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Videos show altercation between Alex Pretti and federal officers 11 days before he was killed (www.theguardian.com)

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It is unclear what preceded the events caught on camera, but the footage shows Pretti yelling at agents in an unmarked vehicle and kicking the tail light of the car as they move away. Soon after, a heavily armed agent in tactical gear is seen exiting the car and appears to tackle Pretti to the ground while other officers crowd around.

Pretti appeared to break free from the officers soon after, and then stood and remained on the scene as agents left. After Pretti’s coat was pulled off by the officers, the News Movement video shows what appears to be a gun in his waistband. Pretti, who was reported to have a permit to carry a concealed handgun, never touched it during or after the altercation.

A family representative confirmed to the Guardian that it was Pretti in the footage published on Wednesday.

The outlet reported that one woman was forcibly removed from her vehicle after officers smashed her window. Aisha Gomez, a state representative, was also at the scene and told the outlet that agents had tackled another man and pushed his head into the ground before carrying him away.

Gomez told the outlet officers had gotten physical with her, too, saying, “I was shoved with no verbal communication whatsoever.”

“The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,” Pretti’s family said in a statement shortly after he was killed. “Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs … Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Here's what I saw: He had an altercation, they roughed him, and let him go. He was armed the entire time. If he intended to kill ICE Apes, why didn't he do it? This seems to throw cold water on their allegation that he showed up ready for a massacre.

Secondly, it seems to indicate a change in orders between the two encounters. They let him go after the first time, even though he had a gun, but they shot him the next time, probably because their orders had changed to confront vehicle blockers and armed protesters, and they were ordered to shoot them, make an example, and send a message.

And no matter what he did previously, none of it justifies literally executing him in the street by a firing squad.