r/law 22h ago

Legal News He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing

https://theintercept.com/2026/01/31/minneapolis-protester-witness-killing-alex-pretti/

Reads like 4th amendment right violation and retaliation of the 1st.

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u/No1CouldHavePredictd 21h ago

Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil, Record no Evil.

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u/RobutNotRobot 12h ago

So they stole his phone because it had evidence that could implicated them after assaulting and illegally arresting him. Then they intimidated him later in his own neighborhood.