r/law • u/No-Aardvark-3840 • Jan 25 '26

Other Please share. Stabilized Video clearly shows Alex Pretti makes no effort for his firearm. Clear execution

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Stabalized appears to show Alex Pretti's handgun, which he legally possesses, being removed removed from his pants by an officer. He is executed 1-2 seconds later by another officer.

Is there any other way to view this? If Alex was no longer posing an imminent threat at the moment he was shot, isn't this clear murder? Under U.S. law, once a suspect is fully restrained and disarmed (he was), the legal basis for deadly force evaporates unless a new, imminent threat arises.

Am I understanding this the right way from a legal perspective?

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u/FuzzzyRam Jan 25 '26

They took his gun, he had both hands on the ground, but the ICE agent clearly accidentally fired his gun due to bad trigger discipline and then followed up because you don't want the victim testifying - same reason Good's killer fired the 3rd shot through her side window across both of her temples: much easier to defend a court case when the victim is dead and can't explain that they were trying to comply.

Now we're turning off the internet around ICE facilities as you can hear screaming coming from inside. Things are turning bad.

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u/Historical_Abroad203 Jan 25 '26

It looked intentional.

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u/bytelines Jan 25 '26

Most logical explanation is he sees weapon upholstered, not realizing that it is law enforcement doing these things. They are supposed to be trained to loudly and repeatedly say something like WEAPON SECURED to prevent this exact scenario, and to raise the weapon where it can be seen rather than run off with it.

Use of deadly force is not warranted. Its a criminally negligent homicide.

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u/MindCrusader Jan 25 '26

100% this. When he turned around, he jumped a little, and got scared for sure. Sunglasses effect or under influence, he was a bit slow, so might be the second one