"We are heartbroken but also very angry, the statement began. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman."
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. The family added, Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, was shot nine times by Border Patrol agents during an incident in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security claimed Pretti was impeding an operation and brandishing a weapon. Pretti's family said he was not armed and described him as a kindhearted man who cared for veterans and family. Protest video showed Pretti trying to help a woman being restrained by immigration officers before he was thrown to the ground and surrounded. The family said Pretti held a phone in his right hand and had his empty left hand raised while trying to protect the woman and being pepper sprayed. The family called the administration's characterization reprehensible and asked for the truth about their son.
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