"Videos from multiple angles show Pretti filming a scene where civilians encounter federal agents. An agent shoves a person to the ground before spraying Pretti with a chemical irritant. Officers wrestle Pretti to the ground and appear to remove a gun from his waist. Then shots ring out. The Department of Homeland Security claimed without evidencePretti was there to "massacre law enforcement.""
"Friction point: CNN's Dana Bash repeatedly pushed Bovino for evidence to support that claim Sunday. Instead, he said without offering new details that officers prevented "any specific shootings" of law enforcement. He added, "So, good job for our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do that." Bash asked for evidence Pretti went after law enforcement or was trying to impede their operation. Bovino said Pretti injected himself into "an active law enforcement scene.""
"Bovino complained about "freeze-frame adjudication" of the incident, but claimed Pretti came to the scene "for a reason." Bovino refused to weigh in on footage showing an officer disarming Pretti before shooting him, saying, "we don't know that agent was taking any gun away." Bovino was adamant Pretti assaulted law enforcement officers who were trying to de-escalate the situation, despite the contradictory video evidence."
Federal officers conducted a targeted operation against an undocumented immigrant when a confrontation involving civilian bystanders and agents unfolded. Videos from multiple angles show Pretti filming civilians encountering federal agents, an agent shoving a person to the ground, and an agent spraying Pretti with a chemical irritant. Officers wrestled Pretti to the ground, appeared to remove a gun from his waist, and shots subsequently rang out. The Department of Homeland Security claimed without evidence that Pretti was present to "massacre law enforcement." DHS spokesman Bovino said officers prevented "any specific shootings" and claimed Pretti injected himself into "an active law enforcement scene," while declining to confirm that an agent disarmed Pretti. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ordered a state investigation.
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