"I saw no evidence. I saw a man that was retreating, Paul said. I mean, he went to the middle of the street. He didn't even obstruct traffic. He let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street. A woman is violently pushed to the ground, and he turns to help her, and that's when he is grabbed from behind. I saw no evidence of him assaulting the police."
"I think we have to get through our hearing February 12, and I think we have to see what the people who work for her say. But my advice to them, if they're watching and they come to testify is, if you come in and you're going to justify that this man was aggressively assaulting your police officers, that cannot be acceptable, and that's why they're lacking in trust."
Sen. Rand Paul said he repeatedly watched video of Alex Pretti being shot and concluded Pretti appeared to be retreating and did not obstruct traffic or assault officers. Paul announced a public hearing in Minneapolis and warned witnesses working for Homeland Security that justifying the shooting as an aggressive assault would be unacceptable. Paul criticized officials who labeled victims domestic terrorists and assassins and said such claims were unsupported by video, eroding trust. The shootings included the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Investigator Sam Trepel said it was unclear why Pretti was shot, drawing parallels to other high-profile use-of-force investigations.
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