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A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him. Video shows one officer reaching into the scrum of other officers seeking to restrain Pretti and retrieving a weapon that appears to match the firearm the Department of Homeland Security says Pretti possessed. Officers can be heard shouting “he’s got a gun” when the unidentified officer reaches into Pretti’s waistband as the pile of officers try to subdue him. Just over one second after the officer emerges holding the weapon, a shot rings out, followed…
Shortly before his fatal encounter with federal immigration agents on Saturday, Alex Pretti was confronted on a Minneapolis street by an officer who was later on the scene of his shooting, video analyzed by CNN shows. That video, combined with court declarations filed by eyewitnesses, sheds new light on the moments that led up to the deadly incident. Those moments are facing heightened scrutiny amid escalating rhetoric by Trump administration officials who sought to cast Pretti as a violent agitator involved in a “riot” as federal agents carried out an immigration operation. “The suspect did bring a weapon, a loaded…
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed that no one is interpreting the Trump administration’s labeling of Alex Pretti’s actions as domestic terrorism by the legal definition, despite Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying exactly that. “I don’t think anybody thinks that they were comparing what happened on Saturday to the legal definition of domestic terrorism. What we saw was a very violent altercation, and we — I am not going to prejudge the facts,” Blanche said on “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning. Yet on Saturday, Noem directly compared Pretti’s actions to the legal definition of domestic terrorism. “When you…
This article was first published in 2020 and has been updated.Lionel Messi received a hero’s welcome when he touched down in India overnight to embark on a special, weekendlong tour of the country.As part of the so-called “GOAT Tour,” the 38-year-old is visiting Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi over the course of three days, accompanied by two old friends in the shape of former Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, who played alongside Messi in Argentina’s World Cup winning side of 2022.The first stop was Kolkata, where Messi — who is fresh from captaining Inter Miami to…