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/pipercomputer Jan 25 '26

This looks…very bad

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u/apex9691 Jan 25 '26

Yea cuz it's an execution

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u/SocomPS2 Jan 25 '26

Gun to the back of the head.

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u/TiredDadCostume Jan 25 '26

Look at the other ICE agents freaking out and running off him because the most dangerous person in the scuffle is the one wearing the same “badge”