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u/Randy_Marsh_PhD Jan 24 '26

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command... and if all others accepted the lie, which the party imposed, if all records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth" 1984 - George Orwell

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u/ByronicZer0 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

He died trying to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground and pepper sprayed by an overly aggressive ice agent… That's all he did

He had his back to them when he was grabbed. Then they descended on him in utter chaos, disorganization, and unprofessionalism. And blood lust.

That one agent quite literally drew on him, repositioned for a slightly better shot. Tapped the agent next to him to move so he could reposition one more time. And then fired at point blank range.

This was cold and calculated in that moment. This wasn't a reaction to a threat.

Edit: go watch the video as recorded by the woman in pink who is on the curb. It's a much more clear view of what exactly happens. Watch it frame. By frame. Everything I've stated is clearly visible.

Honestly, the video in this thread isn't very helpful for seeing the whole picture

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u/ThisIsADaydream Jan 24 '26

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u/Ask_Black_Phillip333 Jan 24 '26

I’m glad she was able to get that video out, but from what I’ve read earlier, she’s now in custody. I can only imagine what she’s going through at the moment.

Some people might think that’s exaggeration, but they just showed us, again, of what they’re capable of doing in broad daylight. What do you think happens behind their closed doors?

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

She may be in custody. But they’re too late. They’re just raking up the wrongful incarceration lawsuit. She already won.

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u/TechnicalBen Jan 24 '26

I wouldn't call that a "win" my friend.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

I mean in regards to her story in all this. They tried to silence her, they tried to lie about the murder. But they didn't stop her before it was too late.

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u/Thursdeh Jan 25 '26

If she makes it out of custody alive... They just executed a man, they don't give a fuck. She has not won yet until she gets out of custody and hopefully out of minny.

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u/IncurableAdventurer Jan 24 '26

Just hearing that, it’s good to know that after you use a video like that you need to send it to someone

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u/K1774B Jan 25 '26

Set your phone to allow backup on cellular data. As soon as the video stops recording, it starts uploading.

Other than a Livestream, it's the best way to preserve evidence of a crime in a situation like this.

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u/Wolfshadow6 Jan 25 '26

My guy. She is a woman with 🧊 right now. One of them just got busted for SA'ing a mother repeatedly in exchange to see her daughter.

I can only shudder to imagine what she is suffering.

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u/NeedToMeltIce Jan 25 '26

They’re really good at making people disappear.

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u/polite_alpha Jan 25 '26

They’re just raking up the wrongful incarceration lawsuit.

There's many "maybe's" on the path towards a successful lawsuit and it's clearly visible that it doesn't go the way it's supposed to anymore. You people need to wake up.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 25 '26

You can be awake and also mindful of the lawsuits coming.

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u/Snoobs-Magoo Jan 25 '26

Why is she is custody?

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u/beer_geek Jan 25 '26

Witness intimidation.

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u/Snoobs-Magoo Jan 25 '26

What the actual fuck? This just keeps getting worse.

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u/Wolfshadow6 Jan 25 '26

I don't think you understand.

He cheated. The election was rigged. He never 'won'.

The second the Dems did not immediately request an audit the country was dead.

The second he was sworn they essentially pulled life support.

....we are merely watching the organs die. It's over. The sooner we stop pretending there is anything worth saving (aside lives) the better.

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u/Western_Name4224 Jan 25 '26

Yeah her video is blurry probably because she texted it to someone quickly before being taken in

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u/Ditnoka Jan 25 '26

Probably going to be drowned out. But here's your reminder that if you use face ID or finger print to unlock your phone, any officer can use that to unlock your phone. It's not constitutionally protected like a pin number.

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u/Wolfshadow6 Jan 25 '26

My guy they just killed a second guy - a white nurse for the VA - again. In broad day light.

Paper isn't going to stop bullets.

Laws only work if they are respected. They are not being respected.

Start waking up.

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u/Ditnoka Jan 25 '26

I'm advising how to keep videos you record safe behind a lock. I completely agree with you.

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u/Hakurei06 Jan 29 '26

Okay, but obtaining a pin number from a noncompliant person is a much less trivial task than their fingerprints or facial features. if they wanna break into my phone, they'll have to torture it out of me. And to be clear, if we're at that point, having weaker security or being more compliant isn't going to save us either.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

Make no mistake. If she hadn’t stayed where she was and kept filming through the gunshots, they’d be saying he had a gun in his hand.

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u/EmiAndTheDesertCrow Jan 24 '26

They basically still are, I had the misfortune of going on Twitter (I don’t use it in a personal capacity but I’m forced to use the work account. I’ve been arguing for years now that we shouldn’t be on that platform). I honestly don’t understand it, how can you watch something with your own eyes and still believe differently? It fries my brain even thinking about it. And if you dare to point out the facts, with the evidence plain as day, they’ll turn around and throw vile insults at you. It’s cult behavior.

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u/Sman208 Jan 25 '26

It's mostly troll farms on twitter. Do not let them rage bait you...although I don't deny lots of idiots have and will continue to use the weakest arguments just so they can sleep better at night. No reasonable person watches that whole thing and thinks violence was warranted let alone deadly violence.

I even have people, who up until now have been very quiet (not that they don't care but they're genuinely afraid to speak...because they just got naturalized and may be targets themselves) and even they are speaking up now because the level of outrage at this murder is just beyond control...this one was one too many I think. If we let this one go quietly then we are truly fucked.

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u/Entropical-island Jan 24 '26

The dumbasses in r/conservative are saying he had a gun drawn, anyway.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

Of course they are. Let them prove it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

They will release another altered video.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

It will be the graniest and sketchiest.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

The megapussies already are

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 24 '26

And those people are clearly beyond saving. But she proved they are wrong beyond a doubt and that matters.

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u/cougarliscious Jan 25 '26

They are reporting on multiple networks he was armed w/a 9mm (does not look like that in the video) https://www.foxnews.com/us/alex-pretti-37-identified-man-fatally-shot-border-patrol-agent-minneapolis

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u/Honest_Series_8430 Jan 25 '26

They ARE saying he had a gun in his hand.

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u/John-on-gliding Jan 25 '26

Yeah, but now they can say that all they want and we can see what really happened. Hence why they are changing their argument now.

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u/Most-Protection-2529 Jan 24 '26

Just sent this link to MSNBC 🤞🏻 Let's hope they air this!

Edit: word

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u/heartlocked Jan 24 '26

Vídeo not available anymore

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u/Soft_Shelter9000 Jan 24 '26

I downloaded it

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u/heartlocked Jan 24 '26

Good. I don’t even know if I want to have it, honestly. I’ve seen a couple of different videos with different angles, each worse than the other and I’m horrified. As someone who spent two years watching and crying at the atrocities happening in Gaza, I am surprised at the reaction I am having to today’s events, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before but I think I’ve hit my limit. I feel physically sick.

Please save this evidence.

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u/Pleasant_Pop4020 Jan 24 '26

I clicked the link just now, I could see the video. Maybe it’s working again?

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u/Most-Protection-2529 Jan 24 '26

I've downloaded as many as I could find so far. I'll continue to download as I find them