued by six or seven overweight men

Sadly, these outcomes were all but inevitable. The Trump administration’s authoritarian deployment of trigger happy, unaccountable ICE thugs around the country never intended to “reduce crime” or drive back some imaginary “invasion” or “rebellion.” No, the intention was always to legitimize the aggressive occupation of areas around the country where Trump’s political opposition remains defiant of him and his policies.

Places where federalized troops and masked ICE agents have been mobilized to terrorize residents, crackdown on protestors, crush dissent, profile their targets, assault passersby, throw people into unmarked vehicles, suspend civil liberties altogether and arrest, detain, even murder anyone who meets the government’s vague criteria of a “domestic terrorist.”

Donald Trump, his allies and followers are trying desperately to turn the criminals into the victims of these violent tragedies so that they can continue justifying the federal government’s terrorizing presence around the country.

It also speaks volumes that all of the MAGA mouthpieces are out in full force trying to defend murder; regurgitating the talking points that have been delivered by the White House; peddling the regime’s propaganda in order to control the narrative.

That narrative’s purpose is not only to make victims out of murderers, but to also insist that the people who are being executed in the streets by the government deserve it because they are part of a larger, hostile, yet fictional left-wing threat to this country—excuse me—THEIR country.

The goal from the moment that these incidents become national news is to politicize them, facts be damned. Local investigations are being obstructed while federal officials have been speaking out almost immediately after these incidents; making statements that seek to blame the deceased or wounded and exonerate the shooter(s).

But in neither of these cases were the armed assailers in any imminent danger.

MAGA would be screaming bloody murder if they identified with the actual victim(s) of these tragic circumstances and *not* the gunmen.

This is because their loyalty and the loyalty of these lawless, wannabe counter-revolutionaries is not to this country, nor the safety of its people, not to the law, nor the constitution, but to Donald Trump and to a destructive, hateful and violent ideology. The only authority they have to answer to is one that will absolve them of all wrongdoing—even in the case of murder.

Meanwhile, Trump has already threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as part of an effort to subvert the authority of states and invalidate the Posse Comitatus Act, giving him the unilateral power to order the military and his personal army of ICE goons to enforce his will and carry out the law however the administration sees fit.

And like every other step Trump has taken towards consolidating power and control over the country, these actions do absolutely nothing to confront the underlying, root causes of crime, “domestic terrorism,” political violence and other systemic issues.

These measures are also meant to produce the ILLUSION of safety. They fail at being an effective and reliable deterrent to anything.

And as elections roll around, there’s the very strong likelihood that Trump will use this paramilitary presence to suppress the vote in urban areas.

“Law and order” has been a conservative dog whistle for decades, and we know that Trump and MAGA don’t care all that sincerely about the law because they believe they are above it. That is to say, “For my friends everything, for my enemies the law.”

Trump has even stated as much; claiming that he is not beholden to any standards but his own and posting comments like, “He who saves his country does not violate any law,” a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte insinuating that Trump is entitled to operate outside all laws and regulations, whenever and however he pleases. This is dictator logic.

MAGA’s law and order rhetoric is intentionally divisive; language that is meant to incite violence and hostility towards minorities, immigrants, marginalized segments of our society and anyone who is subjectively deemed a “left wing agitator.”

In other words, to them, “law and order” means punishing your enemies.

MAGA’s obsession with crime and punishment is reflected in their support for federalizing troops and local law enforcement to subdue their political opponents and tyrannize the population. It’s reflected in this administration’s militarization of domestic policy, in Trump’s weaponization of ICE and the DOJ, in the Republican party’s disregard for the basic constitutional rights of the people they’re targeting and arresting, in Trump’s attacks on law firms and judges, in his defiance of court orders and flouting of checks and balances, and in his pursuit of vengeance against his critics, his political enemies and anyone who has ever tried to hold him accountable for HIS crimes.

The hypocrisy is baffling. While Trump and his supporters are demanding that he receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his feckless efforts at ending multiple wars (which he hasn’t) and “negotiating” an imaginary peace around the world, he is simultaneously waging war against the American people, people he is tasked with protecting.

Surprise, surprise, these tactics are eerily reminiscent of how fascist regimes have operated in the past. Including the current use of inflammatory rhetoric from Trump and his allies who are trying to legitimatize their consolidation of power and their occupation of cities around the country by broadly designating Democrats and all left-leaning political foes as “terrorists.”

The government is also employing another fascist strategy which involves scapegoating minorities, immigrants and out-groups; identifying them as “enemies” and “threats” to national security. This becomes the party’s unifying cause.

Republicans are obfuscating facts, obstructing investigations and flooding the zone with fearmongering messaging that aims to demonize these groups of people—all things that are part of a broader effort to justify violence from federal agents. The party’s propaganda is designed to inflame political tensions and sustain the right’s culture wars; diverting attention away from this administration’s corruption while appealing to the grievances, paranoid delusions and fears of supporters.

It’s also evident that the Trump administration is hoping to provoke an incident. Republicans are desperate for an escalation—for a violent response so that Trump can continue to push the limits of his power and so him and his supporters can rationalize to themselves why more military incursions around the country are necessary.

But none of it is sincere. All of their rhetoric and their reactions to violent, political commotions of the past were really just rallying cries.

They couldn’t care less about the root causes of crime, political violence or domestic extremism. Their chief priority throughout all of this has been to construct a pretext to declare war against “the radical left.”

And because the Trump administration gets to dictate who or what conforms to the vague definition of a “domestic terrorist,” they will use this umbrella term as an excuse to target lawful demonstrators, to suppress civil liberties, to scapegoat their enemies, to crackdown on dissenting voices, and to make an example out of their political opponents.

A man that dedicated his life to serving soldiers (he was a VA ICU nurse) was just executed point blank by cosplay soldiers. It doesn’t get more dystopian than that.

Rest in power, Alex.

Stephen Miller just called him a domestic terrorist.

MA Rep Seth Moulton, on MSNow, just called Stephen Miller a domestic terrorist.

An ICU nurse for veterans.

Bovino also lied and said he brandished a weapon. Also said he was planning the massacre of federal agents because he had 2 extra magazines on him. Don’t know about ya’ll, but I didn’t see anyone talking to him about that before they killed him. Once again, just making shit up.