A forensic body language expert is disputing the Department of Homeland Security’s account of how Alex Pretti died,
pointing to video footage that appears to show a federal agent in a gray jacket removing a gun,
turning away, and running as the unarmed ICU nurse is shot in the back by ICE agents.
Minneapolis has again become the focus of national
attention following two fatal shootings involving
federal immigration officers within a matter of weeks.
After the January killing of Renee Nicole Good,
public outrage has now intensified over the death of Alex Pretti,
a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was fatally shot during an anti-ICE protest on January 24.
In the days following the shooting, former
President Donald Trump publicly defended the federal operation.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal,
Trump described the firearm allegedly taken from Pretti as
“a very dangerous and unpredictable gun,”
suggesting it could discharge without warning.
