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Alex Pretti is seen kicking out the light of a sport-utility vehicle before immigration authorities wrestle him to the ground.
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Bystander video reveals confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal agents 11 days before killing
MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse killed by federal agents last weekend, was swarmed and tackled by officers in another encounter 11 days earlier, according to footage obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune.
After Pretti was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents, his family and friends said he became the target of a smear campaign.
Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot Saturday by Border Patrol officers, was a nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, where he worked with the sickest of the sick in the ICU. Bystander videos verified by CBS News show the scene from multiple angles before and during the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Oklahoma City Thunder center and Minneapolis native Chet Holmgren said his parents live about three blocks from where Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents on Saturday, Jan. 24. His family members frequent the restaurants that line that section of Nicollet Avenue.
After Bruce Springsteen called out Trump's "thugs" in Minneapolis, the White House hit back against the "random" song and "irrelevant opinions."
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
President Donald Trump admitted he feels “terrible” about the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, but said he’s was more upset about Good because her parents are “tremendous Trump people.” Trump made the comment Tuesday on Fox News’ “The Will Cain Show” while addressing the ongoing unrest in Minneapolis,