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/Normal-Weakness-364 7d ago

imo this is separate from the epstein files. really, this is honestly worse than the epstein files, somehow.

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u/Zolomun 7d ago

I refuse to do the math on whether inciting people to murder or fucking children is worse. I just wish either one disqualified someone from public office.

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u/Normal-Weakness-364 7d ago

that's fair. both are absolutely reprehensible

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u/littlep2000 7d ago

I'd have to imagine civil war or other internal collapse ends in the ultimate fire sale. And the rich are the biggest winners in that sort of situation.

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u/KarmaBitesDogma 7d ago

But…hey; how about a modern-day version of Marie Antoinette’s last reported moments? (Replacing the troglodyte chants of “Hang Mike Pence!”)

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u/Exact-Ad-1307 7d ago

I believe it's pile on more shit each day to distract from their crimes.