Steve is outraged on why Alex Pretti was killed by I.C.E. agents. Here is what Steve said on Facebook.
“Let’s shut down the right wing smear campaign against Alex Pretti right now.
Alex Pretti was a U.S. citizen.
A VA ICU nurse.
A homeowner.
A legal gun owner.
No criminal record.
Not a caricature. Not a slogan. Not a convenient villain they can scribble over and toss in the trash.
The same people who scream Second Amendment and good guy with a gun suddenly decide those rights are optional when federal agents get nervous. Freedom for them. Obedience for everyone else. That’s the whole philosophy once you scrape off the flag decals.
The video doesn’t show a clean standoff.
It doesn’t show a clear imminent threat.
It shows chaos.
A pile of bodies.
Force already in motion.
Then gunfire.
That’s not control. That’s panic wrapped in authority and followed by a carefully typed statement.
Recording law enforcement is legal. Standing nearby is legal. Carrying a firearm in Minnesota is legal. None of those are capital crimes unless we’ve quietly agreed that the law bends toward whoever already has the gun pointed outward.
And here’s where the hypocrisy really rots. These are the same people who cried murder when LaVoy Finicum was killed by federal agents. They called it tyranny. They called it execution. They wrapped themselves in outrage and swore the feds had crossed an unforgivable line.
But when a VA nurse is killed by federal agents in his own neighborhood while filming and standing up for people being shoved around, suddenly it’s different. Suddenly it’s justified. Suddenly the badge is holy and the dead guy must have earned it.
Same federal power.
Same lethal outcome.
Different politics.
That’s not principle. That’s tribal obedience.
Alex Pretti didn’t charge.
He didn’t fire.
He didn’t flee.
He stood there with a phone and a backbone while the state threw its weight around. He acted like a citizen in a country that keeps telling us citizenship still means something.
Now they tell you to wait for the investigation. Sit quietly. Trust the machine that already decided his life was expendable. Like that machine hasn’t lied its way through every era of American violence before this one.
If a man like Alex can be killed for witnessing and refusing to look away, then all those rights they swear they’d die for are just bumper sticker poetry. Loud. Hollow. Disposable.
Alex Pretti wasn’t reckless.
He wasn’t dangerous.
He wasn’t a threat.
He was just decent at the wrong moment. And power has never forgiven decency when it gets in the way.”
My Response
Let’s not rush to judgement. Allow the investigation to play out and give Alex Pretti’s family the truth and peace of mind. They deserve a chance at the truth. Any speculation now is a disservice to everyone. President Trump asked for a fair and impartial investigation. Let’s give the process a chance. The video speaks volumes and the witnesses will have a chance to testify. Let’s not stir up more violence. Thar’s the least Alex and his family deserves if justice is to be served.