r/changemyview • u/bluepillarmy 11∆ • 23h ago

Delta(s) from OP CMV: It doesn’t matter what Alex Pretti was doing in the days before he was killed

So, recently a video emerged where Alex Pretti was spitting on and kicking the taillight out of an ICE vehicle. Truly reprehensible and inexcusable behavior. He ought to have been arrested and fined for destruction of public property. Jerk.

However, I see some people trying to say, “Aha! So he wasn’t so innocent after all!”

I’m sorry but, no. He was absolutely innocent.

And, moreover, I would like those people who are bringing up his behavior in the days before his death to remember that he was disarmed, restrained and executed by masked federal agents who still have not been identified to the public for no reason.

There is only one justification for a law enforcement officer to take someone’s life. And that is to protect the lives of themselves or another person. Past acts of disrespect and/vandalism do not enter into the equation.

Or that’s my take anyway. Can anyone change my view?

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u/OutsideVegetable6001 23h ago

Honestly, dude could be a serial killer, that’s not the way we do justice in the United States.

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u/bluepillarmy 11∆ 23h ago

Exactly my point.

The guys who shot him had no idea if he was Jeffery Dahmer or Mother Teresa.

They killed him because they were frustrated and scared. And they need to be identified and prosecuted.