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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 77 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That video contradicts administration claims that he and others were interfering with immigration enforcement, and Pierce argued that the earlier encounter – which was also recorded on video that came to light after his column was published – suggests that agents intentionally targeted the intensive care nurse

"There’s no 'riot,'" Pierce wrote. "There aren’t enough people on the sidewalk for a decent hockey fight. An ICE officer walks right up to Pretti and initiates the violence. Then he and his colleagues swarm Pretti, who vanishes below a flurry of punches and kicks while onlookers plead with his attackers. And then five shots ring out, a pause, and then five more."

"Presumably, Pretti at least was incapacitated by the first volley, which means the second burst was meant to do what?" the columnist added. "Kill a dead man? Intimidate the witnesses? Everything that the ICE agents do in that video can arguably be interpreted as planned and purposeful."

100% it was meant to finish the job. Probably not the killer(s?) first rodeo either. The administration (mainly Miller and whoever has their hand up his puppet ass) pressures DHS to get new recruits as fast as possible without bothering to do a background check. DHS (Noem and her puppet master Lewendowski) are dumb and evil enough (not to mention fucking drunk on unchecked power and greed) to give their blessing for whatever commands Miller screeches.

Surprise of the century, in the rush to get rich by hurting America, DHS "accidentally" ends up hiring professional murderers to carry out their campaign of making America "safe."

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm sure they're instructed, in a very obtuse way, to make sure all shots are kill shots.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 20 points 2 months ago

I mean, when you fire a dozen bullets into a person at close range, it's really really hard not to get a kill shot in

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Firearms training doesn't teach you to do some sharpshooter type "Shoot the gun out of his hand" shit (Saying this as an example, it's very clear Pretti was not carrying a weapon in hand.). You're trained to shoot center mass and shoot until the threat stops. That said, it's really hard for me to believe that he was somehow a threat after a bunch of dudes kicked the shit out of him, then still a threat after shooting him in the back 5 times. That was a murder. Straight up.

[–] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not uncommon in firearms training programs to note that it's harder to be sued by a dead man

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

Not harder to be sued by legitimate interests. Yet.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

There is no such thing as non-lethal shot placement. One of the basic rules of gun safety is that you do not point your gun at anything you don't want to destroy.

If you don't want to kill someone, you don't use a gun.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Same deal with Renee. Maybe he puts himself in danger (incompetence) and maybe he feared for his life with that 1st shot. But that's a huuuuuuuuge stretch.

Wtf were those other 2 shots other than finish the job?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretti should have shot first is all I'm hearing. It's only a matter of time before that lesson is learned and someone does.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So the solution is to give them what they want to go full SS.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This isn't full SS? Dragging people from their homes and shooting people in the street?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The SS didn't start there either.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meaning it's not full SS... And don't misunderstand me here, they're very much on the SS path, it's just very clear what they meant and I feel you deliberately chose to not get that.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I understand you much better than you understand me. My statement holds with what you said. You expect everyone to fill in your blanks ourselves.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

At some point you're acting more in self-interest than in the interest of a cause.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OK, MN District Attorney, there's your case. File the charges. 1st Degree Murder, Conspiracy, and pile on everything else you can reasonably add. Sooner, rather than later. Justice delayed is justice denied.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Hmm,... curious, I decided to check. Apparently not all states have their own RICO statutes. However, there do appear to be 'state level' RICO statutes in MN:

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.901

and

https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/minnesota/mn-statutes/minnesota_statutes_chapter_609_racketeer_influenced_and_corrupt_organizations_rico

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 18 points 2 months ago

"If all of them want to say that they didn’t recognize Pretti as the guy who’d already had his ribs broken in an earlier encounter with federal agents, let them say it under oath in a courtroom as part of their defense against a charge of murder in the first degree,"

Let them confess it - no court will convict them for first-degree murder on the basis of that. Unless, that is, the United States has generally got its shit sorted out by the time it comes to court and ICE is being treated as a criminal secret police.

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look, I want these ICE murderers get the justice they deserve (and you know exactly what I mean), but first degree murder seems like a stretch. It would be way easier to prove second degree and would still be a pretty harsh dose of justice.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When your priority is counting bullet holes as a doctor performs triage on your victim a case can be made for 1st degree murder.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They also had an altercation with Pretti a week or so before. So there's a case for something like retribution here.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

It's also not uncommon for a prosecutor to shoot for higher murder charges to secure a plea on a lower classification and save on efforts in a trial and keep conviction rates high. The same thing often happens for drug distribution > possession > usage cases.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] nocteb@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What exactly is going on here?

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As far as I can tell by trying to brute force my way through that god-awfully formatted second link, different creators of different archive sites are beefing. Accusations of doxxing / the usual mishmash of online rivalry.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I'm yet to see one of these individuals that screams "malicious" actually explain or link their rationale. That causes me to distrust their motives pretty heavily

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Online slap fight, got it.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Because of that video footage, the media is already painting him as a violent criminal.