"Nobody can see those videos and say that that man was assaulting ICE agents. He was backpedaling the whole time, a woman was violently shoved to the ground. He was shoved, he was pepper sprayed, and then taken to the ground. If we're going to say that he was assaulting the police, I think that leads to more distrust of ICE, Paul said."
"If you call this a good shooting, you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then was shot 10 times. I want ICE to do a good job. I want ICE to get rid of the violent people in our communities, but we can't have it if we say things like, oh, yeah, well, he was an assassin and he was a domestic terrorist. If we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse, he said."
Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis after a disagreement with officers escalated into a scuffle captured on video. Footage shows Pretti backpedaling, being shoved, pepper‑sprayed, and taken to the ground before multiple shots were fired. Early administration statements claimed Pretti brandished a gun, and a White House official accused him of intending to kill agents, but the video does not appear to support those claims. Republican criticism emphasized that mischaracterizing the incident as justified will deepen distrust of ICE and heighten tensions in cities like Minneapolis.
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