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‘What the f*ck did you do?!’ Video contradicts DHS claims about killing of Alex Pretti
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I've read that Alex was a veteran. So he probably participated in overseas operations. He survived abroad against whoever he fought for his country, only to be executed in said country, in his own town, by what is probably a frustrated basement dweller without any more accomplishment in his life than insulting kids on CoD and gooning ten times a day.
Cite that claim. I'm not saying your wrong, but to my knowledge, he was a nurse working at a VA medical facility, rather than a veteran himself.
Edit: Found a brief biography: https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/man-killed-by-border-patrol-officer-in-minneapolis-was-an-icu-nurse-who-grew-up-in-green-bay/
Boy Scouts, choir, high school, college, research scientist, nursing school, avid bike rider, new Audi. No mention of putting in 4+ years on a military career.
A lot of the folks working at the VA happen to be veterans. I'm not confirming or denying anything here, just saying there's a strong correlation.
Sorry I don't have a reliable source on that, it might be wrong. I just read it on the Minnesota subreddit, someone who was explaining who he was. They said that he served in the air force, and then worked as a nurse for veterans.
Ok, I think I found the source of that discrepancy. He was a member of "AFGE", the American Federation of Government Employees.
Being unfamiliar with that organization, I initially thought "AFGE" might have been an Air Force organization. I suspect someone else might have made this same initial assumption.
This comment thread is the only indication I've seen that he was associated with the military in any aspect other than his work for the VA.
Not exactly probably. Remember that around 1/3 of veterans, such as myself a former Navy Nuke Instructor, never went overseas. Also of the ones that do go to another country, 90% are support staff and never see active combat. He would have been one of those, if he ever even left the US, as he would have been a corpsman, (nurse or doctor,).and would have been serving at a hospital.
A bit off-topic, have you heard either of the Wake-ups episodes[1][2] from the Eyes Left podcast? And if so, do they resonate with your experiences in the force?
I haven't, but I'll give them a listen
What's with Americans and their euphemisms when it comes to serving in the military
I don't know how else you'd phrase that. Almost no one in the military fires their rifle in combat. You're trained to, in case it's needed, but you most likely won't do it. The vast majority are support. Even those on the front probably won't shoot anyone.
It's an overseas operation (if even that) because it isn't combat. There's a ton of other work the military does, which usually supports the combat, but isn't participating in it. A lot of that is even humanitarian work, though admittedly the need for a lot of that is caused by the war.
He probably went to another country and killed people. HOWEVER, if that's true at least there's a decent chance those people were armed and facing him, not pinned to the ground and shot in the back.
You're almost correct. Almost 90% of veterans never saw front line combat. The sheer amount of support roles in the military is completely overlooked by fucking everyone. Including us veterans.
He went to another country. The fact that others are saying he was working as a VA nurse in his home town indicates that he was likely a corpsman, aka a military nurse that wasn't killing anyone, he was working in the modern day version of a M.A.S.H. unit, like Major Margaret Houlihan.
I'm not in the US, that's how we say "going to another country to perform military missions" in my country.
And as much as I have a general dislike for the US foreign policy they did good things too. I've read that he worked in the air force so he could have participated in preventing ISIS from killing more innocents and enslaving ethnic minorities by being on missions targeting their weapons depots a few years ago for example.