Witnesses' Testimonies Blow Trump Admin's Claims About Pretti Out Of The Water
Another U.S. citizen with no criminal record was executed in Minneapolis by ICE agents while he tried to assist a woman who had been thrown to the ground by agents. Alex Pretti's family and neighbors are shocked by his death, with his parents saying they were "sickened" by Trump administration officials suggesting their son was a "domestic terrorist."
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said the agents "acted according to their training," and accused Pretti of "brandishing" his weapon and insisted that he "attacked" officers, despite video evidence that disputes that.
Two witnesses in sworn testimony to the killing say that Pretti was not brandishing a firearm. In reality, he was holding a phone.
The Guardian reports:
Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city.