Barack Obama Breaks Silence with Fierce Critique of Trump After Alex Pretti Tragedy in Minneapolis – Story Of The Day!

According to the family, Pretti was present during an ICE operation in Minneapolis and became involved when officers shoved a woman to the ground. They say footage shows him holding a phone in his right hand, with his left hand empty and raised, appearing to shield the woman or signal non-aggression. They allege that he was pepper-sprayed, forcibly separated from the woman, and then restrained by multiple agents.

The family’s description of the video depicts a frightening escalation: Pretti reportedly struggling on the ground under the weight of several officers while an agent reached toward a holstered firearm. Moments later, the family says, gunfire erupted and killed him. Their statement paints his final actions as consistent with the kind of person they say he was—someone who stepped toward danger to help someone else, not someone who went looking to harm anyone.

Federal authorities, including DHS, have offered a different narrative. Officials have said Pretti was armed with a 9mm handgun and have framed the shooting as self-defense. The family disputes that interpretation and argues that the footage undermines the claim that he posed an immediate, lethal threat at the moment he was shot. They contend that if he had been legally carrying, it still does not justify lethal force if his weapon remained holstered and he was not actively threatening anyone.