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DHS has body camera footage of the fatal shooting incident in Minneapolis over the weekend involving federal agents. Several officers were wearing body cameras. At least we will know the truth. The witnesses are all radicals, and they edit the videos. The scene was very chaotic. If you come into that scene screaming as Mr. […] The post DHS Has Agents’ Bodycams in the Alex Pretti Shooting appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Multiple gun rights groups, which are typically supportive of President Donald Trump and his policies, are enraged over the administration’s response to the deadly shooting of an armed protester in Minneapolis over the weekend. In the hours after anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on a Minneapolis street, multiple officials in the Trump administration suggested that anyone who carries a firearm at a protest is breaking the law and inflaming tensions. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday, “I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign. This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons and are using them to assault law enforcement officers.” FBI Director Kash Patel referred to Noem’s comments during an interview on Fox News on Sunday, adding, “As Kristi said, you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple. You don’t have that right to break the law and incite violence.” The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which focuses on defending “the right to keep and bear arms” for Minnesotans, said that Patel’s comments were “completely incorrect on Minnesota law.” “There is no prohibition on a permit holder carrying a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines at a protest or rally in Minnesota,” the gun owners caucus added. Other gun rights groups criticized Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, after he said, “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.” “This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong,” the National Rifle Association said. “Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.” Gun Owners of America condemned “the untoward comments of [Essayli],” adding, “Federal agents are not ‘highly likely’ to be ‘legally justified’ in ‘shooting’ concealed carry licensees who approach while lawfully carrying a firearm. The Second Amendment protects Americans’ right to bear arms while protesting—a right the federal government must not infringe upon.” Gun Owners of America then called on the Left to “stop antagonizing” federal immigration agents on the streets. After Pretti was shot, hundreds of people descended on the scene. According to the Department of Homeland Security, one leftist agitator bit off the finger of a federal officer. The NRA released another statement on Saturday condemning Minnesota Democrats over their refusal to work with federal immigration officers. “For months, radical progressive politicians like Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs,” the NRA said. “Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities.” At least one member of the Trump administration had an acceptable response to the shooting in the eyes of gun rights activists. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was praised by Gun Owners of America when he told NBC, “There’s nothing wrong with anybody lawfully carrying firearms.” “But whether he was disarmed, or whether he pulled the gun on law enforcement, or whether law enforcement saw him go for the gun —what they have to do is protect themselves. They have to protect the public around them. And we’ll see what happens,” Blanche added. The Daily Wire reached out to the Justice Department and the DHS for comment. President Donald Trump mentioned the fact that Pretti was carrying a firearm at the protest, asking, “What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off?” Pretti was licensed to carry a firearm when he was shot and killed. DHS said on Saturday that a Border Patrol agent fired “defensive shots” as Pretti was “violently” resisting arrest. Pretti appeared to be shot ten times in about five seconds. “The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” Homeland Security added. Video shows that Pretti was filming federal immigration officers with his phone as they conducted an operation. A group of federal agents then wrestled Pretti to the ground in an attempt to arrest him. One video angle appears to show an officer disarming Pretti before gunfire erupted. The investigation remains ongoing, but so far, the Trump administration has defended Border Patrol’s actions. The Trump administration has urged Minnesota Democratic leaders to cooperate with federal immigration officers, but Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats, have continued to oppose Trump’s immigration operations in the state and have demanded that ICE and Border Patrol leave. Trump has doubled down on the federal immigration operations in Minnesota following the deadly shooting over the weekend. On Sunday, the president also called on Congress to pass legislation to “END Sanctuary Cities,” which he called “the root cause of all these problems.”

Paul Allen, the play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Vikings, said Monday that he’s taking “a few days off” after a comment about “paid protesters” in Minnesota on his radio show last week. “In conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been thinking about this morning,” Allen said during his show on KFAN Friday. The comments received backlash on social media, prompting an apology from Allen and his absence from the airwaves. KFAN aired the apology from Allen on Monday during a commercial break ahead of the radio station’s “9 to Noon” show that Allen hosts, per Awful Announcing. “I made a comment on-air Friday about protesters and the weather that was insensitive and poorly timed and I’m sorry,” he said.  “It was a misguided attempt at humor and while it was never meant with any ill-intent or political affront, I absolutely and wholeheartedly want to apologize to those who genuinely were hurt or offended by it. Nine-to-noon doesn’t formulate political opinions. We don’t bash or praise political discussions or even focus on political issues.” Allen claimed his show always tries to focus on sports and strives to offer an escape from more serious issues for their listeners, the outlet added. “My best was lacking Friday, and for that I am sorry. I am taking a few days off, wanted to express these thoughts and my sincere apology with you before I do,” Allen added. The announcer made the comments about paid protesters while discussing the misconception of how trees can apparently “explode” in Minnesota due to frigid temperatures. Allen then went on to ask if the people who have been on the streets in Minnesota protesting ICE were getting hazard pay because of the conditions. Shortly after the Minnesota Vikings announcer’s show on Friday, Allen wrote the following on X: “I have to stop watching all this for a little bit. I’m so sad this terror is happening all around us here in MN. I just prayed to God’s will for it to somehow stop and now and started crying. I truly am sorry for all hurting like me through this, and I just want us to be a Love Covenant again. Truly. Let’s all pray this stops somehow because it’s awful. And no more cheap one-liners from me.” Allen’s comments were made before the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. Allen has handled play-by-play duties for the Minnesota Vikings since 2002. The station didn’t say when Allen would return to his normal hosting duties.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday torched elected Democrats in Minnesota for stoking unrest that has contributed to the shooting deaths of two Americans by federal immigration authorities. Leavitt blamed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for “spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal illegal aliens from our streets: murderers, rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, and gang members.” Walz and Frey have been outspoken critics of federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities area. Frey has accused ICE of “terrorizing our communities,” while Walz has repeatedly compared federal immigration enforcement to Nazis. On Sunday, Walz compared the state of illegal aliens in Minnesota to that of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi regime in an attic for over two years before dying in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. “Such dangerous rhetoric, as I pointed out, is exactly what has brought us to this position today, where you have elected Democrat officials across the country who are encouraging left-wing agitators and crazy people to go out and unlawfully obstruct lawful immigration enforcement,” said Leavitt. “This rhetoric against ICE, comparing them to Nazi Gestapo, Donald Trump’s police force, is despicable, it is shameful, and it is precisely what has led to the escalation of tensions in Minneapolis and in other places across the country,” she added. Tensions in Minneapolis have exploded following two immigration enforcement-involved shootings. A Customs and Border Protection agent over the weekend shot and killed Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, who was allegedly interfering with immigration operations in the city. Pretti’s death came just weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed in her vehicle after appearing to drive in the direction of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. President Donald Trump and Walz took a step toward ratcheting down tensions on Monday. The president and the governor spoke over the phone and had “a very good call,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Walz’s office released a statement that described the call as “productive.” “[W]e, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength,” Trump said. Leavitt said during the press conference that Trump would agree to pull Customs and Border Patrol out of Minnesota if local law enforcement in the state would work with ICE agents to arrest dangerous illegal aliens.

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