{"id":2194,"date":"2026-01-25T21:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/it-doesnt-matter-if-alex-pretti-had-a-gun\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:01:38","slug":"it-doesnt-matter-if-alex-pretti-had-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/it-doesnt-matter-if-alex-pretti-had-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"It doesn\u2019t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tFederal officers line up outside as demonstrators protest outside of the Whipple Federal Building on January 17th, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests have ramped up around the Minneapolis \/ St. Paul metro area following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration enforcement agent during an incident in south Minneapolis on January 7th. | Photo by Steven Garcia \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Shortly after federal agents killed Alex Pretti<\/a> Saturday morning, the Department of Homeland Security began to run with the story that the dead man had been armed and dangerous. He had a gun, DHS said. (A Bellingcat analysis<\/a> of the video concludes that Pretti was unarmed when he was shot.) He had approached the agents holding the gun, DHS said. (He was holding a phone, The New York Times <\/em>reports<\/a>.) Pretti died on his knees, surrounded by armed Border Patrol agents, with shot after shot unloaded in his direction. <\/p>\n

America’s Second Amendment is beloved by conservatives. Minnesota allows open carry with a permit. Pretti lived in a city where pe \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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