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debm55

(57,072 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:07 PM 2 hrs ago

Well , it started. the background attack on Alec Pretti. He had a previous run in with ICE and suffered a broken

back rib. Was on CNN just now. Do not know how to do links. Edited to put back rib together. Posted because I read the RNC is looking for dirt on Alex as they did Renee.

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Well , it started. the background attack on Alec Pretti. He had a previous run in with ICE and suffered a broken (Original Post) debm55 2 hrs ago OP
Link... Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #1
Thank you for providing the link. Greg_in _SF debm55 2 hrs ago #6
So ICE Paramilitary Thugs JustAnotherGen 2 hrs ago #2
BINGO! Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #18
That really explains his execution. Scruffy1 1 hr ago #24
Yet he was brave and still went to help Dr. Shepper 2 hrs ago #3
Broken rib, not neck. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #4
I posted rib, It is on the second line on the post. I will move it down. debm55 2 hrs ago #8
I do not care if he was caught on camera tea-bagging an ICE agent or running through an ICE agent's wife. Moostache 2 hrs ago #5
I'm Sure CNN Independently Confirmed the Information From This "Source" Before Publishing. ruet 2 hrs ago #7
So what if it's true? Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #10
Agreed. -NT- ruet 2 hrs ago #19
Your subject line is alarming. rzemanfl 2 hrs ago #9
I put it up, as the RNC was going to look for dirt on Alex as they did Renee and her partner. debm55 2 hrs ago #12
The subject line is much better now. rzemanfl 2 hrs ago #16
I typed back rib, but it was split because of the length. of the words. Rib was always there , just on the second line. debm55 1 hr ago #20
How should I have worded it? Fucken republicans are trying to look for dirt. debm55 2 hrs ago #15
Please see my reply above. rzemanfl 2 hrs ago #17
He was killed execution style................. Lovie777 2 hrs ago #11
Immediate administrative leave n/t malaise 2 hrs ago #14
Alex Pretti is a hero. Despite being previously injured by ICE, bronxiteforever 2 hrs ago #13
How do they know this? Buckeyeblue 1 hr ago #21
Medical care. debm55 1 hr ago #22
So ICE took him to the hospital? Buckeyeblue 1 hr ago #23
Please read post #1. The information is on it. debm55 33 min ago #25
I read the CNN article Buckeyeblue 13 min ago #28
Which might explain why he immediately put his left hand in the air BeyondGeography 28 min ago #26
Seems to prove they targeted him for execution. johnp3907 22 min ago #27
Standard procedure: snot 11 min ago #29

JustAnotherGen

(37,732 posts)
2. So ICE Paramilitary Thugs
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

Were finishing what they started and it was pre-meditated in intent?

Is that why they crossed the street to where he was standing?

Kid Berwyn

(23,442 posts)
18. BINGO!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:31 PM
2 hrs ago

From Campaign Zero:

The Trump administration has made a public show of its deportation efforts, but the technologies that make it possible have received less attention.

https://campaignzero.org/the-private-companies-quietly-building-a-police-state/

Moostache

(11,051 posts)
5. I do not care if he was caught on camera tea-bagging an ICE agent or running through an ICE agent's wife.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:11 PM
2 hrs ago

What he was doing WHEN HE WAS EXECUTED was 100% legal and 100% Constitutionally protected, period.
All other discussion is moot and displays the craven depths these monsters in MAGA, ICE and Trumplandia are willing to sink.

ruet

(10,193 posts)
7. I'm Sure CNN Independently Confirmed the Information From This "Source" Before Publishing.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:13 PM
2 hrs ago

...right?

Ocelot II

(129,570 posts)
10. So what if it's true?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:17 PM
2 hrs ago

All it tells us is that he was someone who had been willing to risk his safety to protect targets of ICE and had already done so, and was injured doing it.

debm55

(57,072 posts)
12. I put it up, as the RNC was going to look for dirt on Alex as they did Renee and her partner.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:22 PM
2 hrs ago

debm55

(57,072 posts)
20. I typed back rib, but it was split because of the length. of the words. Rib was always there , just on the second line.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:34 PM
1 hr ago

Lovie777

(22,094 posts)
11. He was killed execution style.................
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:17 PM
2 hrs ago

that is murder.

The names of the ICE agents need to made and back grounds done.

bronxiteforever

(11,172 posts)
13. Alex Pretti is a hero. Despite being previously injured by ICE,
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:23 PM
2 hrs ago

he still risked his neck going to an unarmed woman’s aid and then ICE blew his brains out while he was disarmed and on his knees.

Buckeyeblue

(6,260 posts)
21. How do they know this?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:39 PM
1 hr ago

Did he get arrested? Did they gather his ID? Did he require medical care where xrays were taken? And if all of this is true, how did Homeland Security get his trays?

The level of details in the article make me question it.

Buckeyeblue

(6,260 posts)
28. I read the CNN article
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:19 PM
13 min ago

It's been updated to include an unnamed source. I need better verification before I believe it.

BeyondGeography

(40,911 posts)
26. Which might explain why he immediately put his left hand in the air
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:04 PM
28 min ago

when ICE engaged with him and was trying to be as peaceful as possible.

If this is a fishing expedition (and I believe it is) they will have to do better.

snot

(11,559 posts)
29. Standard procedure:
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:21 PM
11 min ago

distract from the facts and their implications, and attack the victim's character and claim victimhood for the oppressor.

(See, e.g., Assange.)

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