Video shows Alex Pretti interacting with federal agents in Minneapolis a little over a week before he was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents.
A family representative confirmed Pretti is depicted in the video and that the family knew about the incident after it happened.Newly released footage appears to show Alex Pretti in an encounter with federal immigration agents in Minneapolis about 11 days before he was fatally shot.
Video shows Alex Pretti interacting with federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, a little over a week before Border Patrol agents shot and killed him., which said it responded to a tip about agents blocking the street at the intersection of East 36th Street and Park Avenue in Minneapolis shortly after 10 a.m. A family representative confirmed that Pretti is depicted in the video and that the family knew about the incident after it happened. The video shows Pretti yelling at federal immigration agents and kicking the back of a vehicle used by agents, breaking a taillight. It’s not clear what happened before the interaction. The video shows an officer getting out of the vehicle, grabbing Pretti and tackling him to the ground as witnesses scream “Stop! Stop!” Meanwhile, other uniformed officers deploy gas toward the crowd. At least three officers try to keep Pretti down, but he manages to get away and runs toward people standing nearby, the video shows. When he turns, what appears to be a gun is visible, tucked into the back of his waistband. He does not ever appear to reach for it in the clip.By the end of the clip, billowing smoke had taken over the streets, cars were honking and people were yelling. The News Movement reported that shortly after the altercation, federal agents drove away. Steve Schleicher, the attorney for the Pretti family, said in a statement: “A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents. Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex’s killing at the hands of ICE on Jan 24.” A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Homeland Security Investigations is reviewing the video.
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