5 Things You Need to Know About ICE, Trump, and the Death of Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti’s untimely death exposes the gap between media spin, public sentiment on immigration, and the real politics behind ICE enforcement.
The internet is on fire following the death of Alex Pretti, an anti-ICE protester shot during a scuffle with ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the weekend.
Pretti’s is the second such death in the Twin Cities this month, taking place just blocks away from the fatal shooting of anti-ICE protester Renee Good, who was killed while driving her car towards an ICE officer on 7 January.
Pretti’s death has sparked even fiercer debate than Good’s. What is known and generally agreed upon is that Pretti was legally armed with a concealed handgun, inserted himself into an ICE arrest, and was avoiding restraint when he was shot.
However, official reports and public analysis of the incident vary widely on other details, like whether Pretti posed an active threat to officers, whether he reached for or brandished his firearm, and whether the use of deadly force was justified.
Preempting an investigation and the release of bodycam footage, activists quickly seized upon Pretti’s death to fuel large-scale protests and an online information war echoing the campaign that buoyed the 2020 George Floyd riots.
Indeed, as observed by podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey:
On Instagram, it’s 2020 all over again. Women, including many, many Christian women, are being completely duped by the anti-ICE propaganda. Believed the “ICE arrested a lone 5-year-old” completely. It’s demoralising. I am working HARD in my DMs and posts and on my show trying to combat this nonsense and appeal to these women.
So, in the interest of placing facts before feelings, here are five things you need to know about ICE, Trump, and Alex Pretti’s death.
1. The Propaganda War is Real
As you might have predicted, the legacy media has, like clockwork, framed Alex Pretti’s death through an anti-Trump lens.
Instead of interrogating why Pretti put himself in harm’s way to impede federal officers and shield a criminal (more on all that in a moment), regime-aligned outlets have largely focussed on lionising Pretti, even framing him in martyr-like terms.
The taxpayer-funded ABC has led the charge on this front, having already published 21 reports (and counting) that depict Pretti as a kind-hearted ICU nurse who loved his dog and the outdoors, while dismissing official reports about his death from the Trump administration.
In the New York Times’ hagiography, Pretti was described as a “calm presence amid hospital chaos”, a mentor to colleagues, and deeply committed to his family and friends.
The BBC, meanwhile, can’t stop gushing about Pretti even as it continues to sweep aside the genocide of 35,000 Iranians.
One network was even caught using an AI-edited image of Pretti that made him look more attractive than the original:
Alex Pretti’s picture was edited using AI to make him appear “prettier” for the public.
MSNBC broadcast the edited image on air, and the same image was displayed during a memorial at the recent New York Sirens vs. Minnesota Frost matchup.
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/rHZJh5bwdX
— AF Post (@AFpost) January 27, 2026
Whether you ask AP, CBS, NBC or PBS, you’ll learn that Pretti was a compassionate, community-oriented professional whose unjust death is, at best, the byproduct of a cold and callous Trump administration.
Let’s name this for what it is: a deliberate propaganda war using selective reporting, emotional manipulation and rage-bait to further entrench Trump Derangement Syndrome in the public imagination.
2. Deportations Under Trump are Low
Speaking of Trump, here’s a fun fact you won’t hear on the nightly news: Trump has deported far fewer illegal immigrants than either Barack Obama or Joe Biden.
Though he talks tough, President Trump still trails his predecessors by millions of deportations.
Under Barack Obama (2009–2017), the US carried out the largest sustained deportation effort in modern history, which even earned him the nickname ‘Deporter in Chief’. Total removals and returns across Obama’s presidency numbered around 5.3 million, with formal deportations peaking above 400,000 in a single year.
Under Joe Biden (2021–2025), deportation totals again rose sharply, driven mainly by record border crossings. Across Biden’s term, the US recorded around 4.6 million removals and returns, mostly at the border.
By contrast, Trump’s first term (2017–2021) produced about 2 million removals or returns over four years.
In Trump’s second term so far (2025–early 2026), arrests and detentions have increased and the Trump administration has claimed very large numbers by including “self-deportations”. However, formal deportations are widely estimated at only around 300,000 so far, with total removals still far below either Biden’s or Obama’s.
And if you want to understand just how easy it is to manipulate the masses, consider the case of Tom Homan.
Homan served in senior ICE roles under both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Under Obama, he oversaw hundreds of thousands of deportations every year and even received a Presidential Rank Award for his work. In 2012 alone, formal removals under his watch hit 409,000 — one of the highest totals on record.
Fast forward to 2025, and Homan, now Acting ICE Director under Trump, oversaw roughly 300,000 deportations — a significant drop. Yet somehow we’ve been led to believe that Trump-era Homan is a fascist and a Nazi, even as Obama-era Homan was a hero worthy of decoration.
Barack Obama’s ICE chief received an award for 920,000 removals.
Donald Trump’s ICE chief was called a Nazi.
It’s the same person: Tom Homan.
In 2012, Obama deported 409,000 people.
In 2025, Trump deported 290,000 people.
The difference is mainstream media brainwashing. pic.twitter.com/kFgGmZKFa5
— Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores4TX) January 20, 2026
3. Alex Pretti Took Deadly, Illegal Risks
Like Renee Good before him, Alex Pretti didn’t stumble onto the scene of his death by accident.
A media investigation found that Pretti was part of an anti‑ICE ‘rapid response’ network already active on site minutes before the shooting, using coordinated communication and tracking systems to locate, surround and disrupt federal agents during an arrest.
Before and after Pretti’s death, the network used highly sophisticated tactics, the report says, including:
- Encrypted Signal chats to track, summon and mobilise anti-ICE “rapid responders” in real time
- Street-level spotters and whistle alerts monitoring ICE agents’ movements
- Detailed license-plate tracking of suspected ICE vehicles
- Rapid deployment of sensational, emotionally charged videos to shape public perception
- Nationwide protests coordinated within hours by socialist, communist, and Marxist-Leninist groups
- Narrative escalation from “observer shot” to “execution” to “ICE Gestapo”
- Calls for barricades, general strikes, and other insurgent-style disruptions
- Media laundering presenting organisers as neutral witnesses while concealing their far-left activist roles
There are also credible reports that this was not Alex Pretti’s first run-in with ICE. According to CNN, Pretti had a physical altercation with ICE in which he broke a rib just a week before his death.
🚨 LEFTIST HOAX DESTROYED 🚨
New video shows Alex Pretti violently attacking federal officers and destroying federal law enforcement vehicles. His firearm is fully visible in the footage.
This video PROVES that Alex Pretti was not an ‘innocent bystander’ or ‘legal observer’
He… pic.twitter.com/hFiNfkKRik
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 28, 2026
While Pretti’s death was a tragedy, it was one he could have avoided by not taking part in an illegal, far-left insurgency.
4. Alex Pretti was Shielding a Violent Criminal
The tragedy of Alex Pretti’s death was not just that he was engaged in an illegal operation, but he did so in defence of a violent criminal.
The arrest Pretti was on site to thwart was that of Jose Huerta-Chuma, an Ecuadorian national who was in the US illegally, and whose a criminal record includes violent domestic assault, intentional bodily harm and disorderly conduct. He was also driving without a valid licence at the time ICE was trying to take him into custody.
Moreover, not only was Pretti armed with a holstered semi-automatic handgun and two magazines of ammunition when he approached ICE agents, but he physically resisted when the officers tried to restrain him. Any reasonable member of the public would not have resisted such restraint from federal agents.
Again, Pretti’s death was a tragedy — but it was also, quite clearly, an avoidable one.
5. Valuing Life Means Securing Borders
The appeal from Alex Pretti’s defenders — whether Christian or secular — has centred on the value of his life. As someone created in God’s image, Pretti’s life did have inherent worth, which is why his death is, of course, regrettable.
But why have his defenders not applied that principle to the countless American lives lost at the hands of violent illegal immigrants? Why reserve it for an American engaged in illegal acts to shield a violent criminal?
The following victims drew little online outrage or public protest compared with Pretti, yet they were also made in God’s image and were equally precious:
- Laken Riley, 22, beaten to death while jogging on the University of Georgia campus by an illegal immigrant
- Mollie Tibbetts, 20, stabbed to death in a cornfield in Brooklyn, Iowa by an illegal immigrant
- Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, raped, strangled and left in a creek in Houston, Texas by two illegal immigrants
- Kate Steinle, 32, shot in the back on a pier in San Francisco, California by an illegal immigrant
- Rachel Morin, 37, raped and beaten to death while jogging in Bel Air, Maryland by an illegal immigrant
- Lizbeth Medina, 16, stabbed to death in her Texas apartment bathroom by an illegal immigrant
- Jamiel Shaw II, 17, shot execution-style on his way home from football practice in Los Angeles, California by an illegal immigrant
- Aiden Clark, 11, killed when his school bus was hit by a drunk driver who was an illegal immigrant in Springfield, Ohio
- Melissa Powell, 47, and Riordan Powell, 16, killed in a car crash caused by an illegal immigrant in Colorado
- Ivory Smith, 7, killed in a car crash caused by an illegal immigrant in Texas
- Taliyah Crochet, 18, and Rylan Oncale, 18, killed in a car crash caused by an illegal immigrant in Louisiana
- Maria Pleitez, 42, and Dayanara, 11, killed in a car crash caused by an illegal immigrant in New Jersey
Each of these tragedies — and there are many more — serve as a reminder that ICE performs a fundamentally good and necessary role in enforcing US border laws and protecting Americans, even if individual mistakes occur or questions remain about Pretti’s death.
Like every country, America has the right and the responsibility to defend its borders, protect its citizens, and preserve its national sovereignty.
Indeed, Trump’s border program appears to be paying off. A recent Council on Criminal Justice report shows violent crime in US cities fell sharply in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024, robbery down 23%, carjackings down 43%, gun assaults down 22%, and motor vehicle thefts down 27%.
Hundreds upon hundreds of lives have been saved thanks to Trump’s border enforcement efforts. Indeed, there’s a strong case to be made that Trump’s border policies are a good reflection of biblical mercy. By contrast, the strident defence of illegal immigrants might best be described by the words of Proverbs 12:10: “the mercy of the wicked is cruel”.
And far from being fringe or unpopular, Trump’s border program aligns with majority public opinion. National polling has shown consistent majority support for deporting all immigrants in the country illegally — not just violent offenders — including 55 per cent in a New York Times survey, 64 per cent in a Marquette University poll, 57 per cent in CBS News polling, and 56 per cent in an ABC News survey.
All the polling, as even CNN acknowledges, shows that voters want everyone here illegally deported. You can disagree with that. But we hold elections for a reason. There is no protestors’ veto that overrides the will of the American electorate.
You don’t like it? Take it to the… pic.twitter.com/FWJfANflNY
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) January 26, 2026
Conclusion: Love Rejoices With the Truth
The more you consider the real Alex Pretti story, the less makes sense about the mainstream narrative — whether the selective empathy for armed insurgents over innocent Americans, the sweeping aside of Obama and Biden’s far higher deportation numbers, or the protests raging against a policy most Americans support.
But things do start to make sense once you consider the political incentives for those waging the propaganda war.
It’s no coincidence that both anti-ICE fatalities took place in a city whose leaders now face federal probes for a recently uncovered, multi-billion-dollar Somali-run fraud ring that ran rampant under their watch.
Choosing deflection over accountability, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have lent support to the insurgent network Pretti had joined by refusing to assist ICE, and by demonising ICE agents — who are merely enforcing US border laws — as Trump’s “Gestapo”.
But the bigger picture is electoral. While Democrats and the establishment media wax lyrical about the “human rights” of illegal immigrants and armed insurgents, their real fear is that Trump’s crackdowns threaten their built‑in electoral advantage.
You read that correctly: Years of open borders and automatic registrations have funnelled millions of non‑citizens into the US system, enlarging the pool of Democratic voters in closely contested states like Minnesota. Every deportation chips away at that advantage.
Under this forecast, President Trump would have won the 2024 Electoral College 322-216.
And even if Kamala had won PA, WI, and MI– President Trump still would have won 280-258.
This the one and only reason Democrats are fighting so hard to stop illegals from being deported… https://t.co/rYzo2BN4cp
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 27, 2026
The information war is real. As Pastor Michael Clary has put it, “it isn’t Christlike to be gullible” or to be “led by your emotions” or to “outsource your critical thinking skills”.
“We don’t just get to feel sorry for an illegal immigrant and ‘stand up’ for them and call it love,” he explains. “That’s not love, no matter how strongly you feel it. Love does not spread leftist propaganda, ‘love rejoices with the truth’.” (1 Corinthians 13:6).
Stay safe out there — the lies are everywhere. But fortunately, truth wins in the end.
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Regardless of anything. Petti during the moments before his execution was clearly holding his phone and his other hand in the air submissively after having stepped between an ICE agent and a person pushed to the ground violently.
He was taken to the ground where he was then set upon and had a metal canister repeatedly with violence smashed into his head. Any sane person being set upon and feeling their head being smashed with a metal object will naturally try to defend and resist which is what he did, who wouldn’t. The author would have a person in that situation what, lay passively and not move as they have their head smashed? An ICE thug then procceded to remove his legally carried gun in his rear, behind the back holster. The ICE thug then walked off with the gun and now an unarmed Petti was shot by one officer then others joined in, in executing an unarmed person killing him. What, didn’t the first execution style shot suffice?
Regardless of why he was there, he did Not approach anyone armed with a gun in hand with intent to cause mass casualties like the Trump administration and Ice officers falsely allege. The statement made that “the ICE officers were in fear of their life” is not only false but it’s ridiculous! If anyone fears for their life as a person approaches them holding a mobile phone in one hand and the other hand completely empty then they themselves shouldn’t be carrying weapons and I would call anyone who claims that was a life threatening situation is either a liar or a total snowflake. After I worked for years in crowd control and security I can tell you that nothing of that situation would have worried me let alone cause me to fear for my life. Hearing them say that had me immediately shaking my head in disbelief that anyone could make that statement. The same goes for that harmless woman who was smiling and just going to leave the scene.
Regardless of wether they were there to disrupt the arrests of illegals there is zero justification in both, as far as I’m concerned, murders. This article does what the writer accuses others of and is quite hypocritical really using emotions in bringing up what some illegals have done to people as an excuse for the thug ICE actions and excuses for their clear lies in regards to what transpired in the moments after Petti approached the situation steping between the ICE agents to deescalate a situation where someone had been pushed to the ground.
The Trump administration and its followers are like a cult. They hold an orange in the air and tell the followers its an apple, in this case an apple iPhone, and the blind followers believe every word. It has all the hallmarks of a cult, a charismatic leader who tells his followers anything and they believe it, blind submission to anything he says and defending the clearly undefendable when the facts stare them in the face showing the exact opposite.
Trump and his chronies could hand his eyes wide shut followers a platter with mud on it and they would thank him for the chocolate as they lick their lips eating it.
What is clear is that you have fallen for the marxist lies about the situation. And that you are suffering from TDS.
You’re welcome to your opinion but when you whole heartedly support the marxist narrative you are engaging with the father of lies.
Jon D you just make sense here, as someone who has watched the video multiple times, what you are pointing out appears to be true, and this published writing in my opinion is disappointing and quite frankly embarrassing.
While I am trying to sanely process through the propaganda claims, I wholeheartedly think that understanding is required on both sides. While here in Australia there is a very valid call for deportation of violent extremist immigrants, I get why the Trump administration have closed the border and set out to remove certain members of the population. That said, there is clearly a violent and satanic rampage going on with rogue ICE soldiers who are hell bent on destruction with total disregard for human decency and due process.
I don’t know the answer, except “come Lord Jesus” and prayers for peace and order while we wait 💔❤️🩹
I appreciate you taking the time to engage, but much of what you’ve stated rests on contested interpretations rather than established facts. At this stage, there is no complete bodycam footage publicly available, no final investigative findings, and no independent ruling on the sequence of events. Claims about an “execution,” officers “smashing his head,” or Pretti being “unarmed” at the moment force was used remain allegations, not settled conclusions.
What is undisputed is that Pretti deliberately inserted himself into an active federal arrest, physically impeded officers, and was legally armed at the time he approached them. Whether he intended harm is beside the point: intervening in an arrest while armed fundamentally alters the risk calculus for officers on scene. In law enforcement use-of-force standards, perceived threat — not retrospective moral intent — governs split-second decisions, especially amid a hostile crowd and physical resistance. And in answer to your question about what he should have done: comply. Whatever armed officers told me to do in that situation I would have done, as would any other reasonable member of the public.
Finally, my argument is not that ICE officers are beyond scrutiny, nor that every use of force is justified. It is that investigations should precede verdicts, and that moral clarity requires consistency. Condemning violence while excusing the deliberate disruption of armed arrests, or dismissing border enforcement entirely while ignoring its victims, is precisely the selective reasoning I was critiquing. We can demand accountability and acknowledge that Pretti’s actions placed him in a dangerous, unlawful situation that did not need to occur.
Jon, I’d also gently ask you to hold yourself to the Christian standards you’ve articulated elsewhere on this site. You’ve rightly warned against attributing excessive power to evil, against emotional manipulation, and against being swept up in worldly narratives driven by outrage rather than truth. Yet here, before the facts are known, you speak with absolute certainty, assign the worst possible motives, and frame a complex, unresolved incident in apocalyptic terms. Scripture calls us to sobriety, restraint, and truth-seeking — not to rush to judgment or to baptise anger as righteousness. If we’re serious about Christian witness, consistency matters.
I think if I were an ICE agent I would definitely be on edge and fearful, given all the calls for doxxing and killing of ICE agents, along with the constant death threats and unreasonable demonisation of ordinary guys (by politicians, news corporations, talk show hosts and influencers) who are just going to work every day to do what is probably an unpleasant job. Think of all the horrible nut jobs they have to deal with all the time.
Trump was elected with a huge majority, and the majority of polled Americans support the deportations. Democracy at work…
You have labelled that huge majority as a blind cult – all those millions of individuals. Seems unreasonable… from the other side, seeing all the political violence from the left, the gaslighting and denial of obvious truths, that the awful cult is not on the Trump side of the aisle.
I’m not an American by the way, but as you know, the old saying goes, “If the US sneezes the rest of the world gets a cold”…
The first thing we need to understand about the entire situation and riots in Minneapolis is that those organising them, and probably a lot of the rioters, are marxist revolutionaries. They are trying to score a victory against government forces to demonstrate that victory is possible, encouraging every marxist group across the country to rise up in revolution.
Karl Marx served the father of lies, and marxism is effectively a satanic cult (without direct worship). Hence we must be very careful in listening to what marxists have to say. They will constantly bend the truth if not lie outright. They will do so far more than simply tell the truth.
Not at all.
That’s just a way of switching off the brain. Place labels on people, then the whole situation then becomes a question of ‘who’ and not ‘what’.
So rather than as Christians as people who respect the sanctity of life, we can then put a label on someone as a Marxist and justify their killing?
While the article doesn’t state this, I can understand how you get this out of the article. Having watched the video, Jon D makes some valid comments.
But sadly this article does seem to encourage an us and them type mentality. ICE agents (despite the fact they have now left the city in shame) are mighty Christian warriors and the protestors are all agents of Satan.
So yes, I can understand why you got that from this article.
Why would a so called peaceful protester carry a gun in his back pocket??? Jesus said, in Matthew 26:52, “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”
Difficult subject at first, but the facts show the reality of dealing with hard core criminal illegals, and the marxists supporting them,
I’ve yet to see any footage (this is the first I’ve heard of the incident). But the lady who was recently shot in her car, from what I could see, she was driving off, away from the officers when she was shot; it didn’t seem she was shot out of self protection.
Though I think she brought it on herself still, whether she knew she was endagering her life or not. If someone says “freeze or I’ll shoot”, you risk getting shot if you don’t freeze, whether they are justified or not in shooting you.(I’m not saying they said to her “freeze or I’ll shoot; i’m being hypothetical).
Whether the officer was justified or not, I don’t know. I don’t know why he shot her as she drove away. But if it was to do his job as best he could, then they should just leave it alone, and call it a misfortunate incident.
Else it becomes harder and harder for law enforcement or whatever to do their job; unsure whether they should use lethal force or be punished for making a simple but deadly mistake. Because they’re human like the rest of us. If it’s not murderous intent, don’t haul them over the coals for a mistake any one of us could have made in the same situation.
That’s my 2 cents worth.
It was reported that the officer who shot her was admitted with internal bleeding in his abdomen… it’s hard to tell but at one stage he was in front of her car when her wife yelled ‘drive baby drive’ (so it was reported by some). Perhaps he took a blow as he stepped to the side of the car… that seems like a reasonable scenario. I’m like you – I don’t really know…
Her history indicates that she was no angel… she drove interstate to insert herself into that situation.
There’s no way I’d be assaulting police without expecting to regret it one way or the other. Think about that, how many ordinary working people are going way out of their way to get into altercations with cops…?
Minnapolis is the capital of Somali Fraud by illegal immigrants with Terrorist “sleeper cells ” funded by the Islamic Regime of Iran . I support President Trump trying to safeguard his borders , deporting illegal migrants and eliminating drug and other crime from the USA–to the country which I remember it used to be ! The same crime is now rampant in UK and in Australia—our Marches and attacks on businesses and homes to intimidate us funded by Iran with the aim to take over our country, a rich prize with its great mineral wealth which can be used to enrich an elite military class with the rest of us in near poverty like Iran. Only time will tell if I (like Cassandra ) will be ignored and our country be taken in a revolution.
Liberal Hivemind has a video showing still frames that appear to show what might be smoke issuing from Pretti’s weapon almost instantly as it’s whipped out of his holster – the gun barrel is angled downwards. Also, in the next frame, the cap on the ground has been raised from the previous frame – that might suggest a ricochet, although there is a boot in close proximity.
If it were the case that the first discharge was accidental from Pretti’s own gun, the autopsy report would confirm that from the entry wound angle. Not conclusive but a possibility…? Additionally, if a shot goes off in the melee, it’s not an unreasonable reaction for a return shot, especially since the guy who grabbed the gun approached from behind and removed it, apparently out of sight of the other officers in front. I don’t recall hearing that there were multiple shots.
There’s a YouTube video where a man demonstrates how sensitive that particular pistol is and how easily it discharges with a knock on the barrel – no finger on the trigger. Perhaps he’s a bad actor and modified the trigger to deceive, perhaps not.
I’ve also seen reposts from Pretti’s DM where his rants and confrontingly violent rhetoric suggest quite the opposite of a calm, rational voice – at least with respect to his political views. My impression, based on his speech, was that he was an extremely unreasonable person.
Apparently, his parents warned him not to attend the ‘protest’.
Ask yourself why he carried two full magazines to a confrontation with law enforcement officers?
Whatever the truth turns out to be there are no winners here – it’s a tragedy for all involved.
Just imagine if all those protesters, administrators and illegals had not broken the laws of the land…
Really good article, comprehensive, and quite well reasoned.
Though can I say, still very one-sided. Which is why it is great that we have critical thinkers like JD who add some reality (and truth) to the article.
For what it is worth I probably do take Kurt’s side on this issue at this stage. Sadly, Pretti should not have got involved in an active arrest situation.
But I also think it is sad that all we are ever going to hear on DD is this pro-ICE, pro-Trump anti-Marxist rhetoric which then just perpetuates the hatred that is out there on both sides. Sure Kurt in the comments says that not everything ICE does can be condoned, but in the article it reads differently.
But, if nothing else, I appreciate this article because it really did give a good summation of the situation to counter that on other news sources.
Kurt siding with the authorities…would have said Jesus should have complied with Roman orders were he around in 33AD
Thank you Kurt for the report on this tragedy and for reviewing why it occurred. The account given makes sense to me and shows what a sensitive situation it is when law enforcement officers have to act, where a potential citizen has a handgun on them. Inevitably the officers have to secure the situation and make sure the handgun is not used against them or anyone near by, so they ask the suspected person to surrender and stand still and obey orders. If the person ignores the instructions it can potentially place many people at risk so they are forced to act.
The article above described what was happening very clearly (by Kurt): ” The arrest Pretti was on site to thwart was that of Jose Huerta-Chuma, an Ecuadorian national who was in the US illegally, and whose a criminal record includes violent domestic assault, intentional bodily harm and disorderly conduct. He was also driving without a valid licence at the time ICE was trying to take him into custody.”
A court of law should be able to settle the situation according to the laws of the land in the USA.
May God help establish justice and law and order in these situations so there is a minimal risk to all concerned.
Moreover, not only was Pretti armed with a holstered semi-automatic handgun and two magazines of ammunition when he approached ICE agents, but he physically resisted when the officers tried to restrain him. Any reasonable member of the public would not have resisted such restraint from federal agents.
I just learned that Sig Sauer pistols have a “reported” history of accidental discharge and there are several lawsuits. Also, the Sig Sauer P320 AWX can be ordered with and without a safety lever at the backend of the slide. I assume some folks go into dangerous situations and must be able to pull their holstered firearm and be on target as fast as possible without being impeded by a safety. Well, OK. If there was no safety, it seems logical that multiple hands grabbing at the pistol could easily cause it to accidentally discharge. That could easily cause any one else to react badly. The threatening rhetoric in social media and Minneapolis officials makes it worse. The lack of crowd control to prevent co-mingling by protestors in ICE/CBP operations is completely inexcusable. Tension at worst on all sides that causes small reactions. Those that support by funding the protestors ensures it is not organic and should be held accountable. It seems that some powerful hidden people are co-ercising Minneapolis and Minnesota officials.
Hmmmm. So the LAW is that ILLEGAL immigrants – particularly violent ones ( did you read the list of murders, rapes, by illegals, JD – just wondering how the families of the victims might be feeling) are to be deported. Crossing the border illegally makes them criminals from the start.
Obama and Biden apparently deported close to a million illegals. No comments ever in msm , no protests.
Trump attempts to deport, TDS kicks in , the crazy lefty protestors show up with guns and cars as weapons, trying to stop ICE from doing its lawful job. Of course trouble ensues.
Can anyone tell me where these protesters were when Obama and Biden deported a million illegals? Anyone?? Now tell me it’s not Trump Derangement Syndrome🤔
Obviously there are plenty in Australia with the same condition. Just look at some of these comments 🙄
https://nypost.com/2026/01/29/opinion/alex-pretti-was-no-protester-heres-who-to-blame-for-his-death/
Read this item for more information (part quote…)
Roberta,
Can you point to me where Obama and Biden deported people to CECOT? Or where they deported people to third countries? Or where they made social media posts celebrating it? Or where they had roving gangs of masked armed federal agents executing Americans in the street?
Roberta, the true Trump derangement syndrome is that of his base who treat him like a cult leader.
When the crowd were asked ‘Will I release Jesus or Barabas?’ The crowd shouted ‘Give us Barabus.’
Sometimes the crowd get it wrong (and the media may find it hard todiscern the truth or they may be pushing a certain agenda and so portray the scene in the way they want.)
God knows the heart of the nurse Pretti, and why he went especially to the area where Federal police were trying to stop illegal action and to ask for the surrender of a known criminal immigrant at that time. We know Pretti was part of the anti deportation movement.
God saw what was in the heart fo Pretti at the time. he knows why Pretti resisted the call by the US pfederal agents to disarm, and why he resisted their orders, and why he carried a gun.