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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…
EDITOR’S NOTE: CNN is using first names only in this story at the family’s request to protect their privacy. New York — Her 3-year-old in tow, Franyelis stepped out of the repurposed budget hotel, its blue awning faded where the “Days Inn” logo once was. Heading out of the shelter to pick up the family’s oldest son from school, toddler Emmanuel – Emma, for short – ran circles around his mom, seven months pregnant with her third child. “Es un varón,” she said in Spanish, smiling shyly. It’s a boy. Emma was oblivious to the cars, the don’t-walk signs, even…
The Justice Department’s latest release of the Epstein files offers fresh insights into how former President Bill Clinton’s staff communicated with Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, including sometimes-lewd email exchanges. The document dump comes just days before an expected House contempt vote against the Clintons after they rebuffed a subpoena to testify in a bipartisan probe into Epstein. The Republican-led House is expected to vote this week to hold both Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to testify. House Oversight Republicans and even some Democrats voted in committee last month to hold the…
The latest release of millions of items from the Jeffrey Epstein files sharpened a public reckoning but also deepened the recurring tragedy of his victims. And the prospect that the legal system could deliver survivors some justice appeared to recede even further. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled on “State of the Union” on Sunday that there would be no additional prosecutions related to the controversy around Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019. “We need to separate those two ideas, the fact that there’s the Epstein files and whether there’s anybody there that we can…
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…