"Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense. Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed"
"She described the harrowing scene of Pretti being tackled by federal officers after coming to the aid of another observer the agents had shoved to the ground. One federal agent then sprayed a chemical agent in the faces of Pretti and the woman he had tried to help. The woman testified that she saw no sign of Pretti holding a gun at any point. She said: The agents pulled the man on the ground."
Two witnesses provided sworn affidavits saying Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis. The affidavits were filed in federal court in Minnesota hours after the killing as part of an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials. One witness filmed the fatal shooting and identified herself as a children's entertainer; the other witness is a nearby physician who said federal officers initially prevented medical aid. Witnesses described Pretti being tackled after aiding another observer and said they saw no gun.
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