ICE murders another unarmed person

tboonpickens

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hey ned why is this happening now? i wonder what provoked the change given your assertions that ICE are a noble group of civil servants operating beyond reproach...



 
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serious question, because I'm on this left handed, right handed kick, what side was the holster? pretti's left or right?
Because, as I posted, he's taking videos (I assume) with the phone in his right hand, which leads me to believe, but not know, that he was right handed. The video I saw there was something - gun or phone, I can't tell - in his left hand. That would be unusual, a right handed person with a holstered gun on his left hip.
In the small of his back, I believe?
 

tboonpickens

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Noem is about to be taken out with the Bovino trash.

Don't tell fatpussy and ned tho...they will surely be confused.



Republican State Senator from FL:
 

baltimorened

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Ned: The ICE agents were 100% responsible both for initiating and escalating things with Alex Pretti. He went to help a woman who had been roughly knocked off her feet and into a snow bank, and an ICE agent immediately grabbed him and pepper sprayed him. Copiously, I might add. They then took Pretti down to the ground and pummeled him before disarming him and then shooting him ten (10) times.

Even if there were ICE agents "helping an old lady across the street" (and I'd want to see video evidence of that before I would believe it), it is beyond debate that these poorly trained, trigger happy thugs are only making things worse, not better.

BTW, I would add that their superiors in D.C. are not helping. I find it mind boggling that Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons signed a memo back on May 12, 2025 advising ICE personnel that it is OK to bust into private homes without a judicial search warrant. Neither the 4th Amendment nor any Supreme Court case law construing the 4th Amendment permits that. So ICE agents promptly began entering homes without a proper warrant, and it took a whistleblower complaint to bring this whole sorry spectacle to the American public's attention. If Lyons' memo was on solid legal ground, why do you suppose it was kept such a secret? Similarly, if the shooting of Alex Pretti was righteous, why has the DHS refused to allow Minnesota law enforcement, or even the FBI, to investigate it? Why did DHS make no effort to preserve evidence, and the crime scene? Don't any of those things give you even the slightest pause?
lots of "whys" in there....

Of course it gives me pause...mainly because neither of these things had to happen.

Let me go to the 10 shots..I already posted that was "overkill" and I posted that the two shots through the driver side window in Good case were unnecessary in my opinion. But I did get an LOL from you on the agent being hit. Now I know I have poor vision, bit I saw the video in100%, 1/2 and 1/3 time and the car definitely hit him. But, I don't think his life was in danger from that car and the shooting was unnecessary. But I also posted that I don't know the law or the precedence in these cases.

I have also posted that we should have an independent investigations. I don't trust eith DHS or Minnesota to do it. Too much bias already on guilt or innocence from both.

Pretti should not have been in the street, but the ICE agents was in no danger from him (at that point he apparently did not know he was armed) and should have just turned his back and walked away. I have also posted that I think there is both a leadership and training problem with ICE in Minneapolis. And one more step, I posted that we need a moratorium on ICE actions in Mn. (looks like Trump took my advice)

Now on the warrant thing...as you know I'm not a lawyer (thank God) but from stories I've read, the lawyers in DHS have given the ok on administrative warrant under certain conditions (I won't remember them all): there has to be a deportation order, agents have to announce themselves, has to be between 6 and 10PM (I think it was PM). I believe there has already been a lawsuit filed by ACLU and others, so the validity of the DHS determination will be made in a court. Why it was kept secret is known only to the people who decided to keep it secret.

Hope that helps.....but, I've only posted all of this at least 10 times on here (might be slight exaggeration on number of times) and I still seem to be the one left leaning posters keep asking "doesn't that give you pause" or some similar query. Doesn't anybody read my brilliant, Nobel level writings?
 
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baltimorened

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I see an agent with a gun dont know whos gun he has there and you dont see him pulling the gun from the suspect. It just an assumption. Nothing is verified yet wait 72 hours. Its all speculation atm by everybody. I think it misfired because its a SIG320p. I didnt see him or the officer point and shoot it. It seems to have just gone off during the struggle. If thats the case then a misfire is very plausible.There is no video showing the gun being pullout by anybody. There is a video of officers holding guns after the fact and one officer behind him holding a gun before the initial shot...
I haven't either. But Urhuckelberry and apparently dpic73 have better eyes than I do. I see what looks like a gun in the grey coated guy, but I don't know if it's his or pretti's . They are pretty certain it's pretti's
 

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There are two videos, and in their totality, are pretty clear. One where it shows the agent reaching around where the holster was and pulling something away. Then another from the other angle with him pulling away with a SIG in his hand. If you need more than that to make a reasonable opinion, I don't know what to say.
but haven't there been posters who are sure they see a gun in pretti's left hand?
 

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I don't disagree they should be able to handle it. But the ICE agents would have to agree to have chaperones travel with them, bodycams included. Maybe they are willing. Neither of us know, but I suspect not.
not to be argumentative, but what is the purpose of the National Guard to MN to be...I know they're passing out coffee and donuts, but my assumption would be protection of Whipple center, crowd control.
 

tboonpickens

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someone show ned and fatpussy this frame by frame analysis by the BBC. they clearly show that these nazis executed this man with no justification. someone tell ned to get out his bifocals and watch the part where the one agent clearly removes the gun from the victim's holster around his back.

i dare anyone to watch this and claim this wasn't a public execution. the analysis begins at 4:04 mark which i have set up here...

 

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This is why the change of heart with trumpster:
  • DHS funding up in the air ahead of shutdown deadline: Senate Democrats and Republicans are weighing how to move forward on funding the DHS and other federal agencies, according to sources familiar with the matter, and the clock is ticking with a January 30 deadline to fund the government. Aides emphasized that the dynamics fundamentally shifted over the last 72 hours following the deadly shooting in Minneapolis.
would you remember this and jump in when the poster, can't remember who, might be nytigerfan, posts that it's republicans who control whether or not the government gets shut down. I don't think he still gets the 60 votes cloture requirement
 
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dpic73

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wouldn't you know, neither left or right?
It's easy to see unless you don't want to, like yesterday. The agent in the grey jacket walks up empty handed, reaches over and pulls it out of his back holster and walks away with the gun. You can also see Alex's hands on the ground. Now don't say again that you didn't see either of these things please.






 
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dpic73

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I haven't either. But Urhuckelberry and apparently dpic73 have better eyes than I do. I see what looks like a gun in the grey coated guy, but I don't know if it's his or pretti's . They are pretty certain it's pretti's
Here's a freeze frame of the agent grabbing the gun from his holster while he's folded over.

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lots of "whys" in there....

Of course it gives me pause...mainly because neither of these things had to happen.

Let me go to the 10 shots..I already posted that was "overkill" and I posted that the two shots through the driver side window in Good case were unnecessary in my opinion. But I did get an LOL from you on the agent being hit. Now I know I have poor vision, bit I saw the video in100%, 1/2 and 1/3 time and the car definitely hit him. But, I don't think his life was in danger from that car and the shooting was unnecessary. But I also posted that I don't know the law or the precedence in these cases.

I have also posted that we should have an independent investigations. I don't trust eith DHS or Minnesota to do it. Too much bias already on guilt or innocence from both.

Pretti should not have been in the street, but the ICE agents was in no danger from him (at that point he apparently did not know he was armed) and should have just turned his back and walked away. I have also posted that I think there is both a leadership and training problem with ICE in Minneapolis. And one more step, I posted that we need a moratorium on ICE actions in Mn. (looks like Trump took my advice)

Now on the warrant thing...as you know I'm not a lawyer (thank God) but from stories I've read, the lawyers in DHS have given the ok on administrative warrant under certain conditions (I won't remember them all): there has to be a deportation order, agents have to announce themselves, has to be between 6 and 10PM (I think it was PM). I believe there has already been a lawsuit filed by ACLU and others, so the validity of the DHS determination will be made in a court. Why it was kept secret is known only to the people who decided to keep it secret.

Hope that helps.....but, I've only posted all of this at least 10 times on here (might be slight exaggeration on number of times) and I still seem to be the one left leaning posters keep asking "doesn't that give you pause" or some similar query. Doesn't anybody read my brilliant, Nobel level writings?
OK, Ned. That's a pretty good post. And BTW, the reason we liberals on this Board may seem to pick on you is that you are virtually the only Trump supporter who truly engages in any meaningful way. Most of the rest of them simply say nothing, offer insults, limit their response to something like "You've got TDS" or "Go key a Tesla," etc.

The memo advising that entries into homes on the bases of an administrative warrant (that would mean a warrant approved by someone at DHS or ICE) rather than a judicial warrant (i.e., a warrant signed off on by a judge or magistrate) stands on extremely shaky ground. No such ruling has ever come out of the Supreme Court, nor (to my knowledge) any federal District Court or Circuit Court of Appeal. Which is probably why they kept the memo under wraps. But who knows? This Roberts Court is extremely supportive of Trump and his agenda, so maybe it will bend the 4th Amendment to recognize the use of administrative warrants for home entries by ICE and other law enforcement. If it does, Americans had better be prepared for some serious abuses of that authority. Imagine giving a police department - ANY police department - authority to issue its own search warrants.
 

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NEVER FORGET



Have seen several comments from combat vets saying that this murder would land them all in jail if they did the same thing in Iraq/Afghanistan.


They were standing on their own property right outside the front door. Typical lib twisting a story to fit their agenda.
 
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OK, Ned. That's a pretty good post. And BTW, the reason we liberals on this Board may seem to pick on you is that you are virtually the only Trump supporter who truly engages in any meaningful way. Most of the rest of them simply say nothing, offer insults, limit their response to something like "You've got TDS" or "Go key a Tesla," etc.

The memo advising that entries into homes on the bases of an administrative warrant (that would mean a warrant approved by someone at DHS or ICE) rather than a judicial warrant (i.e., a warrant signed off on by a judge or magistrate) stands on extremely shaky ground. No such ruling has ever come out of the Supreme Court, nor (to my knowledge) any federal District Court or Circuit Court of Appeal. Which is probably why they kept the memo under wraps. But who knows? This Roberts Court is extremely supportive of Trump and his agenda, so maybe it will bend the 4th Amendment to recognize the use of administrative warrants for home entries by ICE and other law enforcement. If it does, Americans had better be prepared for some serious abuses of that authority. Imagine giving a police department - ANY police department - authority to issue its own search warrants.
ok, how about this, can immigration judge issue warrants? Trump just appointed 600 military jAG officers as immigration judges. He could just direct them to ride with ICe sign a warrant and required. Or doesn't the system work like that?

Who says I'm a trump supporter. I voted for him because I just couldn't vote for kamala. I like some of his policies and not some others. I have already expounded on this area other times, don't want to repeat it. Unlike some others I'm not a straight "follow the leader" person.
 

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ok, how about this, can immigration judge issue warrants? Trump just appointed 600 military jAG officers as immigration judges. He could just direct them to ride with ICe sign a warrant and required. Or doesn't the system work like that?

Who says I'm a trump supporter. I voted for him because I just couldn't vote for kamala. I like some of his policies and not some others. I have already expounded on this area other times, don't want to repeat it. Unlike some others I'm not a straight "follow the leader" person.

I think it's splitting hairs to reject the "Trump Supporter" label when you literally did that. But I get what you're saying.
 

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I bet this post angered some individuals. If one of them is a nutter, and tracks you down and kills you, we'll say it's because of what you did ... then we'll say you didn't deserve it, but it was your fault.

Makes sense?

No? That's because it's your own logic, and you're functionally special needs.

Sort of like with Charlie Kirk, amirite? He had to know that people might act crazy and violently if he went about trying to brainwash young people through debate parlor tricks ... this is exactly how you reacted to Charlie Kirk's death, right? He didn't deserve it, but it was his fault.
Over the line. Reported.
 

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I think it's splitting hairs to reject the "Trump Supporter" label when you literally did that. But I get what you're saying.
did what?

As I said, I'm significantly different than most of those on the board who see only their party positions as "truth". I support some Republican position and some I don't
 

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Over the line. Reported.

So, you're admitting that your own logic is over the line.

You're SO comfortable being an inhuman POS when it applies to others ... but as soon as it's you, or someone who you like ... your very own logic is now "over the line."

That should register in your noggin and get you to reflect on how you act and think ... but we know it won't.
 

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did what?

As I said, I'm significantly different than most of those on the board who see only their party positions as "truth". I support some Republican position and some I don't

Supported him in the past. An unenthusiastic vote counts that same as an enthusiastic vote. But like I said, I understand what you're saying.
 

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ok, how about this, can immigration judge issue warrants? Trump just appointed 600 military jAG officers as immigration judges. He could just direct them to ride with ICe sign a warrant and required. Or doesn't the system work like that?

Who says I'm a trump supporter. I voted for him because I just couldn't vote for kamala. I like some of his policies and not some others. I have already expounded on this area other times, don't want to repeat it. Unlike some others I'm not a straight "follow the leader" person.
1, IMHO, the most beneficial aspect of requiring that search warrants be issued by judges or magistrates is that they are independent or the agency seeking the warrant. Imagine having warrants being issues by administrative judges, which I interpret to mean judges who are employees of the agency which would be seeking their approval of said warrants? So if they don't approve a sufficient percentage of warrants, are they subject to discipline or removal? I realize that the military employs a system of Judge Advocate General ("JAG") officers. I don't pretend to know much about how the JAG Corps works. They are officers and they hold ranks, which makes them subordinate, I believe, to higher ranking non-attorney military officers, but I imagine that the military takes some pains to insulate the JAG Corps from influence by non-attorney military brass. If they did not, there would be little respect for the actions or decisions of military judges.

A second beneficial aspect of requiring that search warrants be issued by judges or magistrates is that judges and magistrates typically have a fairly good understanding of the law and the Constitution, and what constitutes "probable cause."

2. You obviously depart from most of the more ardent Trump Supporters on this Board, but I think it verges on guffaw inducing for you to maintain that you are not a Trump supporter.
 

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you know it's bad when other murderers break with this regime.


It is hilarious to me that the breaking point really did come over guns. MAGA could explain away the big government thing, they could explain away "resisting big government tyranny and overreach," they could explain away federal agents murdering citizens in cold blood, but once it became "he had a gun, so he deserved to die," other conservatives were NOT having it. The NRA speaking out against it probably helped.

Good to know where the line actually is with republicans in this country- guns.
 

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