The family of a Minneapolis nurse shot dead by the Department of Homeland Security have eviscerated the Trump administration and branded his killers ‘murdering and cowardly thugs’ in a blistering statement.
Speaking hours after Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s death in Minneapolis Saturday morning, the 37-year-old’s family said: ‘The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting.
‘Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs.
‘He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.
‘Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.’
While the family accused ICE of the shooting, it was actually carried out by officers from the Department for Homeland Security (DHS).
On Saturday evening, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem echoed claims Pretti ‘brandished’ a weapon at her agents before his shooting.
But footage taken of the killing appears to dispute her claims.
One agent was seen removing what appeared to be Pretti’s legally-owned handgun from his waistband.
I didn’t interfere with legal ICE operations and still alive to tell it !!