"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s justification for the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti this past Saturday in Minneapolis was a gun. According to the Trump Administration's version of events almost entirely refuted by videos that instantly went viral Pretti attempted to kill the agents who were beating him with a semiautomatic pistol before being shot multiple times by a federal immigration agent while he was on the ground."
"Paul Birdsong, who identifies himself as chairman of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, speaking into the camera. We're the same Panther Party from back in the day, but we're a little more aggressive now, you dig? We carry bigger guns, we don't tolerate any bullshit, adds the man who presents himself as the heir to the legacy of Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton,"
DHS justified the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by claiming he had a gun. Videos that went viral largely refuted the administration's account, showing agents beating Pretti and a federal immigration agent shooting him multiple times while he was on the ground. The incident raises questions about treating the exercise of gun rights as a capital offense. Viral images of armed men in Philadelphia echo 1960s tensions and show a Black Panther-affiliated group asserting an armed stance against agent abuses. Leaders claim continuity with the original Panthers and emphasize larger weapons and a tougher posture.
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