He put his body between federal thugs and a woman they had assaulted and knocked down, then bent down to help her to her feet. The thugs then ejected pepper spray into his face from inches away, forced him to the pavement and beat his head with the spray container.
He was prone on the pavement with seven federal thugs holding him down, his face being pressed to the ground, when federal thugs pumped ten bullets into his back and body, and fled.
Politicians by and large used their usual flat cliches in characterizing and criticizing this action. It took an NBA player, Tyrese Haliburton, to say it plainly: "Alex Pretti was murdered."
It was an act of horrific, immense and cowardly brutality in Minneapolis, followed by the usual comprehensive lies by Chaos officials and their Republican enablers in Washington, that will echo through history, a stain on the name of the United States of America. Its echo will remain loud this week, this year.
For relevant news on this as of Sunday, read Heather Cox Richardson's 1/25 post on Substack.

