In the weeks before his death, Alex Pretti appears to move from protester to target. The Minneapolis footage shows a man pushed to the edge, lashing out at federal agents amid chaos, sirens, and shouting. Moments later he’s pinned to the ground, a handgun visible at his waistband, while cameras roll and agents swarm. It’s a flash of raw confrontation, but not a full story. What led to that moment, and what followed, remains hidden behind redactions, denials, and a chilling DHS statement claiming no record of the incident exists.
Yet documents reportedly tell another tale: federal officers quietly cataloging faces, license plates, hotel rooms, and “agitators.” Sources say Pretti was on those lists and left with a broken rib after trying to stop what he believed was an unlawful arrest. Eleven days later, he was dead. Between those two collisions with federal power lies a silence that now demands to be broken.
