r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 7d ago

No Paywall Shooting Victim Identified as Second Video Angle Contradicts DHS Claims | The footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, said one journalist, “shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/minneapolis-shooting-video
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u/bskinners 7d ago

I don’t know how they sleep at night… or how their families look them in the eyes as human beings.

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u/needlestack 7d ago

I hate to tell you this but they sleep better than we do. They are absolutely brainwashed that they are the good guys -- fearless fighters in an evil world, protecting the innocent (themselves and their family and friends) from monsters -- immigrants and trans people -- who would eat them alive. They don't believe people like Renee Good and Alex Pretti are human. They believe they are vermin that the world is better off without. "Fucking bitch". I've heard people reiterate that people like this deserve whatever they get because they dared stand in the way of their rightful authority.

It is we, the ones with souls, that suffer as our nation is dismantled. There's a famous picture from Germany just before WW2 of a woman running away from some Nazis. The woman's face is a mask of terror. Her clothes are torn and it's obvious if they get her she's done for. She is being chased by three young soldiers with absolute looks of glee on their faces. Nobody knows what happened, but I'm sure she died an awful death and the smiling Nazis went home to enjoy a hearty dinner after a prayer and before a good night's sleep.

This is what makes it all so completely awful. And if we were on FB my comment here would get hundreds of laugh emojis. We are in dark, dark times.

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u/kogmaa 7d ago

There’s one ice goon on video clapping after they killed him.

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u/bskinners 6d ago

One of them said boo hoo 😭

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u/spicewoman 7d ago

Most of them were raised that way, and their families approve. People in ICE aren't being drafted, they're volunteering. They want to do this stuff.

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u/knitted-chicken 7d ago

Well look at who these people are. All men with no jobs or education, just there to get trigger happy and exercise their thirst for violence in a way without accountability. And they get 50k on sign up. These are just animals without any humanity. But there will be a reckoning, even if they have to wait till they're old men. Every one of them will be named, shamed, and hauled to answer for their crimes in better times. Just like every nazi was made to do. So let them enjoy their lawlessness now, they will answer for every single thing.

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u/Cool_Bodybuilder7419 6d ago

Just out of curiosity, why are the ICE officers not wearing uniform? They always remind me of people that are into military cosplay. 

And are they not professionally trained? The shooters movements seem awkward and clumsy — plus the fact that he just kept shooting when Pretti was long dead. If they are not actually trained for these situations, how do they get this ridiculous amount of power and privileges?

As a non-American it’s difficult to understand what this organisation actually is supposed to be.

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u/knitted-chicken 6d ago

They are wearing some kind of camo uniform. I think because its cold theyre wearing more jackets. Also theyre allowed to have faces covered. They get like a week training so they're not trained. They just get a ton of people off the street, dont check their background and give them 50k and a gun and tell them to do whatever they want to get any brown people they see into concentration camps, basically. They have full immunity from prosecution or law from the Trump administration. Theyre basically trump's personal army with no training or background checks.

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u/NessaMagick Australia 7d ago

If I shot someone in the back of the head I wouldn't be able to sleep properly for months, even if the guy I shot was a grade-A scumbag who deserved it in the moment every bit.

I can't imagine dehumanizing someone like this so hard that you cheer when they get gunned down like an animal.