Live: National Guard pulled back as questions remain about fatal shooting by federal agents
www.startribune.com
Roads at the site of the shooting of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis re-opened Sunday as officials push for an investigation into the incident.
  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    In case gift links don’t work for anyone for whatever reason,

    Archive for ST - https://archive.ph/NLoQx

    Archive for BMN - https://web.archive.org/web/20260124160643/https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/breaking-federal-agent-shoots-man-in-south-minneapolis

    I wasn’t able to find any snapshots of that removed text, but it seems super plausible because they apparently had a reporter who happened to be on the scene before and when things went down

    A Bring Me The News reporter who was near the scene said an agent opened fire at a man outside Glam Doll Donuts at Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street at around 9 a.m.

    …

    Immediately after our reporter approached the scene, an agent was heard yelling for help and scissors to open the victim’s shirt. Agents told our reporter that they had immediately called 911 for assistance.

    I’m guessing they told him that at the barrel of a gun, interesting that the optics of them refusing that doctor who wanted to do lifesaving care on Renee apparently got to them

    But if this detail is confirmed I can’t imagine how pissed off the cities are about to be

    New video uploaded to Reddit shows several federal agents struggling with a man outside Glam Doll, during which a shot is fired, followed by multiple more shots fired at the man as he lay on the ground. [Ital added]

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      The first shot instantly made the victim go limp. You can’t see most of his body, but arms and legs go limp immediately.

      All the agents jump away, and multiple immediately fire multiple times each into the body anyways

      They were fine with medical, because they were confident he was already dead at that point.

      • three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.socialEnglish
        18·
        2 days ago

        If they think that a lack of justification is going to stop the fascists, they’ve got another think coming. Even if the response is completely non-violent, the fascists will just get tired of waiting and invent their own excuses, like they always do.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
          7·
          2 days ago

          It won’t stop them, but will make it easier to rally the broader public against the Nazis. Having more people siding against them is important

          • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
            34·
            2 days ago

            Yeah, I feel like they’re going to go martial law in October no matter what, but in the meantime violence from protesters is just going to a) fracture the anti fascist coalition b) provoke retaliation from ICE that will hit bystanders

            Things may get worse no matter what but violence is likely to make them worse

        • Optional@lemmy.world
          31·
          2 days ago

          I can see this incompetent fuckwit administration telling Drinky Pete to send in the paratroopers because it would “look cool”.

          Still, though. Harris didn’t support the working classes.