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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on January 24, 2026, 11:00:21 AM
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Breaking and developing:
A Border Patrol-involved-shooting occurred in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
The shooting occurred as numerous agents struggled with an individual on the ground. Bystander video shows the agents wrestling with the subject before numerous shots are heard and the subject collapses.
Law enforcement sources have revealed that the suspect was allegedly armed at the time of the incident.
The subject has reportedly died. The individual received medical treatment at the scene and then was taken to the hospital. No further information about the subject has been released at this time.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/24/reportedly-armed-suspect-shot-by-immigration-agents-in-minneapolis-n2670016
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These leftist idiots will never learn. If their overlords will just tell them to calm down, it would be amazing because most of the brainless lemmings will do whatever their overlords instruct. Unfortunately, the overlords, being inherently evil, thrive on this stuff.
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These leftist idiots will never learn. If their overlords will just tell them to calm down, it would be amazing because most of the brainless lemmings will do whatever their overlords instruct. Unfortunately, the overlords, being inherently evil, thrive on this stuff.
And naturally the Democrat leaders are only pouring gasoline on the fire. Been watching Fox News, and apparently every Democrat Goobernor is calling for ICE to leave Minneapolis and everything will be kumbaya.
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And naturally the Democrat leaders are only pouring gasoline on the fire. Been watching Fox News, and apparently every Democrat Goobernor is calling for ICE to leave Minneapolis and everything will be kumbaya.
Hope that doesn’t happen.
Trump needs to send in the 11th Airborne, 101st Airborne, 82nd Airborne, Marines …
Rein these people in.
KC
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A bit of an update with more details:
A tense scene is unfolding in Minneapolis this hour as a large mob is gathered at the scene of an alleged shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol.
It is being reported that U.S. Border Patrol agents shot an armed assailant who has reportedly died at the hospital. DHS officials reported that a firearm and loaded magazines were recovered, but further details of the events that led to the shooting are unknown at this time.
No local police have been seen, as state police and federal agents struggle to secure the scene of the shooting. Arrests have been made, and crowd control measures have been deployed as the mob of protesters has grown larger and more aggressive since the shooting occurred. State Police have declared the mob gathered in the area as an unlawful assembly as protesters throw rocks, water bottles, and other objects at federal agents.
Rhetoric matters, and the initial response from Minnesota's lame-duck governor has done more to fan the flames than to ease tensions.
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey added to the divisive rhetoric at a news conference, along with other city officials, demanding that federal agents leave the city and cease enforcing federal law. Frey seemed more interested in taking a political shot at Donald Trump than easing tensions at the scene.
The scene remains volatile as the mob continues to grow.
https://twitchy.com/eric-v/2026/01/24/tensions-high-after-us-border-patrol-shoots-armed-assailant-in-minnesota-n2424299
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This is what you get when you don’t spank your kids.
Tim Walz needs to grow a ****ing spine and tell his constituents to pull back or risk being killed, legally.
KC
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I'm guessing the armed assailant
is was not a member of the NRA
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‘Justifiable Force’: Border Patrol Union Counteracts Media’s Shooting Narrative
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/24/justifiable-force-border-patrol-union-counteracts-medias-shooting-narrative-n4948703 (https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/24/justifiable-force-border-patrol-union-counteracts-medias-shooting-narrative-n4948703)
The U.S. Border Patrol Union reacted to the backlash online and slammed the media and politicians who ran with a narrative of “Border Patrol bad, protestor good” like trained monkeys who chatter gibberish at every trigger. With assaults on federal immigration officers up by 1,347%, it is extremely dangerous for them in places such as Minneapolis overrun with violent leftist activists. Naturally, that needs to violent confrontations.
The Department of Homeland Security says officers were trying to arrest a illegal alien wanted for violent assault when a protester approached with a handgun and violently resisted disarming.
The BP Union stated emphatically on X, “Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties. When a supposed ‘peaceful’ protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions.”
MSM lie all the time; all the time MSM lie.
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Another angle of the shooting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerfulJRE/comments/1qlweo2/another_angle_of_msp_shooting_today_involving_ice/
Slightly more extended clip:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RawAbsurdity/comments/1qlvzqw/another_horrific_act_of_violence_the_question/
Looks like CBP was pushing protesters out of the street when dude jumped on cop's back. Struggle ensues.
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Democrats are often the ones who say "rhetoric matters", but they seldom apply that rule to themselves.
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And naturally the Democrat leaders are only pouring gasoline on the fire. Been watching Fox News, and apparently every Democrat Goobernor is calling for ICE to leave Minneapolis and everything will be kumbaya.
The strange thing is that not one single time in my life have I ever thought: Hey! There are some LEOs doing their job. Let me go over there and irritate the living shit out them OR BETTER YET let me interfere with them doing their jobs.
If the overlords running these shithole states and cities had any decency, they'd tell their minions...
(1) stay out of their way
(2) if you want to "protest", do it in a way so you don't block them or public traffic
(3) don't interfere with them because if you do our police will arrest you
(4) video them all that you'd like, but don't antagonize them
(5) if you catch them on video doing something that is illegal, bring it to us for us to handle
IF the overlords would do the above and IF they caught the agents on video doing something illegal, they're apt to actually have some rightwingers on their side, but the overlords won't do that because that wouldn't stir up things enough. They are indeed evil, wicked, and whatever other negative adjectives you want to add.
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Apparently the NY Slimes is attempting to contradict absolutely everything that ICE/CBP has said (paywall, no link):
Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, prompting renewed protests and clashes in a city where tensions have reached a breaking point after weeks of aggressive federal immigration enforcement. As dusk fell, Minnesota officials deployed the National Guard in an effort to prevent possible violence.
Colleagues and a senior law enforcement official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse. Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them.
It is worth noting that, according to a U.S. official, Department of Homeland Security is investigating the fatal shooting in Minnesota on Saturday. Now, two high-ranking D.H.S. officials have made sweeping comments on the shooting, saying the man who died intended to kill federal agents.
Kristi Noem called the victim of the shooting a domestic terrorist. “This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism,” she said. “That’s the facts.” Earlier in the day, Stephen Miller described the man as a domestic terrorist as well.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, continues to say at her news conference that she knew the intent of the individual killed by D.H.S. officers on Saturday. “The facts of this situation: this individual showed up to an law enforcement operation with a weapon and dozens of rounds of ammunition,” she said. “He wasn’t there to peacefully protest.” There is no evidence, as of yet, about the motives of the man.
The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said in a news conference the man shot and killed by D.H.S. officers in Minnesota today was aiming to kill law enforcement officials, repeating claims made by other administration officials. “This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement,” she said. Noem blamed the violence on Minnesota public officials, particularly Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. “It appears that they want this lawlessness to continue,” she said.
More, but y'all can see the spin that the legacy leftist scum media are going to perpetuate for days, weeks, and years.
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The strange thing is that not one single time in my life have I ever thought: Hey! There are some LEOs doing their job. Let me go over there and irritate the living shit out them OR BETTER YET let me interfere with them doing their jobs.
I recently heard someone compare the interference the anti-ice protestors are doing to a scenario where Law Enforcement is responding to a bank robbery in progress but are blocked by people sympathetic to the bank robbers who park their cars across the road to prevent L.E. from apprehending the crooks.
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I recently heard someone compare the interference the anti-ice protestors are doing to a scenario where Law Enforcement is responding to a bank robbery in progress but are blocked by people sympathetic to the bank robbers who park their cars across the road to prevent L.E. from apprehending the crooks.
I'm hoping the people who coordinate these things catch a felony homicide rap with conspiracy tacked on. Maybe RICO so the feds can go after their funding all the way back to Soros.
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I'm hoping the people who coordinate these things catch a felony homicide rap with conspiracy tacked on. Maybe RICO so the feds can go after their funding all the way back to Soros.
From what I can gather, Soros is so insulated via shell non-profits that he'd be damn near impossible to nail on RICO. I'd settle for his son, his arrogant persona will hopefully lead him to slip up unlike his Teflon papa.
Walz, Ellison, and Frey are going to be the easiest targets and I could live with that if that's all the government can accomplish. Still probably won't happen, but I boy can dream.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation.
the governor and the mayor should stop pretending to actually care about these "protesters". All they'd need to do is have their handlers tell the mobs to stay on the opposite side of the street, and to not approach the agents. They could yell and scream to their heart's content. And, they'd be safe while exercising their freedom of speech. But Walz and Frey want the chaos. And don't worry about the little people, They can always get more.
Just a pair of well practiced self righteous bull shit artists who stupid people are willing to die for.
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One narrative tack from the Progs is to show a picture of Alex Pretti holding a cell phone. The viewer is supposed to think that he only had a cell phone during the encounter. People seeing the picture are not supposed to notice:
* It's a picture, not a video, and captures one moment in time;
* Alex Pretti is standing;
* Alex Pretti was shot after a protracted struggle on the ground, not while standing.
The holding-a-cell-phone picture-narrative is a lie-by-omission.
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One narrative tack from the Progs is to show a picture of Alex Pretti holding a cell phone. The viewer is supposed to think that he only had a cell phone during the encounter. People seeing the picture are not supposed to notice:
* It's a picture, not a video, and captures one moment in time;
* Alex Pretti is standing;
* Alex Pretti was shot after a protracted struggle on the ground, not while standing.
The holding-a-cell-phone picture-narrative is a lie-by-omission.
Correct-a-mundo.
Although I haven't watched legacy media in the aftermath, I've already read the glowing leftist descriptions online via legacy media with the descriptions of this goon. Dedicated nurse, loved the outdoors, everything anodyne rather than a flaming angry leftist who carried a loaded weapon with two extra magazines and didn't carry any identification to a large outdoor protest. The dude wanted a confrontation with ICE, and sadly but thankfully he got exactly what he deserved.
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... carried a loaded weapon with two extra magazines and didn't carry any identification ...
1. A Q for those who carry, when out in public, do you ordinarily carry loaded spare magazines? It's not illegal, but it seems a sign of Alex Pretti's intention that he did. Maybe I'm reading too much into his choice out of lack of knowledge?
2. I have not knowingly gone out of my house/apartment without, at least, my driver's license since I was 16 or 17. Am I weird, or was this another indicator of Alex Pretti's intent to mix it up with officers enforcing immigration law?
Speaking of lies-by-omission, has any video been released yet that captures things said by the CBP officers? I do not think they were silent or soft-spoken from when "protesters" got into their faces through the shots being fired. In particular, maybe I watch too much of the wrong TV (I'm sarcastic, I don't watch crime-drama TV, other than "Worst Cooks ..." and "Crime Scene Kitchen"), but I would expect the first officer to see Alex Pretti's gun to have called out a warning to the other officers.
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2 extra loaded magazines are bulky, heavy. and generally uncomfortable. Not normal for a normal trip. Whether reactive or proactive, he expected trouble. And, every person who has one, carries their ID.
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1. I have 1 additional magazine attached to the holster.
2. Minnesota's version of the FBI says this in their Frequently Assumed Guesses section.
Yes, the permit holder must have the permit card and a valid driver’s license, state identification card, or other government-issued photo identification in immediate possession at all times when carrying a pistol and must display the permit card and identification document when requested by a peace officer.
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/public-services-bca/firearms-information/permit-carry/permit-carry-faq
I don't think it's relevant to the circumstances leading up to the shooting and I prefer constitutional carry, but it does show he was not lawfully carrying as far as Minnesota is concerned.
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:hi5: RonE and :hi5: Sarge.
The Prog narrative that Alex Petti had permits for his gun are squid ink to cloud the undeniable fact that he had a gun but did not do so in compliance with MN law.
A Prog whine I just saw on FB is that DHS blocked Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from the scene of the shooting. I replied:
Protecting the scene from contamination. Why would DHS trust a state gooberment that accuses murder before facts are known?
When Timmy and Frey-Brain claim, based on a single, distant, video, that the shooting was murder, MN's and Minneapolis's law enforcement agencies cannot be trusted. Those agencies know what their top-level authority expects their conclusion to be.
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The Left Doesn’t Want You to Know This About Alex Pretti, the Man the Border Patrol Shot
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/25/the-left-doesnt-want-you-to-know-this-about-the-man-shot-by-border-patrol-n4948728 (https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/25/the-left-doesnt-want-you-to-know-this-about-the-man-shot-by-border-patrol-n4948728)
We already knew that Pretti was carrying a loaded handgun and two extra loaded magazines when he showed up at an active ICE operation targeting a violent criminal illegal immigrant. And like Good before him, Pretti wasn't some random citizen. He was part of an organized network dedicated to interfering with immigration enforcement.
And he brought a loaded gun.
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Alex Pretti was a member of the Kingfield Signal ICE watch group. Jeanne Massey, who coordinates rapid response for these networks, confirmed Pretti's involvement. She describes her role as patrolling neighborhoods when ICE is spotted, alerting residents, and witnessing what she calls the "horror" of enforcement operations. After Pretti was shot, Massey rushed to the scene along with many other Minneapolis residents. She claims she watched ICE officers charge into the crowd and deploy tear gas against people who had gathered there.
Speaking on behalf of neighbors, Massey says the community is "horrified" and "furious" about Pretti's killing. "Let me be clear: we are horrified, we are furious, and we are not going to pretend this is anything but what it is - another senseless act of violence carried out by federal agents in our city," she said.
What Massey conveniently leaves out is what Pretti was doing there in the first place. He showed up at an active federal law enforcement operation carrying a loaded weapon and extra ammunition. Video footage shows Border Patrol agents attempting to disarm him before the fatal shooting.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Says It Doesn't Matter if Shooting Was Justified
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/25/minneapolis-police-chief-says-it-doesnt-matter-if-shooting-was-justified-n4948735 (https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/25/minneapolis-police-chief-says-it-doesnt-matter-if-shooting-was-justified-n4948735)
In just one sentence, the Minneapolis police chief tacitly endorsed violence against federal immigration officers, and made it clear why the violence continues to escalate without police interference.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance partly blamed Minnesota authorities and police after an armed and violent protester ended up getting killed in a struggle with Border Patrol yesterday. After all, Minnesota Democrats are totally on the side of the criminal illegal aliens and rioters, and local police refuse to back up the feds. It seems Trump and Vance were even more right than we realized, based on shocking comments from Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara.
Speaking to insidious CBS News propagandist Margaret Brennan — the woman who claimed free speech caused the Holocaust — O’Hara falsely claimed that the protester had a First Amendment right to record and challenge Border Patrol (actually, what the protester did is against federal law).
Recording without interfering is legal; the "challenging", interfering with the CBP officers is where Alex Petti violated Federal law.
O’Hara then insanely pontificated, “And I think the greater issue is, even if there is an investigation that ultimately proves that at the time of the shooting it was legally justified, I don’t think that even matters at this point, because there just — there is so much outrage and concern around what is happening in the city.…People have had enough!”
It doesn’t matter? Of course it does. It matters precisely because all those rioting on behalf of the dead protester and the criminal illegal alien for whose sake he got himself killed are in the wrong. It matters because the dead protester was committing a felony (e.g., 18 U.S. Code § 111) when he tried to interfere in a federal operation and because he was armed with two full magazines of ammunition and not carrying the legally required ID.
MPD officers need the Feds to give them a serious warning: you interfere with or aid those who intefere at the risk of prison or worse. Their Chief is setting them up for serious consequences for his personal political views.
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The Left Doesn’t Want You to Know This About Alex Pretti, the Man the Border Patrol Shot
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/25/the-left-doesnt-want-you-to-know-this-about-the-man-shot-by-border-patrol-n4948728 (https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/25/the-left-doesnt-want-you-to-know-this-about-the-man-shot-by-border-patrol-n4948728)
A long but very detailed related piece which I just finished consuming. Well worth your time.
The Anti-ICE Demonstrations Look More Like Mao's 'People's War' Doctrine Than Civil Disturbances
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/01/25/the-anti-ice-demonstrations-look-more-like-maos-peoples-war-doctrine-than-civil-disturbances-n2198506
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Am I the only that's amazed how, all of a sudden, the left is perfectly okay with a citizen carrying a firearm?
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Am I the only that's amazed how, all of a sudden, the left is perfectly okay with a citizen carrying a firearm?
That's (D)ifferent. :rulez:
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ICE says violent mob helped criminal escape and left ICE agent permanently maimed
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-says-violent-mob-helped-criminal-escape-left-ice-agent-permanently-maimed
Federal officials say violent unrest in Minneapolis directly derailed an immigration arrest, leaving a suspect with a serious criminal history at large while a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was permanently maimed after a protester bit off part of his finger.
U.S. Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino said during a press conference on Sunday that Border Patrol and ICE agents were forced to abandon a targeted operation after crowds interfered, assaulted officers and turned the scene chaotic.
As a result, he said, the suspect escaped custody – a failure he blamed solely on the decisions made by politicians, activists and those who confronted law enforcement officials.
The leftist agitators are just as bad. They are evil. :mad:
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This article corrects or puts in doubt some pro-ICE claims, including ones I've posted, that are not supported by known videos:
2A Groups Respond After Fatal Shooting of Minneapolis Protester and Concealed Carry Holder
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/01/25/2a-groups-respond-after-fatal-shooting-of-minneapolis-protester-and-concealed-carry-holder-n1231331 (https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/01/25/2a-groups-respond-after-fatal-shooting-of-minneapolis-protester-and-concealed-carry-holder-n1231331)
37-year-old Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at a Veteran's Administration hospital in the Twin Cities, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents during a chaotic scene in which it appears a gun was discovered in a holster as Pretti was on the ground surrounded by agents. Video of the chaos appears to show an agent in a grey pullover take the gun from Pretti's holster, while shouts of "gun, gun" are heard. Seconds later an agent opens fire at close range, with another agent quickly discharging his own weapon.
Officials including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino quickly announced that Pretti was targeting law enforcement, with Bovino declaring that the suspect "had two loaded magazines and no accessible ID.," adding that it "looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
Noem also asserted that the incident "looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and kill law enforcement,” though video shows that Pretti never touched his firearm before he was killed.
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Those remarks were criticized by several Second Amendment organizations, including Gun Owners of America, Second Amendment Foundation, MN Gun Owners Caucus, and the National Rifle Association, with most groups calling for an investigation into Pretti's death. Several of the groups also criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for inciting residents to, as the NRA put it, "dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities."
Reactions on the right have ranged from "FAFO" to describing the shooting as "lawful but awful" to a belief that the shooting was unjustified. There's also been widespread speculation that Pretti's gun (a Sig 320) may have unintentionally or negligently discharged after it was removed by the Border Patrol agent, which led other officers to believe that they were being shot at.
My emphasis. I'm currently in the "lawful but awful" camp, and willing to listen and adjust to new information. I simply don't celebrate deaths, not Pretti's, not Good's. At the same time, Good's was self-defense, and at the least, Pretti's actions led to his death - interfering with officers, being aggressive while carrying, resisting arrest, causing the violent chaos in which he was shot (an allusion to the accidental discharge of his weapon leading officers to respond in what they perceived was self-defense speculation.
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Stephen Hunter: Pretti’s pistol
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/stephen-hunter-prettis-pistol.php (https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/stephen-hunter-prettis-pistol.php)
While Alex Pretti may or may not have been the secular saint he is depicted to have been, he went into action not equipped to save lives but to do battle. Was he going into combat against the Waffen-SS or perhaps joining up with Chris Kyle? Whatever, he was fully massacre-equipped.
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Instead let’s look at something unnoticed aboard the Sig P320 AXG “Combat,” as the factory called it. What’s that odd cube atop the slide? It’s a battery-driven red dot optical sight, and although its presence doesn’t mandate massacre—I have several on my guns and only massacre paper—it is at least highly provocative.
If the man had carried a Sig P365, the current hot lick in self-defense, it would be hard to argue that mayhem was his goal. That one is too small, too hard to shoot accurately, and its size means it recoils excessively. ...
He had, instead, the maximum professional killing machine, its potency amplified by the optical device. In that 2-ounce, 2”x2” cube atop the slide is a laser which projects a small but brilliant red dot onto the lens. ...
The tone of the article is intentionally tendentious, but it highlight facts that taken together (since the facts were together) suggest Alex Pretti had prepared for some sort of aggressive action:
* Full-sized pistol less easily carried than a compact pistol;
* Fully loaded double-stack magazine in the gun plus an additional fully loaded double-stack magazine;
* Red-dot site that is not needed for close-quarters self-defense, but is useful for shooting multiple targets at somewhat longer distance.
To be fair, I am not a fire arms expert, so anyone with actual knowledge and experience can set me straight or elucidate the points made in the article.
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Finding Out What Happens When You Bring A Gun To An ICE Fight
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/01/26/finding-out-what-happens-when-you-bring-a-gun-to-an-ice-fight-n3811209 (https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/01/26/finding-out-what-happens-when-you-bring-a-gun-to-an-ice-fight-n3811209)
Saturday in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti, a VA nurse radicalized and mobilized by the far left, decided this was the day he would take part in ruining an ICE operation to remove more criminal illegal aliens from the state, and ultimately, the country. This is the video of the last moments of his life, where he was filming Border Patrol agents establishing a perimeter for an operation. As part of that perimeter, agents were forceful in pushing back a woman who was protesting and impeding them, knocking her to the ground. That's when Pretti chose to inject himself into the fray, first by directing traffic into the ongoing ICE perimeter they were trying to establish, making the situation intentionally more dangerous, and then grabbing a federal agent in the process of arresting the female protester.
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Pretti was impeding a federal operation, assaulted a federal agent, resisted arrest, and had a gun and multiple magazines of ammunition on him while resisting arrest. In the scrum that took him to the ground, one agent yelled, "Gun!" after seeing Pretti's holstered sidearm. An agent behind Pretti saw his empty holster a split second later. It's entirely possible he did not see another agent disarm Pretti while he was on the ground. But in measurements of milliseconds, when other agents are alerted that the suspect not yet in custody and actively resisting has a gun, and no gun is visible in the holster, agents can reasonably conclude that the gun is now in play.
The Supreme Court's landmark 1989 case on the use of excessive force, Graham V. Connor, specifically held that
* Courts must judge an officer’s use of force from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene,
* Without considering the officer’s underlying intent or motivation,
* And with recognition that officers often make split‑second decisions in tense, rapidly evolving situations.
* This ruling replaced earlier approaches that looked at whether officers acted “maliciously” or with improper intent. The Court said intent doesn’t matter — only whether the force was objectively reasonable under the circumstances.
Bolding as in the article. Green emphasis is by me. Currently it looks like Graham V. Connor should preclude prosecution (or decide a trial verdict).
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1. A Q for those who carry, when out in public, do you ordinarily carry loaded spare magazines? It's not illegal, but it seems a sign of Alex Pretti's intention that he did. Maybe I'm reading too much into his choice out of lack of knowledge?
2. I have not knowingly gone out of my house/apartment without, at least, my driver's license since I was 16 or 17. Am I weird, or was this another indicator of Alex Pretti's intent to mix it up with officers enforcing immigration law?
Speaking of lies-by-omission, has any video been released yet that captures things said by the CBP officers? I do not think they were silent or soft-spoken from when "protesters" got into their faces through the shots being fired. In particular, maybe I watch too much of the wrong TV (I'm sarcastic, I don't watch crime-drama TV, other than "Worst Cooks ..." and "Crime Scene Kitchen"), but I would expect the first officer to see Alex Pretti's gun to have called out a warning to the other officers.
I was working armed security for awhile and I always had spare magazines for my pistol with me when I could. I say that because at first, I couldn't find any spare mages locally for my used S&W 469 9mm pistol. I had plenty for my S&W 1911A1 though. The one night when I needed spare magazines turned out when some guy shot his daughters ex-boyfriend three times in the back at work outside of the building I was working at. Turns out that even after we get him into custody and searched him, he had three spare magazines for his gun and I only had the one in my 9mm. If he had decided to shoot it out things would have been different. So yeah, carry spare mags with you.
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NEW: Alex Pretti interfered with ICE agents during earlier operation, broke his rib after being tackled
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-alex-pretti-interfered-with-ice-agents-during-earlier-operation-broke-his-rib-after-being-tackled#google_vignette (https://thepostmillennial.com/new-alex-pretti-interfered-with-ice-agents-during-earlier-operation-broke-his-rib-after-being-tackled#google_vignette)
It has been revealed that anti-ICE agitator Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday, broke his rib one week before the fatal shooting.
Sources told CNN that Pretti suffered a broken rib around a week prior to being shot after a group of federal agents tackled him. The incident began when Pretti stopped his car after he observed ICE agents allegedly chasing a family on foot. The source said Pretti began shouting and blowing his whistle.
Pretti had allegedly told the source that five federal agents tackled him and leaned on his back, leaving him with a broken rib. Pretti was released at the scene.
Two obvious lying-by-omission gaps in what CNN "reported":
* The "family" was being chased, so obviously Pretti did more than stand around shouting and blowing a whistle. CNN doesn't point out that Pretti had, at the least, to be chasing the CBP officers, and probably more, since the CBP officers are not likely to waste time and energy tackling a mere shouter.
* Speaking of not wasting time and energy, why would an officer be pressing down on Pretti's torso? Was Pretti struggling and resisting detainment?
Speculating a bit, was Pretti still angry from this, leading to his foolish decision to attack CBP officers the day he was shot?
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2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
https://srnnews.com/judge-orders-ice-chief-to-appear-in-court-to-explain-why-detainees-have-been-denied-due-process/ (https://srnnews.com/judge-orders-ice-chief-to-appear-in-court-to-explain-why-detainees-have-been-denied-due-process/)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during an encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday.
The notice said one Border Patrol officer fired his Glock and a CBP officer fired his, according to a notification to Congress obtained by The Associated Press.
Investigators from CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility conducted the analysis based on a review of body-worn camera footage and agency documentation, the notice said. The agency is required to report in-custody and certain other deaths involving its agents and officers to Congress.
A Customs and Border Protection official said in the notice that officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a struggle. During the struggle, a Border Patrol agent yelled, “He’s got a gun!” multiple times, the official said.
Purely speculating, that two officers fired I think strongly suggests that they perceived danger to them and/or surrounding people (i.e. a bullet that missed them could still hit someone nearby).
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Left Media Uses ‘Snapchat’ Filters on Anti-ICE Activist Pic.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/01/27/left-media-uses-snapchat-filters-on-anti-ice-activist-pic/
The corporate media has been caught using a digitally enhanced and altered photograph of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man who was shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last weekend. The enhancements and alterations to Pretti’s nursing staff photo, aired by MS NOW, resulted in a change to his jaw size, added more color to his skin, added more detail to his teeth and beard, similar to a Snapchat-style filter.
During a segment on MS NOW on Monday, anchor Nicole Wallace states, “Donald Trump and his administration are demanding once again that you do not believe your eyes and ears,” while airing the altered photo of Pretti. In addition to airing on MS NOW’s Monday broadcast, the altered photograph also appeared on a digital billboard as part of a tribute ahead of a women’s professional hockey game featuring the New York Sirens versus the Minnesota Frost.
The changes have received widespread pushback on social media, with some commenters likening it to an Instagram “glow-up,” and others speculating the alterations are intentional as part of an effort to turn Americans against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP agents deployed to Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge.
The corporate/legacy media pathetic attempt to make Alex Pretti look more innocent.
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Alex Pretti was ‘known’ to feds, and had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border Patrol
https://nypost.com/2026/01/27/us-news/alex-pretti-known-to-feds-had-rib-broken-in-anti-ice-protest-a-week-before-he-was-killed-by-border-patrol/
Alex Pretti was known to the feds and suffered a broken rib in a violent confrontation with agents a week before Border Patrol officers killed him in Minneapolis, according to a report.
Pretti, an ICU nurse, told a pal he saw ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and stopped his car during the earlier incident around a week before he was shot last Saturday, CNN reported.
He said he pulled over in his car and began shouting and blowing on a whistle, at which point he was tackled by five agents, the source said.
Alex Pretti is known to the feds as a troublemaker.
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New Video of Alex Pretti Could Change Everything
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/28/new-video-of-alex-pretti-changes-everything-n4948863 (https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/28/new-video-of-alex-pretti-changes-everything-n4948863)
You’ve undoubtedly noticed that the media has been portraying Pretti as a kind, gentle soul, a selfless ICU nurse who would never hurt a soul, gunned down by federal agents for no reason. That story sold well for the liberal media machine. But it turns out the man they’re defending wasn’t so gentle after all.
We already knew Pretti was part of a local network called Kingfield Signal ICE Watch — one of several “neighborhood cells” in Minneapolis designed to interfere with immigration enforcement. And that’s exactly what he did. The day he died, Pretti deliberately inserted himself into an active Border Patrol and ICE operation targeting a violent criminal illegal immigrant.
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Pretti’s own parents had warned him not to do exactly what he did. His father told the Associated Press that they had warned their son “to go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid.” He said Alex “knew that.” But Alex went anyway — gun on his hip, caught up in a movement that pretends to be about compassion but ends up fueling chaos.
The newly revealed footage, shot on January 13, shows a man who appears be Pretti, 11 days before his death, spitting at law enforcement, and even kicking out a police vehicle’s taillight — once again, armed. According to The News Movement, the footage "was analyzed by the BBC, whose facial recognition technology confirmed his identity to a 97% degree of accuracy.”
“On the morning of January 13th, our team received a tip that federal agents were blocking a street at the corner of East 36th and Park Avenue in Minneapolis. We arrived around 10:15 AM,” the video voice-over states. “We saw observers shouting at the agents as they walked back to their vehicles. When they started driving away, the man kicked their taillight. An agent then got out of the vehicle, grabbed him, and pushed him to the ground. During the altercation, agents fired tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd. They continued to hold the man down before they retreat, and he walks away. The man in our footage is wearing a similar outfit to what Pretti was wearing on the day he was killed. What appears to be a gun is also visible above his waistband.”
This is interesting.
* Pretti was killed on 1/24;
* The incident in which Pretti's rib(s) were broken was "a week before";
* The incident above was on 1/13.
So, did the incident in which Pretti's rib(s) were broken happen on 1/13, the incident in the article above? Or were there three incidents, on the 13th, on about the 17th, and on the 24th when Pretti was killed. IF the latter, three violent encounters is very different from how Alex Pretti is being portrayed by the Trump-Hating Dem- and MSM-liars.
ETA: Looking at the video of the 1/13 incident embedded in this X Post, https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2016624513178374485 , Pretti does not seem to have been injured. The PostMillennial article I posted yesterday includes this statement:
Records reviewed by CNN showed that Pretti was later given medication that was consistent with treating a broken rib.
It looks very likely that the day Pretti was shot was (at least) his third assault on ICE/CBP. The way info keeps trickling out - it's not like the MSM are interested in risking their narrative by digging around for more information - I would not be surprised to learn Alex Pretti has done more @#$% than is currently known.