A [cyber] acquaintance wrote this as a way of introducing the video on Facebook:
Before anyone writes one more comment on either side of this issue, please do one thing:
Watch this short video in its entirety.
Not a clip. Not a reaction. The whole thing.
This is one of the clearest, most legally informed analyses I’ve seen so far–offered by a man who lives in Minnesota, understands MN law, and refuses to reduce complex realities to simple slogans.
A few key takeaways (without spoilers):
Rights are not magic words that override circumstances.
Carrying a firearm raises responsibility; it does not expand entitlement.
Filming law enforcement does not include the right to interfere with an active operation.
Use of force is judged by reasonable perception in real time, not freeze-frame hindsight.
Law evaluates behavior in context, not abstract claims about rights.
Awfulness and lawfulness are not mutually exclusive.
Whether you lean left or right, emotional or analytical, pro-ICE or or anti-ICE–this video will challenge lazy thinking on all sides.
If you still disagree after watching it fully, fine. But at least we’ll be arguing from the same factual and legal framework instead of trading slogans.
The Pretti Case Exposes a Dangerous Lie
Everyone keeps repeating the same two claims about the Pretti shooting:
“He had a right to carry.”
“He had a right to film.”
Both statements are true.
And both are meaningless without context.
So even if this turns out to be a mistake to 1 degree or another, it likely won’t turn out to be a crime committed by the officers involved. And that’s because that’s the way it should be, because these officers and all officers must make split-second decisions in chaotic circumstances, which are created by the subjects they interact with.
Their decision to fire would never have been made if Preddy had maintained appropriate distance, not charged forward, complied with lawful orders, stopped resisting, and not maintained A threatening posture. He made those choices, which led to the officers making theirs.
So, the conversation becomes dishonest if it only asks, did Pretty have the right to do X? Instead of asking, did Pretty act in a way that someone with those rights is expected to act under the law? Because rights without responsibility aren’t liberty. They’re licensed for chaos.
Pretti was a left-wing activist who knew what he was getting himself into, not some Mother Theresa nurse who happened to be just a protester or legal observer. We know he was actually unemployed at the time of his death.
These people are unhinged, and Mr. Pretti died because of his own reckless actions.
A well funded group, texting with possibly even the Lt. Governor. Training manuals, roles, etc. Remember how they tried to show the Proud Boys had a network of communication for January 6?
At least two Democratic Minnesota state officials have been identified as administrators and dispatchers in the leaked chats. Minnesota state Rep. Brad Tabke coordinates the Scott County ICE Watch Signal chat, according to evidence showing he recruited people for patrol and dispatch shifts. Minnesota state Rep. Alex Falconer also participated in the chat and publicly admitted his role. “We’ve got a couple of groups on the app Signal that we would love for you to join,” Falconer told supporters at campaign stops. Amanda Koehler, a former campaign strategist for Gov. Tim Walz, has also been identified as an administrator. (PJ-MEDIA)
Amanda Koehler, former Walz staffer, MN State Senate candidate Anita Smithson, and Minneapolis politician David Snyder were all listed, with Koehler and Smithson serving as admins and Snyder as a dispatcher. (RED STATE)
Chaos in Minneapolis isn’t spontaneous — it’s organized, funded, and coordinated. Fox News reporting and leaked Signal chats expose a nationwide resistance movement targeting ICE agents, complete with training manuals, donor pipelines, and political connections. We break down the funding networks, community organizing playbook, and shocking ties to Minnesota officials the corporate media refuses to touch. This is the story behind the story.
“…we have no government, armed with power, capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams, first (1789–1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797–1801) President of the United States. Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, 11 October 1798, in Revolutionary Services and Civil Life of General William Hull (New York, 1848), pp 265-6.
It is still true that “if you don’t comply, you may die.” Yes, both Alex Pretti and Renee Good’s lives were preventable tragedies, but the rhetoric from Democrats and their assisting in other’s feeling righteous in breaking the law is the real story!
Megyn Kelly and Adam Carolla discuss, with some additions by RPT. The full Megyn Kelly Show is here at YOUTUBE
(My Facebook post from a few days ago)
Sheriff Grady of Florida says in his state 74% of the illegal immigrants that we’ve detained have had criminal charges against them. The other 26% were riding with them.”
Renee Good was a quasi-trained, anti-ICE protestor getting paid to impede ICE was the cause… having her narcissism fed by Leftist government rapidly led to her death:
Sanctuary states and cities will not allow ICE to detain and walk out of jail safely (handcuffed) a criminal illegal alien.
ICE then must dress in military type garb with bullet proof vests, more powerful weapons, a larger group of persons, to go and capture these criminal illegal aliens at a place of residence or work, where these criminal illegal aliens have access to weapons, they did not have in the jail setting. This requires more men and a possibility of collateral damage.
In the process of entering work and residence of stopping a car with the suspect, this is when non-criminal illegal aliens are often picked up. You know, the abuelas the left says they are so concerned about. If they wanted to give these grandmothers a chance to stay in the country, then hand over the criminal illegal aliens from jail.
In states that co-operate, these aliens are handed over peacefully to one or two ICE officers from jail. Another factor is if ICE, when going into neighborhoods to find the worst of the worst, if they have protestors blocking the way, police are called in to enforce basic traffic laws (yes, at the threat of impound… gasp). Another contributing factor that saves public lives in states that cooperate is that if ICE needs help, they can call 911, and the police respond. In “sanctuary” [for the criminals, not the taxpayers] states, the police are ordered to ignore such calls – making the public causal collateral damage.
Democrat politicians then say such actions – they created the environment for this to happen – are fascist, tyrannical, and should be fought against. In the case of Minnesota, to cover up billions stolen from the coffers of the American taxpayer.
Renee Nicole Good [who believed her state representatives that this is the Third Reich rising – ppl are dumb as bricks!], also, while being given clear orders from law enforcement to get out of her vehicle, put the car into reverse, then gassed it forward towards an officer who was walking around the vehicle. Miss Good’s “wife” egged her on to “drive, baby, drive.”
ALL OF THE ABOVE contributed to this woman committing many felonies throughout the day in her attempt to stop a legal action by law enforcement. That would not have happened if these Democrat politicians cared about their constituents. Well, their American constituents. Miss Good would most definitely still be alive if she was trying this in say, Alabama.
But the Left wants a boogieman, for political reasons — let’s hope the majority of the American public start saying no to such Marxian tactics.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, ICE did disarm Alex Pretti… and so this should have changed the direction of the officers in dealing with Alex Pretti. Also what needs to be said is Alex’s resistance, RATHER THAN COMPLYING, was the key contributing factor to any confusion. At that point “gun, gun” was being yelled, everyone may not have been seeing that he was disarmed, or, if he was reaching for a secondary weapon in the chaos during the yelling of “gun, gun.”
All this chaos – DEMOCRAT FOMENTED…
is the reason this is a tragedy. Add this into the mix:
Another officer removed the man’s sidearm, and then walked away, but it was discharged negligently (see for yourself).
The Sig P320 is notorious for doing, but typically only when dropped. That then triggered the other agents to think that the man on the ground, Alex Pretti, had begun shooting, so they neutralized the perceived threat.
If this is what happened, it’s an incredibly unfortunate accident in Minneapolis.
That does not matter however… Dems shouldn’t have propagandized, Minnesota should have cooperated, thus, Good and Pretti wouldn’t even have been there. LAST SAFETY CHECK? Don’t insert yourself into official law enforcement operations when your state officials fail you.
Which is why this “Twi-X” is so important. Not only would Mister Pretti and Misses Good be alive today [most probably] if my bullet points were the opposite, but they would also be alive if they hadn’t inserted themselves into an operation. Which makes these… “Awful But Lawful”
May be an awful shoot, but still lawful. — Eldest
LIKEWISE, if it weren’t for Biden letting in a minimum of 15-million illegal aliens, the innocent lives taken by illegals wouldn’t also be tragic!
Preventable tragedies:
Renee Good
Alex Pretti
Preventable tragedies:
Brianna Kelson
Karen Diamond
Billy McKellar
Zabar McKellar
Krishaun McKellar
Kason McKellar
Nicole Gregory
Larisha Sharell Thompson
Jimmy Friesenhahn
Ava Moore
Jorge Gonzalez
Aleksandre Modebadze
Jim McCammon
Camillia Williams
Lesbia Mileth Ramirez-Guerra
Ilias “Louie” Mavros
Adan Lopez Lorenzo
Matias Roblero Emanuel
Debrina Kawam
Grayson Christopher Davis
Angel Samaniego
Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno
Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno
Fraime Ubaldo
Marangely Moreno-Santiago
Tiger Gutierrez
Rylan Oncale
Taliyah Crochet
Melody Waldecker
Kaitlyn Weaver
Jocelyn Nungaray
Scott Miller
Matthew Carney
Anilson Mauricio Perez Gomez
Kristie Thibodeaux
Lauryn Ni’Kole Leonard
Laken Riley
Shannon Patricia Jungwirth
Mario Alberto Trejo Estrada
Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth
Riordan Powell
Melissa Powell
Travis Wolfe
Catalina Valdez Andrade
Merced Andrade Bailon
Ruperto Mondragon Salgado
Jario Hernandez-Sanchez
Carmen Unilda Navas Zuniga
Michael Kunovich
Diana Velazquez Alvarado
Julisa Molina Rivera
Jose Jonathan Casarez
Sonia Argentina Guzman
Daniel Enrique Laso
David Breaux
Karim Abou Najm
Matteo Garcia
Erpharo Gilbert
Limber Lopez Funez
Diane Hill Luckett
Maria Rios
Maris Mareen DiGiovanni
Brent Allan Hallett
Martin Iran Carreon Adame
Ned Byrd
Kayla Marie Hamilton
Sandra Vazquez Ceja
Victor Huerta
Terry Aultman
Brenda Aultman
Erin Simanskis
Rachel Morin
Ruby Garcia
George Levin
Lizbeth Medina
Maria Gonzalez
Aiden Antonio Torres De Paz
Luis Jocsan Nanez Lopez
Hallie Helgeson
Brady Heiling
Ivory Smith
Alex “AJ” Wise Jr.
Mustaffa Muhammad
Nicacio Hernandez Gonzalez
Jon Douglas Ratcliffe
Jacques Price
Amalia Coc Choc de Pec
Estrella Anastasia Pec Coc
Maricela Simon Franco
Christopher Gadd
Jeremy Poou-Caceras
Santiago Jacobo
Ni’Kole Leonard
Anjelica Guadelupe
Amaya Briceño
Aiden Clark
Kimberlee Guillory
Gloria Stephanie Palomec
Paul Osokin
Anya Varfolomeev
Jennifer Ann Morton
Dania Cruz-Mejia
Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno
Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno
Christopher Gadd
Dennis Buan
David Hang
Colby Brice Compton
Gretchen Gross
Crecensio Rosas De La Rosa
Corbin Wagner
Francisco Javier Cuellar
Douglas R. Cline
Isidro Cortes
Karina Torres
Moussa Fofana
Andi Lynn Blair
Cheston Edwards
Cindy Goulding
Evelyn Falcon
Miguel Ruiz
Francisco Zamora
Victoria Eileen Harwell
One group deliberately put themselves in danger by threatening police officers.
The other includes SOME of the actual victims—people who were harmed by illegal immigrants who aren’t supposed to be in our country at all.
Yet the left directs its outrage selectively, and the hypocrisy is both exhausting and morally bankrupt.
