Under the circumstances, Pretti was interfering with a law enforcement operation by standing in the middle of the street and interfering with the officers' when dealing with agitators. We don't know what was said during the altercation. After he was pepper sprayed, he continued to resist. He should have, at that point, moved away from the situation, especially while carrying a firearm. Not saying he deserved to die, but there are risks you take when putting yourself in that situation. |
Is this true? |
Watch the video. He kept trying to get up when they were trying to restrain him. |
Anyone who has typed out these words: just for the record, you are indeed saying that. |
How TF was he resisting arrest? He was peppersprayed at point blank range. They could have walked away at that point. Let me repeat, THEY COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY AT THAT POINT. People kill. Not guns. |
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The pretext for the ICE surge was the "somali fraud" thing, yet...
New from MN department of human services today: “New federal data release by the US Centers for Medicare/medicaid services shows the overall rate of improper payment in Minnesota’s Medicaid program is far below national averages.” 2.1% here compared to 6.1% nationally. |
People like PP are truly ghouls who don't understand physiology. The body's instinct is to react. It's wholly disingenous to say that people who are being attacked should just resist and fall to the ground because you'd have to go against your instincts and your fight or flight response, which is very hard to do, especially under extreme duress. You're not thinking at a moment like that, your body is reacting. How do people not understand this? Try walking without moving your arms. |
+1 and if a man trying to help a woman being attacked by the cops is now “interfering with the a police operation” you need to take off your Gestapo glasses and remember that the USA is supposed to be a democracy with a respect for the law, not just how ICE feels like behaving on a given day |
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Can someone tell me what a person who is at the scene of a protest has to do to appear NOT to be "resisting arrest" after being sprayed in the face with tear gas, punched repeatedly, and pinned down by multiple adult males? Are you supposed to remain motionless like a corpse while being tear gassed, punched, and sat upon?
Asking for me and my friends who will be attending more protests. |
But also, at that point, he knew he was being murdered, not arrested. iCE had no authority to arrest him. He had every right to resist. |