"The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots, said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a Saturday evening press conference. It looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and kill law enforcement."
"Videos of an event aren't always definitive, but this is how it looks to us. Pretti attempted, foolishly, to assist a woman who had been pepper-sprayed by agents. Multiple agents then tackled Pretti, and he had a phone in one hand as he lay on the ground. An agent discovered a concealed gun on Pretti, and disarmed him. An agent then shot Pretti, and multiple shots followed, continued the Journal."
"After opening up with an anecdote about President Donald Trump himself extolling the need for heart in immigration enforcement, the influential center-right newspaper observed that Fifteen months later in Minneapolis, there isn't much heart in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Saturday shooting of Alex Pretti, as he lay on the ground surrounded by ICE agents, is the worst incident to date in what is becoming a moral and political debacle for the Trump Presidency."
Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration enforcement encounter. Officials, including the Secretary of Homeland Security, characterized the encounter as agents attempting to disarm an armed, violent suspect and an agent firing defensive shots fearing for lives. Video footage prompted scrutiny and appears to show Pretti assisting a pepper-sprayed woman, being tackled, having a concealed firearm discovered and disarmed, and then being shot while on the ground. The incident intensified criticism of immigration enforcement tactics and of political rhetoric surrounding deportation policies.
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