"Shortly after the shooting Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Pretti a domestic terrorist who brandished a weapon and intended to kill law enforcement. Widely-circulated video showed Pretti using a phone to record the border patrol officers' actions when he was sprayed with a chemical agent, tackled, and shot multiple times. The footage seems to contradict the Department of Homeland Security's account of the event, which the agency said began after the victim approached the federal agents with a handgun and the intent to massacre' them,"
"25 seconds before the shooting: Mr. Pretti is holding his phone in one hand, and he holds his other hand up to protect against the spray. 17 seconds before: Several agents grab at Mr. Pretti, who is still holding his phone. Additional agents approach and attempt to pin Mr. Pretti to the ground. 11 seconds before: Mr. Pretti is surrounded by a group of seven agents, some of whom have wrestled him to the ground."
Video of border patrol officers shooting Alex Pretti appears to contradict the Department of Homeland Security's claim that agents fired in self-defense. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeled Pretti a domestic terrorist who brandished a weapon and intended to kill law enforcement. Widely circulated footage shows Pretti recording agents with a phone, being sprayed with a chemical agent, tackled, and shot multiple times. Frame-by-frame analysis identifies key moments: Pretti holding a phone 25 seconds before the shooting, multiple agents grabbing and attempting to pin him, agents striking him with pepper spray while on his knees, and an agent pulling a gun near his hip before shots were fired.
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