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Others point out that he had no criminal record, just traffic tickets.
This, they argue, proves he was an innocent victim, not an agitator.
Walz: “To Americans who are watching this, I’ve got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing… pic.twitter.com/NQW4MqkYU1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 25, 2026
But what the mainstream media isn’t telling you is that Pretti wasn’t just some random bystander.
[snip]
These folks patrol streets, blow whistles, alert residents, and film operations to disrupt arrests.
That puts him not on the sidelines but plugged into the very network that coordinated responses to federal enforcement operations.
Mother Jones profiled the group just last week.
“A new activist twist on neighborhood watch is taking shape in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch,” the outlet reported.
[snip]
The article described the “ICE watchers” as “passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.”
🚨 HOLY CRAP. They have a full-blown lengthy training manual for leftist insurrectionists stalking, harassing and ambushing ICE and Border agents in Minneapolis
This is a well-organized and well-funded network.
These people need to be in PRISON.pic.twitter.com/RGpNsOlh2b https://t.co/YGJ5CwRY8Y
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 25, 2026
Massey and Pretti were part of the Kingfield neighborhood ICE Watch.
Massey spoke on behalf of her neighbors, saying, “Let me be clear: we are horrified, we are furious, and we are not going to pretend this is anything but what it is — another senseless act of violence carried out by federal agents in our city.”
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Massey explained that she was one of many Minneapolis locals who flocked to the scene where the man was shot dead this morning.
She said that she was there when the ICE agents stormed the crowd and tear gassed the bystanders.
“People here are terrified, but we are also angry — angry that federal agents continue to operate with impunity, with lethal force, with no accountability,” Massey claimed.
“Our city is under siege. No one here feels safe, and that is unacceptable.”
The mainstream media seems to be uninterested in reporting on Pretti’s involvement with his local ICE Watch group.
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In reality, she was a committed anti-ICE activist who deliberately sought to obstruct federal immigration enforcement, and was part of her local “ICE Watch” group as well, with which she received training on how to obstruct federal agents.
Finally, here’s how Dana Loesch put it:
Yes, you absolutely can carry at a protest.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is an anti-2A statist.
No, you absolutely cannot interrupt a federal op while armed and tussle with LEO.
That’s how tragic things happen.
This isn’t rocket science.
Hard to argue with that.
* Original Article:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-left-doesnt-want-you-know-about-alex-pretti-man-border-patrol-shot