"Alex Pretti, the VA nurse killed by federal agents who tackled and shot him in Minnesota over the weekend, was known to authorities and had broken a rib in an altercation with them a week earlier, according to a report. Pretti, 37, was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday in a shocking incident captured by numerous videos taken by bystanders. But it was apparently not Pretti's first brush with federal agents."
"A week before his death, Pretti had stopped his car after spotting ICE agents chasing what he believed was a family, prompting him to shout and blow his whistle, according to CNN, citing a source who asked not to be identified. He was swarmed by law enforcement, and tackled him to the ground, breaking a rib as a result. He was released a short time later."
Alex Pretti, 37, a VA nurse, was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota after an encounter that was captured on multiple bystander videos. A week earlier he stopped his car when he spotted ICE agents pursuing people he believed to be a family; officers swarmed him, tackled him to the ground and broke a rib before releasing him shortly afterward. The fatal shooting on Saturday involved federal agents who tackled and shot Pretti. Right-wing pundits such as Megyn Kelly responded by calling Pretti an agitator and framing his intervention as sticking his nose into a law enforcement operation.
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