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debm55

(57,073 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:07 PM 6 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 6 hrs ago OP
Link... Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #1
Thank you for providing the link. Greg_in _SF debm55 6 hrs ago #6
So ICE Paramilitary Thugs JustAnotherGen 6 hrs ago #2
BINGO! Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #18
That really explains his execution. Scruffy1 5 hrs ago #24
Yet he was brave and still went to help Dr. Shepper 6 hrs ago #3
Broken rib, not neck. Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #4
I posted rib, It is on the second line on the post. I will move it down. debm55 6 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 6 hrs ago #5
I'm Sure CNN Independently Confirmed the Information From This "Source" Before Publishing. ruet 6 hrs ago #7
So what if it's true? Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #10
Agreed. -NT- ruet 6 hrs ago #19
Your subject line is alarming. rzemanfl 6 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 6 hrs ago #12
The subject line is much better now. rzemanfl 6 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 5 hrs ago #20
How should I have worded it? Fucken republicans are trying to look for dirt. debm55 6 hrs ago #15
Please see my reply above. rzemanfl 6 hrs ago #17
He was killed execution style................. Lovie777 6 hrs ago #11
Immediate administrative leave n/t malaise 6 hrs ago #14
Alex Pretti is a hero. Despite being previously injured by ICE, bronxiteforever 6 hrs ago #13
I never said he wasn't. I posted so that posters would know what the ICE fucks are trying to do. Just like they did to debm55 3 hrs ago #30
Hey I didn't say you said that. I was just responding to the CNN article bronxiteforever 3 hrs ago #33
How do they know this? Buckeyeblue 5 hrs ago #21
Medical care. debm55 5 hrs ago #22
So ICE took him to the hospital? Buckeyeblue 5 hrs ago #23
Please read post #1. The information is on it. debm55 4 hrs ago #25
I read the CNN article Buckeyeblue 4 hrs ago #28
Which might explain why he immediately put his left hand in the air BeyondGeography 4 hrs ago #26
Seems to prove they targeted him for execution. johnp3907 4 hrs ago #27
Standard procedure: snot 4 hrs ago #29
Mark my words, they're going to investigate Pretti for an offense Arazi 3 hrs ago #31
This just adds to the fact that CBP and ICE are roving, violent goon squads with the backing of the President. chowder66 3 hrs ago #32
I've seen far nastier than that John Farmer 3 hrs ago #34

JustAnotherGen

(37,734 posts)
2. So ICE Paramilitary Thugs
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:10 PM
6 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

(23,450 posts)
18. BINGO!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:31 PM
6 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

(11,053 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
6 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
6 hrs ago

...right?

Ocelot II

(129,571 posts)
10. So what if it's true?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:17 PM
6 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

(57,073 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
6 hrs ago

debm55

(57,073 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
5 hrs ago

Lovie777

(22,101 posts)
11. He was killed execution style.................
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:17 PM
6 hrs ago

that is murder.

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

bronxiteforever

(11,173 posts)
13. Alex Pretti is a hero. Despite being previously injured by ICE,
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:23 PM
6 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.

debm55

(57,073 posts)
30. I never said he wasn't. I posted so that posters would know what the ICE fucks are trying to do. Just like they did to
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:45 PM
3 hrs ago

Renee.

bronxiteforever

(11,173 posts)
33. Hey I didn't say you said that. I was just responding to the CNN article
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:56 PM
3 hrs ago

and not you. No argument with you at all! Peace, Bronxite

Buckeyeblue

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

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

BeyondGeography

(40,912 posts)
26. Which might explain why he immediately put his left hand in the air
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:04 PM
4 hrs 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

(11,563 posts)
29. Standard procedure:
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:21 PM
4 hrs ago

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

(See, e.g., Assange.)

Arazi

(8,762 posts)
31. Mark my words, they're going to investigate Pretti for an offense
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:47 PM
3 hrs ago

Just like they tried to do to Renee Good (and the Minnesota DOJ and FBI people resigned over it).

That’s why DHS is “investigating”. They had to go outside the usual agencies.

Noem has no intention of investigating the CBP murderers, she’s going to create a manufactured crime against Pretti

chowder66

(11,932 posts)
32. This just adds to the fact that CBP and ICE are roving, violent goon squads with the backing of the President.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:48 PM
3 hrs ago

John Farmer

(378 posts)
34. I've seen far nastier than that
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:58 PM
3 hrs ago

on some far right websites.

No, I will not be providing any links.

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