"The 40-second clip showed a group of federal agents tackling 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground and beating him. About 20 seconds in, one of them begins shooting Pretti. At least ten gunshots go off, from multiple agents, and a person can be heard yelling "Did they fucking kill that guy? Are you fucking kidding me dude? Not again." (The agents who fired on Pretti have not been charged,"
"Over the past month, as the Department of Homeland Security has deployed thousands of armed, masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Minnesota's Twin Cities, the r/Minneapolis subreddit has become a vital news and information hub for both residents and outsiders. Previously, the user who shared the shooting footage posted about a missing dog poster and about trees being cut down near a local lake."
A 40-second video captured federal agents tackling 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground, beating him, and then opening fire. Multiple agents discharged at least ten rounds while a bystander shouted, "Did they fucking kill that guy? Are you fucking kidding me dude? Not again." The agents who fired on Pretti have not been charged. Those agents were moved to "other locations." The footage was upvoted more than 60,000 times and reached Reddit's homepage. The Department of Homeland Security deployed thousands of armed, masked ICE agents to the Twin Cities, and r/Minneapolis became a vital local information hub and focal point for outrage.
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