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“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told one source who relayed her comments to Axios.
Kristi Noem said that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to "inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement." Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images
Pretti, 37, was legally carrying a handgun when he was tackled by multiple federal agents, but video shows he did not brandish the weapon. Agents can be seen on video disarming Pretti before firing numerous shots into him while he was on the ground, killing him.
60 Comments
Asafum@lemmy.world · 95 pts · 202d
Man they're really going for Nazi 2.0 with "I was just following orders" and all
ilinamorato@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 202d
Speedrunning the Third Reich, the Confederacy, and the Nixon Administration all at once.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 16 pts · 202d
Don't forget the fall of the Roman empire.
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 202d
And nearing The Day After Tomorrow combined with Children of Men.
28 days later not far off.
Zirconium@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 202d
This country is possibly the worst position it could be in if we were to have a zombie outbreak. RFK would probably promote zombie parties to get your kids exposed to the zombie virus
hector@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 202d
Taxoplasmosis. A brain parasite, it affects the fear center. As much as 30 percent could have it, explains a lot. That is where they spread it.
Rats, mice that get it lose their fear of cats. All mammals can get it though.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 202d
Ooooh!!! Ooooh!!!! And Married with Children!!!
......did I do it? Did I make a refefence correctly???
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 202d
. . . *taps fingers on desk* . . . I’ll allow it.
hector@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 202d
We are not in 400 ad, we are in the 1st bc. In the time of Sulla, a generation before caesar, in the agrarian revolt and civil wars and him becoming dictator for life, 10 years, and killing and stealing the assets of his rich pals that supported him because they feared moderate reforms under the populares. This is increased oligarchic repression in a terminally sick republic.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 202d
That speedrun still takes a lot of years.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 202d
About 250?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 201d
Honestly, I kind of hope so. It didn't go well for the emperors or politicos or the nobility, but the average lower-class person's life substantively improved when Rome fell.
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 201d
More like, The Turds Reich.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 202d
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(Seriously, they all copied notes off each other)
ilinamorato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
Yeah, but it takes real racism to put them all back together!
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 40 pts · 202d
The party of personal responsibility
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 12 pts · 202d
This part, afaik, lies with the officers who fired the shots, and then moves directly up the 'chain of command'. I suspect they were told that things needed a little stirring up, so someone a level up ordered that group of agents to murder someone in cold blood, that day. Prove me wrong. Or let the charges be filed. Let the arrests begin with Noem, and Miller, and end with the grunts that did the dirty work.
Edit: @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca commented that it is difficult to impossible to prove a negative. And I agree from a logic standpoint this is true. With the new day comes additional information, so I say, Fine, then, prove me correct. Let the agents stand trial for 1st Degree Murder, which tho' I am not a lawyer, I still suspect this is a crime in Minnesota. Let the jury decide if it is beyond a reasonable doubt that these agents committed 1st Degree Murder, planned, and purposefully.
https://www.rawstory.com/alex-pretti-fatal-shooting-1st/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70177228/ice-alex-pretti-broken-ribs-killing/
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 8 pts · 202d
No, it's simpler than that. No conspiracy here, just individual revenge.
Pretti got into an altercation with ICE a week ago, and they broke his rib. He got in their way again and they executed him.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs
That's what we're dealing with. No oversight, and supervisors actively looking the other way whenever possible as long as they bring bodies into the camps.
hector@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 202d
Nytimes just character assassinated pretti.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 7 pts · 202d
Of course they did. They have always been right leaning at a minimum, often regurgitating the talking points with an air of centrism for cover.
hector@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 202d
They reported on video, without showing it, repeating ice claims he spit on one.
100 percent that is false I am sure just as he was not trying to massacre cops later. He did kick a tail light, which they showed a still from the video.
Not shiwing the video and repeating dhs with no counter even is just boldfaced lying for the admin.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 201d
NYT is a rag, it's done.
SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 201d
It's just a wordle platform at this point. Can't even do a crossword puzzle without pay wall.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 1 pts · 202d
I'm not sure which is worse. smh.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 202d
Demanding someone prove a negative is a poor debate tool. This one looks unintentional, of course, but just know that no one can prove you wrong.
So, let's assume stupid until we learn otherwise. Is that the 4th amendment or the 5th? Remember what Fonzie taught us about wrongs and rights.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 3 pts · 202d
Fair. How about this: People were killed and harmed in other ways by ICE/CBP, not just these two. There IS such a thing as the 'chain of command'. The agents that performed the actions of killing, etc., without due process did so under orders from their commanders up the chain. File charges, arrest, investigate, and adjudicate. Are you cool with that Homie?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 202d
Who gives a fuck who told her to violate the Constitution - imprison them
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 202d
Throw Stephen under all of the busses please. Especially the literal IRL ones.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 202d
If we're throwing all the assholes under literal busses, Greyhound stock is about to go through the ROOF!!!
DreadPirateSnuggles@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 201d
I know I'd pay for that ride
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 202d
Then drop it into reverse and do it another 330 million times.
starik@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 202d
As long as it’s never Trump’s fault
Zephorah@discuss.online · 14 pts · 202d
I’m pretty sure Alzheimer’s has claimed the man and when he tries to drop dead of natural causes they’ll just put him on a ventilator and keep on doing what they’re doing.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 202d
Yeah, they're using him, not the other way around.
ZeroPoke@fedia.io · 2 pts · 202d
Whenever I hear about that Im reminded of this epi of the Simpsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofEO5qKjrq4
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 202d
At this point I woupd not be surprised if they keep him hooked up to some kind of arcane machine and continue their religion/ideology based around fulfilling his will.
You know, "God Emperor" things.
saimen@feddit.org · 5 pts · 202d
But this is what she's saying
starik@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 201d
True. I think I was responding to the headline, which leaves Trump out of it. It’s another example of how the media has been covering the ICE situation. It’s all Stephen Miller, Noem and Bovino’s fault, and now, after multiple gratuitous murders, Trump is “softening” his stance. They make it sound like Trump is the reasonable one, when he was the one who appointed all of these people and stoked racial hatred against Somalis and others.
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 202d
They're all in it for themselves.
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 202d
I’d trade Dogkiller for Count Orlaff
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 202d
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 202d
Gee wiz this sure is the most grimdark Collectible Card Game ever!
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 202d
He can't be ended by a simple bus throwing, he's way too powerful.
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 202d
I don’t want to engage in moral relativism and like excuse anything that Crispy Gnome has done, but it’s just cute watching a toddler with a magic wand face up against a centuries old Lich
Wilco@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 201d
You do not have to follow unlawful orders. Not in the military and not for a shitty political party.
This was a conspiracy to commit murder, "go start riots by attacking protesters so marshal law can be declared prior to midterms" Murderous traitors.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 5 pts · 202d
MAGAt infighting! Yay! I’ve had a lousy day so far, but this is putting a smile on my face
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 202d
I don't know how to feel about this, I feel bad for the bus or maybe I am jealous of what the bus gets to experience my emotions are confused.
saimen@feddit.org · 5 pts · 202d
So if they would have told her to jump from a bridge she would have done that as well?
I mean it's great that she throws them under the bus and admits their guilt but that doesn't free her from her guilt.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 202d
It's a matter of time before someone spits in their coffee. For now they can just go fuck off.
FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 201d
diablomnky666@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 201d
You think they've ever had coffee that didn't consist of >5℅ spit?
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 201d
When is the Night of the Long Knives?
bizzle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 202d
Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of this administration should be executed on the national mall. Elon too fuck it
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 201d
And Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, Curtis yarvin, every politician on the Epstein list and every politician taking AIPAC money should be tried for treason
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 202d
Both deserve the gal lows
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 202d
We all know that the mastermind is and has always been
LexStephen.Red_October@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 201d
Come on, there's plenty of room under that bus for both of them, public transportation is efficient like that.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 2 pts · 202d
Excellent, let us begin with the 'under bus throwing'!
nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 201d
He’s frequently under a bus, whenever one drives over his bridge.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
Good, they can continue to fling shit at each other. All of them are worthless shits.