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misanthrope

(9,416 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:54 AM 14 hrs ago

If Pretti kicked a taillight a couple of weeks ago

It has nothing to do with him being disarmed then executed in a completely separate incident.

This is psyops, folks.

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If Pretti kicked a taillight a couple of weeks ago (Original Post) misanthrope 14 hrs ago OP
Didn't you know that damaging a government vehicle PCIntern 13 hrs ago #1
Too bad that wasn't the case on J6... purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #10
Post removed Post removed 12 hrs ago #2
A history of engaging by kicking a taillight, followed by a new encounter pnwmom 12 hrs ago #3
Message auto-removed Name removed 12 hrs ago #4
They could have had him arrested for criminal damage to property not shot him. ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #5
That is true PatSeg 6 hrs ago #13
Not coincidence /nt bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #6
I think there was something odd about that video Buckeyeblue 11 hrs ago #7
Trump administration faking a video. Well, Emile 10 hrs ago #8
I view it as suspicious as well and curious how MSM is just... IrishAfricanAmerican 9 hrs ago #9
It's almost like they are being forced to show it but don't know what to do with it Buckeyeblue 8 hrs ago #11
I haven't looked closely enough but someone mentioned on Reddit... IrishAfricanAmerican 6 hrs ago #12
Obviously D_Master81 6 hrs ago #14

Response to misanthrope (Original post)

pnwmom

(110,211 posts)
3. A history of engaging by kicking a taillight, followed by a new encounter
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 05:00 AM
12 hrs ago

where he didn't engage at all (unless holding up his hand to ward off the chemical spray counts as engaging) doesn't provide an excuse for forcing him down to the ground and then shooting him in the back.

Response to pnwmom (Reply #3)

PatSeg

(52,436 posts)
13. That is true
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:13 AM
6 hrs ago

However, that would be pretty ironic considering how many vehicles ICE has smashed and windows they've broken with people inside the cars.

Buckeyeblue

(6,265 posts)
7. I think there was something odd about that video
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:36 AM
11 hrs ago

First he was dressed exactly like he was the day they killed him. Second, it seems odd that if you kicked out the tail light when the door to the car opened you would distance yourself. But the person in the video seems surprised when the ice thug grabbed him.

I'm not asserting that the video is fake. I'm just saying it's odd.

Emile

(41,146 posts)
8. Trump administration faking a video. Well,
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:51 AM
10 hrs ago

knowing how corrupted this administration is, I wouldn't cross that possibility out.

Buckeyeblue

(6,265 posts)
11. It's almost like they are being forced to show it but don't know what to do with it
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:28 AM
8 hrs ago

I still can't believe anyone would kick out the light and just stand there waiting for physical assault that was going to happen.

You would flee just to further frustrate them.

IrishAfricanAmerican

(4,405 posts)
12. I haven't looked closely enough but someone mentioned on Reddit...
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:08 AM
6 hrs ago

that the logo for the car was there in the beginning but after he kicked the light it disappeared. I'll have to take a look when I get time.

D_Master81

(2,373 posts)
14. Obviously
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:17 AM
6 hrs ago

I saw this on the news this morning and was like what does this have to do with what happened last weekend? If it was so heinous then why was he not arrested at the time instead of just beat up?

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