A new video purportedly shows Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and damaging a government SUV days before he was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. The video does not alter the analysis of whether the fatal shooting was justified. However, it raises some obvious questions, including why Pretti was not previously arrested on multiple grounds. The videotape also contradicts the family’s account of the earlier encounter.
The new videotape shows a violent individual who forced the confrontation with officers. Pretti is shown screaming “f— you” repeatedly while flashing double middle fingers. A second tape shows him yelling “assault me Motherf—ker.” He then destroys the rear signal light and the surrounding area.
The attorney for the Pretti family, Steve Schleicher, issued a statement that:
“A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents. Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex’s killing at the hands of ICE on Jan 24.”
While some of us have objected that the videotape of the fatal shooting did not support initial claims of the Administration on Pretti threatening officers before the shooting, this video clearly does not support the claims of the family. Damaging the vehicle and spitting at officers are violent acts that are threatening to law enforcement. It was not a “violent assault,” but a justified takedown by officers. What is curious is the fact that Pretti was then let go by the officers.
Pretti should have been arrested and charged with a felony for damaging the vehicle and attacking officers. Since he was armed, he could have been charged with committing a felony in possession of a weapon.
I am mystified why Pretti was not arrested. He clearly damaged the car and appears to be resisting arrest. I fail to understand why the agents took him down but then failed to complete the arrest. It may be due to the mob that was forming. (Protesters bizarrely express surprise that the agents would move against a man who just damaged their vehicle).
Again, the videotape does not have bearing on the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the shooting. While it shows a history that may explain Pretti’s resistance before the shooting, the question is whether his actions created a belief that officers or others were in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. We still have to see the body cam footage to see what preceded an officer screaming “gun.” Many details still must be confirmed. Keep in mind, the question is not whether officers were right, but whether they were reasonable under the circumstances.
Here is the new videotape from the prior encounter:
. This is all the behavior of emotionally disturbed people. Minneapolis is a very serious sinkhole. It’s impossible to have legal elections. What is important is the money being siphoned off by States from federal sources.
People with emotional illness must have structured environments. Obviously Walz, horrible Ellison, awful Frey are just crooks protecting their fraud and drug traffic. It’s their economy.
Calif is the same. 100 year old Del Monte foods just went bankrupt. Oakland policemen are making half a million in overtime.
I heard Jesus rescues, saves. Maybe he’ll rescue some. I won’t hold my breath.
Republicans want to use public goods such as roads but whine like snowflakes when they have to pay for them. Republicans are the grifters who want something for nothing.
Huh? Grifters? Conservative pay our taxes. We just don’t want to pay extra taxes for your abortions, your illegal aliens to put additional wear and tear on our roads, and for your gender assigning surgical procedures for your children. suck it up buttercup and get a job. Your projection is duly noted
the top 1% pay 50% of the taxes
Hey, His name is Knucklehead. Stands for honesty
It’s Federal law that Federal funds cannot be used to pay for abortions and there is no gender assigning surgery for children in the USA.
Any extra wear and tear on the roads is paid for with gasoline taxes paid and it is for going to jobs that withhold taxes, including FICA and Medicare, which undocumented immigrants will never benefit from.
Who posted the video?
Trump junior did.
The Trump family has the resources to manufacture a convincing fake video.
The damage to the SUV looks as fake as can be.
This video is as real as this video of a killer whale destroying a yacht:
Spitting, that’s disgusting. Liberals are disgusting people. Remember during AIDS people were arrested for spitting on others as an attack with a deadly weapon.
If you really want to know if ICE and CBP are acting ethically, don’t ask those stinking Lefties. Ask the ICE and CBP agents themselves!!! Thankfully, The Partnership for Public Service did and published their results…
“My organization does not tolerate arbitrary action, favoritism, or political coercion against employees.” ICE: 18% agreed, CBP: 14.5% agreed.
“How confident are you that you can report a suspected violation of a law, rule or regulation without experiencing retaliation?” ICE 22.7%, CBP 17.9%
“My organization’s political leader maintain high standards of integrity.” CBP 21.2% agreed, ICE: 9.1% agreed.
Whoopsies. I’m sure Turley will discuss all of these findings in a future post given how fair and balanced her is.
link: https://ourpublicservice.org/press-release/new-partnership-for-public-service-survey-data-points-to-profound-loss-of-confidence-among-cbp-ice-employees-in-agency-leadership/
So the same ICE that the Left has been slandering as the Nazi Gestapo secret police did not arrest a left wing douche who spit at them and vandalized their vehicle?
They need to work on their Nazism skills. They’re not doing it right.
So true – of all the Nazis – ICE are the weakest Nazis. I mean the REAL Nazis weren’t afraid of showing their faces – they were proud of what they were doing! And the REAL Nazis went through rigorous physical training – I mean those guys were like vikings! These ICED-Nazis look a little doughy to me. Like – did it really need to take 8 guys to neutralize Alex Pretti? I feel like that’s a one REAL Nazi job. I bet you more than a handful of these ICED-Nazis are wearing their momma’s panties under all that camo. Hell – they had to get Bovino out of there probably cause he needed step stool to use a urinal. When will the REAL Nazis show up? That’s what we need.
So true. Doxers must have capital punishment imposed.
YES! THANK YOU!!!! I remember when Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address and an armed man showed up there. Capital punishment for all doxers. RIGHT ON!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-trump-posted-what-he-said-was-obamas-address-an-armed-man-was-arrested-there-prosecutors-say
Psssstttt…. how can you Doxx someone like Obama by allegedly posting his address – when it was already out in the public?
Matter of fact, Trump reposted a screenshot of his house that had the address on it, which was taken from a **2017** newsletter by Phyllis Schlafly.
you really suck at this.
“The [Trump] post was a 2017 Phyllis Schlafly newsletter screenshot listing the address in paragraph 23, which Trump shared without direct commentary but prosecutors identified as Obama’s home.[reddit +1]”
Congrats. You win the award for the lamest post of the day.
How can I get that 30 seconds back?
Keep your day job, pal. You lack talent for anything beyond a window server at the drive-through Wendy’s.
Joke’s on you, friendo – I’m the MANAGER of this here Wendy’s. I got promoted from window server last month. So suck it. All I’m asking for is some REAL MEN to show up in Minneapolis! Not these namby pamby girly-men that hide behind their little masks and are sensitive to all the whistles, carrying around paintball guns. I mean – Kyle Rittenhouse didn’t have any mask on! WHERE’s KYLE!!!! I know Kash Patel and Donald J TRUMP said you’re not allowed to bring guns to protests – but that ain’t right! We NEED MORE GUNS!
Hey Turley – in which part of the new Melania movie do you make your big cameo?
Contrary to the anonymous commenter below. Trump is doing more to tackle the housing affordability problem than any US president in history.
Overview: As of early 2026, the Trump administration is tackling housing affordability through a multi-pronged strategy focused on cutting regulations, restricting institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, and increasing housing supply, particularly on federal land. Key initiatives include, according to the The White House (.gov) and CNN reports, directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities to lower borrowing costs and proposing 50-year mortgages to reduce monthly payments.
Key strategies include:
– Restricting Institutional Investors: An executive order aims to stop large investors from buying single-family homes, aiming to increase available inventory for families.
– Cutting Regulations & Increasing Supply: The administration is pushing for deregulation to expedite construction, including developing housing on federal lands and encouraging zoning reforms at the state level.
– Lowering Borrowing Costs: The administration is utilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities, which is designed to lower mortgage rates and monthly payments.
– Innovative Mortgage Products: Proposals include the introduction of 50-year, low-interest mortgages and “portable mortgages” that allow homeowners to take their current, lower-rate mortgage with them when moving.
– Anti-Competition Oversight: The Department of Justice and FTC are tasked with reviewing the impact of large investors on the single-family rental market.
– These efforts are supported by an executive order designed to provide emergency price relief to families The White House (.gov)
OldManFromKS,
Yep. My daughter just bought her, new, second home. Contrary to unpopular belief, it is possible to get into the home ownership game. You just have to work hard, save your money for a down payment, have good credit. It also helps if your choice for a college degree is something marketable and not some nonsense DEI like degree.
OldManFromKS,
Then there is this, Bank Of America, JPMorgan Chase To Match $1,000 Contributions To Children’s Accounts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/bank-of-america-jpmorgan-chase-to-match-1000-contributions-to-childrens-accounts-5977493?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge
What other president has launched a program like that to invest in your child’s future? I am looking at it for a near and dear friend for her son. We may even contribute to it.
My daughter is having her baby induced tomorrow. Even though she did not vote for Trump, would not vote for Trump, or will not likely vote for any conservative, she will gladly take him up on the offer and contribute to the fund.
My wife and I will also add our $2500 a year to the account, as well. It’s a great idea, but in true DumboCrat fashion… Every single Democrat objected to it.
They would much prefer their constituents start government assisted childcare Learing Facilities.
There are already education savings accounts. This is Trump buying support with Federal tax dollars.
By the time they are ready for college that $1000 will be worth about $15,000, or less than 2 quarters at most colleges today. By the time those getting the money now are ready for college, it’s possible that won’t pay for the text books for the first year.
What this actually is for is to inflate the stock market prices to be harvested by the 1%.
In the America of the U.S. Constitution, government has absolutely nothing to do with affordability. Free people make things affordable by getting an education and a job to earn the level of compensation they are capable of and desire. The only thing the government does per the Constitution is ensure the freedom to “pursue happiness.” Free market competition makes things affordable or not. You are free to start a company that produces products with affordable prices. Go do it. Enjoy. Under the Communist Manifesto, prices are dictated. Perhaps you are confused, or perhaps you could cite the Constitution for government-implemented “affordability.” Freedom and self-reliance—that’s the ticket.
Fifty-year mortgages, which by any measure would double or even triple the loan amount? Yeah…….yeah – that sounds like a Trump plan for sure.
Git outta here! go on git! varmits!
what a boob
Trump comments today at cabinet meeting:
“Trump: “People that own their homes — we’re gonna keep them wealthy. We’re gonna keep those prices up. We’re not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn’t work very hard can buy a home.”
So let’s think about this.
He wants to keep housing prices up.
Inflation is the primary driver of the increasing prices of housing, so clearly he is saying he wants to see inflation increasing.
Trump to young people hoping to afford a home in the near future: Tough sh!t
Trump to America: I got mine, the rest of you can f**k off.
Trump always works to protect the wealthy, never the working class.
Literally zero compassion for anybody who isn’t “wealthy”. If you aren’t “wealthy” then you didn’t work very hard.
There are plenty of Americans working multiple jobs just to make rent and will never be able to afford a down payment.
Sounds to me he’s adding them to his suckers-and-losers list
Sounds to me like the Republicans don’t expect to be facing an election any time soon.
This raid on the voting center in Georgia is obviously the beginning of a plan to cancel elections and seize power by force.
^ Trump derangement syndrome ^
Is TDS a bona fide psychiatric condition, yet? 🤪
shriek commie shriek! I love it!
They can thank Bill Clinton for, Alan Greenspan and Franklin Raines. Glass-Stegall Act, Derivative mortgages and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. $38 Trillion, DOGE, now where did we leave our common sense? I saw illegals with a landscape company get qualified for a $500K mortgage. Do some research fool.
You saw them get qualified?
Sounds like hardworking people with a landscaping company. Why would they no qualify?
Ignorance prevails on the left of this country. Trump is making your life better while making it more difficult for those who abuse the law, like illegals. Let’s look at what leftist Democrats do when they get into office. Spanberger is placing a tax on dog walkers. Do rich people earn their living walking dogs? No. The tax, like many others, she suggests, places the heavy weight of government on the backs of those who can least afford it and are trying to improve their lives. These policies hit gig workers, service workers, and small operators hardest. Higher taxes, more regulation, and inflationary spending always fall first on low-income Americans, while the political class remains insulated from the consequences.
It’s not the basic Trump policies that hurt the middle class. It is the left that likes to spend your money, yet you don’t recognize that.
So true. There is no constitutional mandate for citizens to give their money to other lazy parasites who won’t take care of themselves.
Scarcity is the primary driver of housing prices. Zoning laws to lock in current housing prices is a near second.
“I am mystified why Pretti was not arrested. He clearly damaged the car and appears to be resisting arrest. I fail to understand why the agents took him down but then failed to complete the arrest.”
I assume the agents knew that, even if they did arrest that POS, he’s be back on the streets as soon as the Democrat judicial system could turn him loose, so they chose to complete the mission they were on.
Anyway, all’s well that ends well.
There’s one less violent domestic terrorist on the streets of MN.
Tampon Timmy’s attempt to distract from his role in the massive Somali fraud isn’t working, so he announce he would never run for public office again… hoping that will make the feds happy and they’ll leave him alone.
Nope.
Good to see that Tom Homan will be making sure many more violent domestic terrorists will be dealt with while he’s there.
“I am mystified why Pretti was not arrested.”
Don’t stop there. Why aren’t the Constitution and Bill of Rights supported and enforced? Social Security, Medicare, and the whole damn communist American welfare state are unconstitutional per Article 1, Section 8, and the absolute 5th Amendment right to private property.
The Supreme Court held that Social Security is constitutional in Helvering v Davis (1937).
Why bother with pesky facts when you have a narrative to promote? The guy you were responding to is literally a talking points parrot.
Not an original thought that has come from his tiny mind.
Social security is a tax that the government can spend to finance other expenditures by investing in Treasury securities. The interest the individual may have gained from retaining those funds can be seen in the reduced interest of government payments, which would have involved interest payments on loans. There are no property rights to social security because the government can take it away at a whim, and they likely will to the recipients of the future.
This rage push piece is just Turley’s way of avoiding the hugely illegal fbi seige of election ballots in Georgia until he gets his talking points assigned to him.
gigi, Turley does not need an “assignment” to reflect his learned and professional stance or opinion on things.
But you, apparently, do need all the lefty rags to read before you can put together your “smelly slop” (your words) because you cannot come up with your own stance or opinions, just lift from what you read.
Gigi hasn’t been around in quite awhile, chin.
oh, that’s gigi alright, just hiding behind a new moniker, chin.
Turls is a dead giveaway
How is it illegal when a judge signed off on the search warrant? Or is this just a demonstration of your complete lack of knowledge of the law?
FBI searches Fulton County election hub more than 5 years after Georgia 2020 election probe began
“The FBI is conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity. No other information is available at this time,” the FBI told Just the News. A separate, high-level official confirmed to Just the News that the FBI search was in connection to a criminal probe linked to the 2020 election.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/fbi-searches-fulton-county-election-hub-over-5-years-after-georgia-2020
It also provides a smoke-screen for violating the mandate from Congress to release all the Epstein files and a report about the reasons for all of the redactions.
Ha! Yeah noticed the right wingers putting this out as their demented sort of proof that this guy deserved to die. Trumpism has brought that sort of bloodlust and it’s clear Turls is the sort of idiot with no qualms about whipping it up.
I lived in NY when it was a common to see at least a couple interactions a day between cabbies and pissed off bike messengers like this. And people in Minneapolis are pissed these days…rightfully so.
Absolutely no reason this guy should’ve been murdered in cold blood a week later.
^ Chinese Communist Party paid troll. Ignore. ^
Thanks for reading!
Why did you guys encourage him to fight ICE while you stood back? That’s the commie way!
Where does one sign up for this employment?
He should’ve been fired from federal employment like the sandwich guy within half a week. Then he’d be pounding the pavement healthily today.
“I MEAN, IS THIS A FORT SUMTER?”
– Gov. Tim Walz
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Emphatically no!
Trump Always Chickens Out!
You can’t prosecute a civil war against a chicken!
Rewrite your comment. Makes no sense.
I’ll rewrite it for those of you in Rio Linda.
Mayor Frey and Governor Walz just won the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Americans are in full retreat.
Trump’s MAGA revolution, Trump’s civil war, is over before it even starts.
MACA—Make America Communist Again.
even if what you say is true, then the ‘win’ is only by DEFAULT. not worth much, is it?
Be careful not to count your chickens before they hatch! 🐣
America has never been a communist nation and there will be alot of dead Communists in the attempt to ever do so.
Yes! I’m going with Trump is always right, and he said:
“America will never become a socialist country.”
and he is 100% right. never. sorry commie, oh and by the way, commie-ism ain’t doin to well lately..Thank You President Trump! JUST what I voted for! Knock ’em down!
Bovino is out and mealy mouthed Homan is trying to cover Trump’s “bridge too far.”
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AI Overview
Based on reports from late January 2026, there has been a major shakeup in the leadership of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration, with
several key officials removed or reassigned.
Gregory Bovino Removed: As of January 27, 2026, Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief who became a prominent face of the administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, was removed from his role leading operations in Minneapolis. This followed backlash over deaths involving immigration officers in the city.
Tom Homan Takes Over: Border Czar Tom Homan was deployed to take over ICE operations in Minnesota in late January 2026, acting as the “main point of contact on the ground”.
Acting Director Under Pressure: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons was ordered by a federal judge in Minnesota to appear in court in January 2026 to explain the agency’s failure to comply with detention hearing orders.
Widespread Reassignments: The shake-up has included the reassignment or departure of multiple top officials across the country, including in field offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and others.
These changes stem from intense pressure from the Trump administration to increase the pace of deportations and arrests.
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Google
TACO
What does taco mean in Trump?
Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after many threats and reversals during the trade war U.S. president Donald Trump initiated with his administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
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Multiple RINOs have caved taking Trump with them.
Trump is over.
America is over.
MACA – Make America Communist Again
^ Soros-paid troll. Ignore. ^
No, an actual right-wing conservative (i.e. just like the Founders) who thinks Trump actually turns out to be a left-wing liberal.
An actual right-wing conservative (i.e. just like the Founders) who has waited a lifetime to enjoy the extreme conservatism of the Constitution and the American Founders.
It is clear now that it (i.e. the America of the Constitution) is lost and gone forever because there is no resolve to oppose the communists the way they must be opposed.
Is there a link to employment with Soros?
Pam Bondi may want to study former DOJ Attorney General John Mitchell.
Mitchell served years in federal prison for disloyalty to his Oath of Office.
Bondi may want to watch the tv series “Gaslit” pertaining to Mitchell’s disloyalty leading up to former AG going to federal prison.
I agree! Pam should be rolling out the indictments and arresting ALL involved in 2020 election fraud, seditious conspiracy and treason and fully back Trump in his own version of Eisenhowers Operation Wet Back. There will be true carnage in the streets before another POS Socialist Democrat contaminates the Whitehouse ever again. That is clearly evident.
Yada, yada, yada!
“rolling out the indictments and arresting ALL”
But they don’t.
He who hesitates is lost.
Trump is lost.
And yet, you are over here obsessing over Donald Trump.
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
I only wish the commercial real estate rent was as cheap as the rent between your ears is proving to be.
I’m obsessing over Trump’s timidity, acquiescence, failure to immediately flush the overflowing toilet, and put America squarely back on the Constitution of 1789, MaM!
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“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in [America] anymore”
– Dorothy Gale
“You’re judging Pretti based on one video showing him expressing anger”
Nah, i’m gonna judge Pretti’s actions based upon the mosaic that’s being knit together about him.
1) He belonged to the anti-ICE signal group to be alerted to when ice was engaged in a nearby operation to him. Based upon the manuals being distributed by said group, a part of their role was to impede lawful law-enforcement operations, which carries a felony with it.
2 We know from this particular video he was the instigator of the hostilities, while also spitting on and kicking a law-enforcement vehicle.
Both carry felonies with it. Add a third felony to the charges for carrying a concealed weapon while committing a felony.
3 In the case of the shooting death, we know he didn’t have his ID or permit to carry a concealed weapon on him, which is a criminal violation in itself.
Bottom line, ‘birds of feather, flock together. Show me your company, and I’ll show you who you are’.
His own actions destroy the argument that he was nothing more than a peaceful protester. And judging by the fact he willingly strapped up before going out both times being discussed, it’s easy to say that peaceable protest was not his only objective.
Just because you can carry a concealed firearm doesn’t mean you should, especially when you volunteer to impede lawful immigration enforcement actions, simply because you disagreed with them.
Question for you… Did you graduate high school, or did you settle for a GED?
“In the case of the shooting death, we know he didn’t have his ID or permit to carry a concealed weapon on him, which is a criminal violation in itself.”
WE know no such thing. ICE has a motive to toss that evidence the first second they had the chance.
I don’t know what Democrats want agents to do. The fact is federal agents are doing the best they can while still doing there jobs. Most of the people they detain are just given a time out for a few hours and are released with out charges. If these were some kind of “nazi thugs,” like Democrats claim they would be charging everyone. On top of it, if they are going to detain you fighting them or resisting is dumb. You risk the chance that you do something stupid and could be injured, catch a real charge, or lose your life. When protestors really believe in a cause they are willing to go to jail/be detained for it, but when you resist and try to fight you lose any moral high ground you think you have.
Doing the best they can? More like doing their jobs in the most incompetent way they can. Couple that with undertrained and poorly vetted recruits and you have a recipe for disaster and it turns out that is what has been transpiring. That is why people are angry and are protesting the tactics and wanton violations of people’s constitutional rights. Particularly the 4th amendment. Being arrested because they don’t like being filmed, or getting insulted and released without charges “a few hours later” is exactly why we have the 4th amendment.
So all that reads like pure bs george. Try harder to use facts.
Gotta state, you obviously do not know the legal applicability of the 4th A.
“Couple that with undertrained and poorly vetted recruits and you have a recipe for disaster and it turns out that is what has been transpiring”.
(((((((YAWN))))))
at least if you were going to regurgitate the talking points of others, you would take the time to research if you were being fed truth, lies, or half truce and half lies.
I’m guessing it doesn’t matter, as long as it furthers your preferred narrative.
FACT: here’s what we know about the background and training of Jonathan Ross, who was the one who rightfully shot Good:
18 years between ICE and border patrol.
Served in Indiana Army National Guard (2002-2008), deploying to Iraq (Nov 2004-Nov 2005) as a machine gunner on combat patrols with the 138th Signal Battalion; earned Army Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and others.[wbur +2]
Training includes Border Patrol academy (learned Spanish), firearms instructor, active shooter instructor, field intelligence officer, and SWAT team member (St. Paul Special Response Team); also on FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
One of the officers that shot Pretti Served eight years in border patrol, but the entire thing could’ve been avoided if trained crowd control officers were provided by the Minneapolis Police Department
Based upon your inability to regularly construct coherent sentences, I’m gonna guess Mr. Ross was far more trained to perform the duties of his job than you are trained to collect your unemployment check iand section 8 vouchers on a monthly basis.
Thank you! Despite your being able to provide these idiots with facts, I’ll bet not one of them will believe you.
However, even after looking at the videos, they will go on believing Pretti was a quiet, hardworking ICE nurse who wouldn’t hurt a soul.
You’re looking at it all wrong.
You can be hostile to your enemies one minute while being friendly towards your friends the next.
He didn’t hurt anyone. It’s a car. It doesn’t have feelings. It doesn’t belong to the agents inside of it.
MichaelM
Your description of your training is all well and good, BUT that is not what is happening NOW.
Training has been cut from 20 weeks to 8 weeks in an effort to push agents out onto the streets.
https://www.startribune.com/thousands-of-new-ice-agents-are-on-patrol-are-they-sufficiently-trained/601565505
Standards have also been lowered and recruits are not being vetted. Some have failed drug tests, others have convictions for violent crime such as strong arm robbery.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-ice-recruits-showed-training-full-vetting-rcna238739
“Standards have also been lowered . . .”
When did the Left become a fan of standards?
For four years, you had a potted plant as “president.”
Missing from Ross’s background is civilian crowd control experience. We know that he failed, twice, to follow the ICE directive to not attempt to stop a vehicle from fleeing, particularly by standing in front of it when the only reason to do so was because they were leaving the scene. If he was properly trained he would know that directive. I think he did, but was looking for an excuse to shoot someone and went out of his way to manufacture that excuse.
I would like to see you go thru their training and then spending one hour on the Minneapolis streets.
Go back to the small groups of CBP agents in the blue windbreaker jackets and the training they had then. I don’t recall any CBP agents getting shot at, nor any CBP agents having road rage incidents that devolved into murdering American citizen, nor any large protest the way that the current thug-life paramilitary kick and grab mass raids that violate the 4th Amendment are doing.
Everyone know x is a communist and could care less about any human rights, only his master’s commands.
Congratulations !!!!
You win the prize for the stupidest comment of the day !!!!!
You seem to have no problem with what ICE agents are doing, and then make this utterly absurd comment:
“Most of the people they detain are just given a time out for a few hours and are released with out charges.”
So what you are saying is that ICE agents are simply rounding up and detaining EVERYONE for hours while they try to figure out whether to charge any of them, and then releasing most of them without charges.
I presume you would have no objection if YOU were one of those detained for hours without being charged.
This behavior is the very definition of illegal thuggery by a police force that is not accountable to the rule of law.
Congrats: you win a prize for the stupidest response of the day.
You rightfully pointed out his comment about herding people up and releasing them shortly after without charges was misguided and unfounded.
However, you took a claim that you called the stupidest comment of the day… And then used it as proof that their behavior amounted to illegal thuggery by a police force that is not accountable to the rule of law.
You: “This behavior is the very definition of illegal thuggery by a police force that is not accountable to the rule of law.”
If it’s a stupid comment That didn’t produce false imprisonment, then how can illegal thuggery occur?
BTW, when did you, or anyone on the left, suddenly become concerned about accountability to the rule of law?
Isn’t that why we are here in the first place?
I could’ve sworn that senile Joe and his leftist henchman just opened the turnstile gates at the border, all while ignoring the rule of our immigration law… While folks like you stayed more quiet than a church mouse about ignoring the rule of law?
Do you even hear yourself talking, or are you just robotically condition to regurgitate the vapid talking points shared by your fellow teammates and media overlords?
Pro tip: Check the refund policy from your high school, as they badly failed you.
MichaelM
I presume then, that you would have no complaints if YOU were one of those who were “herded up and released” as you so aptly put it.
Catch and release spreads the trauma and allows a significant record to be made without the hassle of proving the arrest was supportable in court. Blinding people, permanently disabling people, and killing people without the task of standing before a judge and justifying it is the minimum effort.
I can’t think of a single lefty narrative that has survived as facts come out. Even traitor Walz has waved the white flag and turned against the minnesota communist revolution.
Those in high positions on the Left know this. The lie serves a political purpose, and most of the Left’s base never hears the facts that come out later on. As for Walz, he likely realizes he is guilty in the massive fraud scheme going on in Minneapolis and he’s more likely to escape criminal punishment if he goes back to private citizen status, IMO.
Disclaimer: I had little to no knowledge of who Charlie Kirk was until his death.)
Point I make: However, when Kirk was killed, there was almost immediate negative commentary and media coverage discrediting his worth (‘vile bigot,” “wacko” “rightwing extremist,” “hateful rhetoric”). I learned more about him from the criticism tarnishing his memory than from the lauds.
Conversely, I regret that it took this long for the new video to be released, -several days after the Church of the Public and the media had already canonized Alex Pretti. I learned more about him from this than family statements and prior media coverage.
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Lin,
Quite right.
I just watched a video on X where a CNN talking head claimed Pretti was the man you would want your daughter to date or be the kind of man you would want your son to grow up to be.
Well this aged incredibly poorly https://t.co/TBRPcVurG6
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) January 28, 2026
Ah, no. After watching this video, I would want my daughter to stay the heck away from that guy.
He should of taken his own parents advice and not engage with LEOs.
You forget to add, all liberals are liars.
You’re judging Pretti based on one video showing him expressing anger. The negativity towards Charlie Kirk is based on multiple videos and statements over a long period of time. Kirk did indeed make bigoted and racist comments and supported his views by defending them.
Those on the right are trying mighty hard to demonize or smear Pretti’s character based on ONE video. Especially after the White House, Kristi Noem, Bovino, and MIller immediately accused Pretti of being a domestic terrorist, an assassin, and someone who was planning a massacre because he had a legal weapon on him. Clearly there are distinct differences between the to incidents.
You’re such a putz X. It’s embarrassing reading your comments. Although, you have provided the foundation that Pretti was subject to fits of uncontrollable rage. That is not the signature of a mentally and emotionally stable person, a legal requirement for a concealed weapon permit. That along with his association with the felonious chat group engaging in a seditious conspiracy truly reveals the addled nature of his persona. Se pues’!
Silly commenter. You actually read george’s junk?
Hey, where’s bobbyhull, he’s a big fan of georges’.
Bull Hobby
It’s only embarrassing to read the comments from X if you have to sound out the longer words.
Also, if it was uncontrollable rage, why didn’t he pull the gun and start killing ICE officers? Seems to me like he was very much in control of his emotions and simply wanted to encourage ICE to leave the area. Not nearly the damage that shooting someone in the face from close range with a so-called rubber bullet; crushing their eyesocket and obliterating the eye, the way that ICE agents have expressed themselves.
It’s against the law to carry a weapon without having your ID and gun permit with you. Pretti had neither. There was a reason he didn’t bring them.
He did the same thing in the video from 2 weeks earlier in his attack and interference of a law enforcement officer performing a law enforcement action (both of those actions are also illegal).
If CNN had only done what a legitimate journalism news source should do, and that is run the complete tape. Pretti also had his weapon on him at the time. It was tucked into the back of his pants. You can clearly see it, and it was also said by the news person that Pretti also had his weapon on him at that time.
Pretti thought he was a badass. He wasn’t…he was just plain stupid!
cramirez17356,
“Pretti thought he was a badass.”
With three, 21-rounds a magazine, he sure did Rambo up. Heck, when I was in Afghanistan, if I needed more than 17 rounds I was in serious trouble and needed to call in a arty mission or CAS. And a pistol against long guns? That is some serious Hollywood John Wick mentality right there.
When you were in Afghanistan, you were part of the reason the US lost that war.
@lin
Neither did I, and I disagree with at least half of his beliefs (I am not a religious conservative, I find that abhorrent), but he did it peacefully, without confrontation, and at the least in good faith; though I think he was incredibly naive, and at least a little bit ignorant. But we are talking about college campuses where everyone is green, and that at least fits the milieu he was in.
He was killed for it. In cold blood. For being peaceful, if sometimes wrong. That tells me all I need to know, as someone that dealt with actual Nazi groups 40 years ago. The modern left are no longer a party, they are a disease. There is no longer any way to phrase it. I know some of the voters have just been mislead and are good people, but whether they see it or not, again: the modern, global left, is a disease. Nothing they represent is good for anyone. They are insane.
James: Good comment, and I agree that it appears Kirk will at least be remembered for inviting and engaging others in polemic debate (whether we would agree or disagree with his conclusions), rather than punching out ICE tail lights and spitting on the vehicle’s passengers.
@lin
Precisely, and the contrast is stark. Kirk was a pacifist.
He was spitting on the vehicle. Not the passengers. There is no evidence showing any spitting landed on anyone. That would be important if charges were filed. It’s very likely Pretti would not have been charged with a felony based on what the video shows.
It just shows a very justifiably angry man. ICE has earned the reputation it deserves because of its conduct. Even Italians furious at the idea of ICE agents on their soil. ICE has become so toxic it may not be around long or may need to be re-branded as something else.
Just rewatched the video he was trying to spit on the ICE agent. He missed in his fit of anger. Think someone acts like that in public should have a gun or be a nurse? Be afraid he is the type who would do harm to someone for supporting ICE.
I might be able to give your comments some credence if they were supported by some objective evidence.
How do you know Pretti was “angry” and not “insane”. How do you know if Pretti’s emotions were justified without knowing what his true emotions were?
You state “Even Italians are furious at the idea of having ICE agents on their soil.” Do we now have ICE agents in Italy?
A TikTok video claimed ICE planes dropped deportees from the U.S. into the ocean after shackled bodies began washing up over the course of a month in the Balearic Sea off the coast of Majorca. Authorities suspect they were “irregular” West African migrants who were dispatched by their smugglers.
However, the video’s unsupported claims went viral with those who support unfettered immigration in Europe. ICE agents are going to the Winter Olympics in Milan and there are calls to boycott the World Cup.
Trump said he would send ICE agents to Italy. The Italians were furious at the idea.
“At the idea” is the functional part of the statement. Not “at the current time.” See the difference?
a year from now ICE is still around still the same name you go to admit you were wrong or just run and hide like you always do?
clown his first spit was at the passengers. Then he tried to collect saliva in his mouth and spat a second time at the car
(which was cut abbreviated out on the posted video you have to watch the whole thing
“He was spitting on . . .”
Your daily lie (by omission). Feel better, now?
Kirk will be remembered for making bad-faith arguments and steering towards areas of discussion that depended on vague interpretations of the Bible, though often without supplying the original Greek of the New Testament nor an appreciation for the Hebrew version of the Old Testament, instead depending on a biased translation of intermediaries looking to fine tune the appeal to gullible believers.
Most all conservatives will be remembered by bigots like you in a negative light, so your take is to be expected.
Kirk met face to face with his detractors to engage in civil debate.
Not only do you lack the guts to even attempt to do something like that, but you clearly lack the intellectual firepower to even put your bigoted positions out there for public scrutiny.
Just to note…Charlie Kirk was NOT racist, bigot, or any of the names he has been called. Those clips are completely taken out of context, as well as “cut and paste”.
These are methods being used to propagate propaganda and manipulate people.
James,
I too did not agree with Kirk on all points, me not being the religious type. But I do feel he made honest efforts to engage and debate. But as we have seen many a times, when the leftists tried to debate him, their points or side failed before the facts he brought to the table. You could see it in their eyes when he trumped their feelings with facts. And that is what got him killed.
I agree with you about the modern left. They are a cancer in the Democrat party that needs to be given the boot. Bill Maher has been pointing out the stupid and crazy of the leftists for years.
You can feel about Kirk what you want to, but an even passing analysis of his multiple efforts would identify the elements of a bad-faith technique that is not a search for some truth, but manipulation of the discussion from whatever the other person was speaking on into some predefined arena that is literally not debatable.
Mainly it was to find some passage in the Bible from which Kirk would conclude “that’s what the Bible says.” That’s not a debatable point. It could be debatable that some passage was relevant, but the Bible is not a singular unassailable authority on any subject, so reliance on it in a discussion ends the debate as the participant who refers to it has stopped participating.
Calling the modern left a disease is very similar to the language the Nazis used before exterminating Jews.
I recall with some pride what America did to Nazis.
Practically speaking, most of the criticism of Kirk was merely quoting what Kirk had said. Did you learn that he had been getting some $80 Million a year from conservative backers as the primary source of income for his campus tours and was upset that, after saying the slaughter in Gaza was a bad thing that one of his backers, a Zionist, was going to pull $20 Million in annual funding? That his campus tours were to groom college students into supporting conservatism?
Professor, you ask why Pretti was not previously arrested on multiple grounds. The answer should be obvious. With local law enforcement refusing to assist, even to the degree of simply keeping the multitude of “protesters” and the agents apart from each other, the agents overwhelminly have their hands full trying to perform their assigned duties while at the same time trying to keep all those “protesters” at bay, including those acting like Pretti. That is the whole point of both the “protesters” and those who are ordering local law enforcement to hold back – to prevent the agents from doing their duty. They couldn’t even secure the scene after Pretti was shot because local law enforcement allowed the “protesters” to swarm the scene and contaminate it before the agents could properly process it. All these people – the “protesters”, those who are coordinating and funding them, and the local and state politicians including those in charge of local law enforcement – all are doing everything they can to prevent the agents from doing anything to enforce immigration law. That is why Pretti was not previously arrested like he should have been. If the failure to arrest Pretti contributed to his death days later, it is not the fault of the agents. It is the fault of those people – insurrectionists all of them, including Pretti – who are determined to obstruct ICE to prevent them from enforcing federal law.
. Yup, Minneapolis is endoparasitic.
In his comment Turley wrote “I am mystified why Pretti was not arrested.”
I am ssurprised that Turley is mystified in light of the clear presence of
lawfare and two-tier justice in politically blue areas
Mystified you say? You don’t have his legal knowledge and experience, that’s why.
You pompous fool.
And his supposedly being perturbed about 1/6.
He is perturbed by 1/6 because the Left continues to repeat propaganda that 1/6 was an insurrection. It was not. Trump NEVER encouraged his supporters to attack the Capitol. Trump encouraged his supporters to “march peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol”.
If you think the Jan 6th Committee had any credence, maybe you should know they used a CBS film producer to cut and paste the film to advance their narrative. Then, after being given a subpoena to retain all their evidence and material, the Jan 6th Committee conveniently deleted them.
Google the Fed law regarding insurgency, and you will see it contains approx 90% of the actions being done by the Leftist puppets and the creatins doing their biddjng.
He’s not perturbed at all by 1|6… or he would have protested the shooting of an unarmed woman at the hands of a law-enforcement officer inside the capital who was not under eminent danger from her. Instead, all we heard from the left was that Ashli Babbit deserved it
They were in imminent danger from the massed mob of people that Ashli was leading into the room.
It wasn’t an insurrection. It was a failed attempt to install a dictator.
Turley was most likely mystified because he grew up in a time when the law meant something. The law was respected.
These creatins, as well as these puppet politicians, would’ve never gotten away with what they now do.
Mr. Turley is a man with high moral values. When you’ve grown up and lived your life with high moral values and respect for the law, it’s unfathomable to think any rational human being could act as they do.