Federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis ICU nurse Saturday morning. By early afternoon, the White House had called him a terrorist. Within minutes, multiple videos surfaced that directly contradict the official account.
That contradiction is an enormous story unto itself.
On Jan. 24, federal law enforcement agents shot and killed Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. In the hours that followed, the Trump administration moved aggressively to frame the killing as a narrowly averted attack on law enforcement.
It’s difficult to watch the footage above and see Pretti creating fear in the half dozen ICE agents surrounding him, or the nearly dozen shots fired at Pretti being defensive, yet that’s exactly what Kristi Noem claimed.
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madcaesar@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 191d
No they fucking didn't!!
They fucking pinned him down, beat him and executed him like a gang of criminals, unloading an entire clip into him.
"shot him" makes it sound like some innocent accident....
7112@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
There is a lot of rules in media law about wording. I know the country is shit and the media isn't acting enough, but Trump has shown that he'll sue for less.
Like most of America, the press is afraid.
madcaesar@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 190d
Just do what fox news does in designate it "opinion / entertainment" and fucking blast away
thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 191d
They showed mercy. He was armed and so they killed him in the most cowardly way
fizzle@quokk.au · 27 pts · 191d
Gaslighting means a specific type of manipulation and i don't think this is it.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 29 pts · 191d
Nope, this is just bold faces lying. This is the Orwell quote embodied.
I've noticed that the NRA is, like, really, really quiet, too. Has anyone else noticed that?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 190d
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Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 190d
Of course. The Left is antagonizing ICE. It all makes sense now. 😮💨
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
The nra, constantly talking about the need for everyone to have guns to prevent tyranny.
Now government agents are doing illegal shit (kidnapping, assaulting, deporting legals, and outright murder) and all the of a sudden "citizens need to stop antagonising" is their reply? Because it's their thugs.
The bright side of all this horrific bullshit is that, assuming it's even possible to have fair elections in the future, you can immediately dismiss anyone on the right when they try to play the "moral superior" card as a justification for their bullshit
"but freedom of speech", "2nd amendment", "protect kids from pedofiles". Nah fuck of mate. You completely disregarded all of that when it was "once of you". You don't get to play that card anymore.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
They commented on the situation.
mcv@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 191d
Yeah, this is just lies. Blatant lies, because again, anyone can watch the video and see what happened.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 190d
Murdering*
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
An out of control state sponsored terrorist group that openly recruits white nationalist extremists publicly executed a man exercising his right to peacefully protest and film “law” enforcement. If they are doing this while a crowd and multiple cameras are on them then they are doing much worse behind closed doors. These are lawless terrorists and this is tyranny