"Within hours of his death, senior administration officials offered a confident and unified explanation. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem described the killing as the definition of domestic terrorism. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Pretti was an assassin who wanted to murder federal agents. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said it appeared Pretti intended to cause maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. The language was absolute. The evidence had not yet arrived."
"Video from the scene spread quickly and showed a sequence that raised immediate questions. Pretti was holding a phone as he observed or recorded the operation. Agents pinned him to the ground and removed a firearm from his waistband. Multiple shots followed, including several fired after he lay motionless. Viewers did not need expertise to understand the gap between what they were seeing and what they were being told. That gap carried consequences."
"By labeling the dead a terrorist before evidence was public, the government placed the burden of explanation on someone who could no longer speak. The state asserted finality before the facts were established, turning accusation into closure. The resistance that followed was notable not for its volume, but for its breadth. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both published careful, frame-by-frame video analyses that contradicted the official account."
Federal agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, during an ICE operation in Minneapolis, the second protester slain by federal agents there in three weeks. Within hours, senior administration officials described the killing in absolute terms, labeling it domestic terrorism and calling Pretti an assassin who intended to massacre law enforcement. Video from the scene showed Pretti holding a phone, being pinned to the ground, having a firearm removed from his waistband, and multiple shots fired including after he lay motionless. Major newspapers published frame-by-frame analyses that contradicted the official account and called for pauses to ICE operations.
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