Press TV – Jan 25, 2025
Eyewitnesses to a recent fatal shooting in the US city of Minneapolis and the family of the victim have challenged the federal account of the incident, saying the government is spreading “lies” about what happened.
On Saturday, US law enforcement officers killed 37-year-old American citizen Alex Pretti, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans.
It was the second fatal shooting this month involving federal agents in Minneapolis during the aggressive immigration crackdown by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
After the incident, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an image of a firearm, which Trump claimed was “the gunman’s gun” in a social media post.
The victim had two magazines of ammunition and no ID, the DHS further alleged. Border Patrol officers attempted to disarm the armed man who had approached them, and an agent fired defensive shots when he “violently resisted.”
Meanwhile, Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino claimed that the victim was trying “to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
Other US officials labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist,” without providing any evidence.
Pretti’s parents, however, denounced the Trump administration’s “sickening lies” about their son and rejected its account of how the shooting unfolded.
They said in a statement that videos showed their son was not holding a gun when he was tackled by federal agents. Instead, they added, Alex was holding his phone with one hand and using the other to shield a woman who was being pepper-sprayed.
“Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) thugs. He has his phone in his right hand, and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper-sprayed,” the statement read.
LIVE: Minneapolis once again becomes scene of violent clashes after a nurse killed by federal agents https://t.co/goCsHlphTG
— Press TV (@PressTV) January 25, 2026
Pretti’s father told The Associated Press that his son had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good, a mother of three, by a federal officer in Minneapolis on January 7.
He also described his son as someone who “cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset.”
Minnesota Senator Tina Smith condemned federal agents after the killing of the Minneapolis nurse.
All Americans should be outraged at this unaccountable, violent federal force that is operating with impunity in our city.
If it can happen here, it can happen in your community.
— Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) January 25, 2026
An unnamed witness to Saturday’s shooting said Pretti was shot after trying to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed, noting that he did not resist or reach for a gun.
“I have read the statement from DHS about what happened, and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera,” the witness emphasized.
“I didn’t see him touch any of them–he wasn’t even turned toward them. It didn’t look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn’t see him with a gun.”
Dmitri Drekonja, who worked with Pretti, said, “to those of us who know him, it’s galling and enraging” to hear the way officials are portraying Pretti.
“I don’t understand how you can put a label on someone like that without talking to anyone who knew him. … They seem to be dropping that out there out of absolutely nothing,” Drekonja added.
“…saying the government is spreading “lies” about what happened.”
Do “governments” do anything else other than lie?
Meanwhile in comments of the week:
chesterton on January 19, 2026 at 5:28 pm
….
“…of course this trip has decided to go with the original 1960’s script… and one rocket and no refuels because last time I checked there aren’t any fucking refueling stations on the way to the moon..
so presumably they’ll be flying on piss and wind..like last time..”
Brilliant ! 🙂
See full comment here: https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=321820
And of course we have Simon saying it as it is:
Simon Smith on January 21, 2026 at 6:19 pm
“AI is just a clever search engine that one should caveat. If technology is so bad don’t use the internet or ask for electronic payments. It is not technology that makes the world bad, it is how it is used….”
Full comment here: https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=321937
Whist I don’t agree with the last two lines of Simon’s post, the part about AI is spot on.
andyay on January 22, 2026 at 10:09 pm
@ Nico X/ Mr Crowley/ peggy
“You sad git. I’m not sure that there’s a worse narcissist anywhere on alternative news sites than you. It’s always about you.”
And so say all of us, Andy 🙂
If you don’t want the illegal migrants out of the country, then treat them so badly that the population will stop you. Problem, reaction, solution. Same politics different face.
Just another pretend killing in a pretend civil war, between stage actors in miniapolis , the home of the fake Floyd killing, the home of other strange theatrics, where military actors and cia types are trying their hardest to scare Americans into some sort of weird but fake future. Why are the regular cops not around nor doing anything about this poorly made script?
“America has not yet learned how to be multicultural. And I think we are going to be part of the throes of that transformation, which must take place. America is not going to be the monolithic society that it once was in the last century. Jews are going to be at the center of that. It’s a huge transformation for America to make. It is now going into a multicultural mode and Jews will be resented because of our leading role. But without that leading role, and without that transformation, America will not survive”.
— Barbara Lerner Spectre, founding director of Paideia, the International Institute for Jewish Studies in Tel Aviv
In diversity is (((our))) strength.
Look into my eyes look deeply into my eyes … do as (((we))) say not as (((we))) do.
That “nurse” has got stamped all over his forehead and nose “hi, im an Israeli military actor” , pretending to be shot by other actors wearing face covering. Both sides of this poorly written script are together pounding away at the psychology of Americans, with a pretend civil war in the making. Hopefully this will soon exit the news just as the Kirk drama did.
F*ck that guy. He’s been out there supporting illegal invaders, so he was an agent of treachery and treason. Hang his corpse from a highway overpass.
“Pretti’s father told The Associated Press that his son had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good, a mother of three….” …. Another frothing treasonous c*nt who got what was coming to them. The jew media loves to add in the “mother of three” tag on the deranged militant lesbian who was literally on a mission to obstruct and disrupt the rounding up of less-than-worthless invaders. And that retard Pretti was out there “protesting” in support of a c*nt like that. A dumb-f*ck like him was probably out there marching for that criminal degenerate nigger George Floyd a few years ago as well. Good riddance.
Anyone supporting the Orc invasions in any way deserves to be chased through the streets and liquidated.
Of course, I find the feral, er federal, regime to be utterly repulsive as well, and have felt since the mass murder treason of 9/11 that Washingstein District of Criminals should be incinerated with everyone in it.
never forget prince harry went out to iraq to kill people
From a common sense point of view, the people who were killed were interfering with Federal Police who were arresting and detaining criminals. The authorities didn’t want to kill them. They were forced to by circumstance. The communist media has exaggerated the events, as they have done so often, to convince the weaker minded or politically lobotomized to continue the attacks to “free” themselves. The strategies used by communists in the Russian Revolution are the same as in Minnesota, and many of the tactics as well. So says Alex Solzhenitsyn.
Couple of things:
Re: Alleged Pretti shooting.
“IF” it actually happened… WTF are these people thinking?
You have large numbers of people armed (ICE) and trained in riots and arrest procedures etc.
No one ELSE put you in harm’s way.
Don’t poke and provoke the Bear you morons, you make it worse for others.
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That tear gassed baby ?
This was a Black Family of (8) .
(6) Children.
Minneapolis Parents LIED About ICE Tear Gas Baby — Raised $200K GoFund
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9O5dEwyZZw
So…they have 100% lied about what happened.
The mother was indicted in 2019 re: a 1st degree murder
The parents left their (6) children alone in a minivan , placing them in dnager as they joined the protest then lied about it.
They claim to have been innocent bystanders, when they were actually willing participants.
So far their GoFundMe has raised approx $200,000.
These are not only agitators, but their children were endangered, in midst of a riot and should be removed from these (2) losers.
Disgusting !
people get stabbed here all the time – inside Australia’s migrant capital
Australians indignant about London being called the worlds stabbing capital
I went to Fairfield, often called Australia’s migrant capital, to investigate claims about crime and migration. Locals immediately told me, “People get stabbed here all the time,” and described how “there’s shootouts in the parks.” Many said this kind of violence “happens every night.” people blame migrant gangs, claiming “they know how to use the system.” This video documents what people actually said on the streets. London does not have anywhere near the amount of migrant stabbings we do
THE JEWS WILL STARVE US
Subject: food
The looming risk of food shortages and anarchy in the UK
Your case for the accumulation of public food reserves in the UK, to ensure that we can feed the nation in the event of war, trade disagreements or world shortages, is well made (Editorial, 20 January). We are rapidly moving into times where the risks of such scenarios are high. Without food for its population, the UK would face economic and political breakdown and anarchy.‘Our level of home production is about to decline rapidly.’
Banks are closing their doors
they say they are compilings lists on those anti jew or not on side and will have their accounts closed
the big 4 supermatkets already have plans to stop customers who are not onside with jewish agendas
they will be starved out says Philip Solomons
Your case for the accumulation of public food reserves in the UK, to ensure that we can feed the nation in the event of war, trade disagreements world shortages or super market closures, is well made (Editorial, 20 January). We are rapidly moving into times where the risks of such scenarios are high. Without food for its population, the UK would face economic and political breakdown and anarchy.
You mention the urgent need to accumulate national stocks of food supplies, probably mostly imported, but say nothing about the UK’s own capacity to produce its own food supply from the agricultural and horticultural industries. In a lengthy period of worldwide food shortage, this would be the only way of avoiding food shortages.
Following the food shortages of the second world war, we did reach a level of 78% self-sufficiency in 1984, but this has gradually fallen to less that 60%. This level of home production is about to decline rapidly as the demand for land from a range of other uses continues to grow
such as migrant housing – and road-building, the use of agricultural land for woodland and other carbon-saving purposes, solar farms, the creation of new wildlife habitats, recreational use and the general unprofitability of farming will see our self-sufficiency fall again over the next decade. The government’s own land use framework predicts a 10% reduction in farmland by 2050, but this is likely far short of reality.
Israel to reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing after search for last hostage body ends
Story by Reuters ( jews )•
the israelis unable to find the hostages immediately started bombing the tunnels
only a jew would be that stupid as thats where the hostages were
makes you laugh dont it ?
BBC faces ‘possible collapse “without more funding, Tim Davie says
Story by Michael Savage Media editor
The hated BBC will face “possible collapse” over its future unless it embraces significant changes to its funding, its outgoing director general has said, as he signalled his support for an overhaul of the licence fee.
Speaking to the Guardian, Tim Davie called for people to support the BBC corporation amid increased hostility from its commercial and political critics.
He said the BBC would be “in trouble” without serious changes to its funding model and more flexibility over the services it offers.
He made no mention ofa clean up, e g taking down the pedo statue on the front and clearing out the homosexual abusers and of course stopping the hate mail for licence fees
The public have said consistently. you have had enough money from us for your propaganda and perverts
thats the end of it
Has any dramacat, pol, ‘journalist’, or pro tester, EVER been appalled and sickened by an ILLEGAL immi-vader that raped or murdered an innocent American protected by sanctuary bullshit, paid for by their tax dollars, or do they just want/need the votes?
Prince Harry served in Afghanistan – not Iraq.
renee good got a tox screen but the coroner won’t release it. why?
$100 says she was on benzos and crazy as a shithouse rat.
we won’t see pretti’s tox screen either. and he is no “nurse”. he
is a nursing assistant. 6 weeks of classes rather than 4 years.
It’s All Fake and a Lie !!!!!
It’s All A show for the masses !!!!!