So this whole kicking the taillight thing, if true... the only thing I would cull from this video is he was targeted.

[Ellipsis]

I mean if you're going to play this game.

[johnp3907]

1. Yep.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Reports are that video is an AI fake. Nt

[Ellipsis]

3. BBC say no.... But I'm happy to believe you if you say so.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Link?

[Ellipsis]

5. sure.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/breaking-bbc-confirms-authenticity-of-viral-video-appearing-to-show-alex-pretti-kicking-agents-car-11-days-before-shooting/

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Thanks

The character assassination is now following the physical one.

[Greg_In_SF]

11. Reports

from whom?

[Ellipsis]

18. Fiendish Thingy's pesrpective has always been above boards from my perspective. Imprecise as it may be.

[bigtree]

6. exactly

...he paid with his life for their retribution.

Hell, he was even assaulted by them after doing that. They're not a police force, they're a violent, armed mob.

And can we see what he was yelling at them about... what they did before he yelled at them and kicked their car?

If we're playing that game...

[pat_k]

15. I fully expect someone will realize they have the video of whatever led up to this. It will get out there.

My bet is that ICE was engaged is some seriously fucked up shit to cause Mr. Pretti to lose his cool.

My question is why this is being pushed so hard by the likes of the NY Post? Is kicking an ICE vehicle a death penalty offense now?

On edit: Reports of events leading up to the taillight incident in following post. As suspected, egregious actions on the part of ICE.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220978998#post12

[ret5hd]

8. if i was investigating this, first thing...

i would check is “overlap” of agents between both incidents.

[Ellipsis]

9. Excellent point.

[boston bean]

10. Thought same thing. If any one of these agents

Was involved on the second incident, they sought him out and targeted him for death.

[Ellipsis]

13. I wouldn't go that far.

I believe the circumstances led to it inadvertently exposing a weapon. They had no idea he had a weapon... it's a complete cluster fuck. he was just trying to direct traffic to let someone parked on the street be able to pull out. It was a "Perfect Storm" of stupidity.

[KewlKat]

12. The article linked below covers the TAILIGHT incident and they took the video

https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-ice-confront-observers-door-knocking-powderhorn/

In a video taken by Sahan Journal, the woman can be seen arguing with agents prior to being grabbed by multiple agents and carried to agents’ vehicle. The woman can be heard shouting that she is disabled and on her way to a doctor’s appointment that ICE was obstructing. Prior to the detention agents had instructed her to drive away.

Shortly after, another observer on site was tackled and forcibly put in agents’ vehicle as well. According to state Rep. Aisha Gomez, DFL-Minneapolis, who was present at the scene, agents pushed the man’s head into the concrete prior to carrying him away. Gomez also said that agents were physical with her as well.

“These officers have obviously not had the basic law enforcement training,” Gomez said. “I was shoved with no verbal communication whatsoever.”

Andy Larson, a south Minneapolis resident who was out observing ICE activity Tuesday, told Sahan Journal that one protester kicked out the taillight of an ICE vehicle and was tackled to the ground up the road on Park Avenue and E. 36th Street.

“It was a really good kick,” Larson said.

[Ellipsis]

14. Thanks for the post. It was an impressive kick on an inanimate object.

[KewlKat]

16. Vehicle plate number is AS 11086

Blue and White

vehicle was Ford Expedition, sort of gray.

[pat_k]

17. Thanks!!

As I suspected, the conduct of the agents that provoked this response was egregious.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

19. K&R

[Blue Owl]

20. I've seen dozens of videos....

Where ICE has smashed car windows and windshields and caused massive damage to the vehicles of the victims they targeted, running cars off the road into streetlights or other objects, and in some cases just leaving victim’s cars in the middle of the street following arrests. I don’t feel one iota of remorse for a kicked in taillight on one of their unofficial, privately owned vehicles. Fuck them.