A few things are already clear from the best video angle out now: Pretti was directing traffic on a Minneapolis street. He was filming agents out in public, as is his undisputed right. An agent approached Pretti and then shoved a woman, hard, into a snowbank. Pretti put his hand up as he went to assist the woman. The masked agent who threw the woman to the ground draped himself over Pretti, then was joined by several of his colleagues.
On the one hand, she said she wished Trump would leave Minneapolis to its own devices and let it be overwhelmed by illegals and fraudsters. That would fit the demands of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), after Frey urged the Trump administration to withdraw federal immigration agents from his city right after the shooting on Saturday.
Bystanders captured on video the moments leading up to when federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 and the immediate aftermath. The videos show several agents wrestling with Pretti on the ground moments before the shooting. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and violently resisted as officers attempted to disarm him.