Alex Pretti starb bei der Verteidigung eines Rettungssanitäters. ICE ließ nicht zu, dass sie ihn behandelte.

„ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a swarm of ICE agents in Minneapolis moments after he assisted a couple of women. One of them, according to new reports, was also a health care professional—who was denied the chance to help Pretti in his final moments.“

“I could tell the second that I laid eyes on him that he was horrifically injured,” the EMT said. “I immediately said, ‘I’m an EMT! He has a brain injury! He has a serious brain injury! I need to help him right now.’”

„Moments before Pretti’s death, video captured from onlookers at multiple angles depicted the 37-year-old filming ICE activity before intervening between another protester and an agent who had violently shoved her to the ground. The two protesters were then sprayed with a chemical irritant, and Pretti was ripped away from the other demonstrator while she continued to slip on a mound of snow.“

“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she recalled. “Because I knew that if he wasn’t pulseless at that point already, he was going to become pulseless very, very soon.”

„Then Pretti died. His death was later ruled a [homicide](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5718948-alex-pretti-fatal-shooting-homicide/) by the Hennepin County medical examiner.“

„The government is constitutionally required to keep people safe once they are in custody. The legal principle is tied to due process, outlined in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Parameters established by the Department of Justice also stipulate that officers are not allowed to ignore serious medical conditions or risk of harm, such as assault, that could jeopardize an individual’s life. Unfortunately, in Pretti’s case, agents appeared to ignore both of those tenets.“

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From the Intercept Article:

„One of the women involved in the confrontation, who was the closest civilian to Pretti when he was killed, said that in the immediate aftermath of the shooting she identified herself as an emergency medical technician and moved to perform CPR. Federal agents restrained her, said the woman, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution by the government.“

„In videos of the shooting, the EMT repeatedly exclaims that Pretti is “decorticate posturing” — a medical term for the curling and movements of the limbs after suffering severe brain trauma. Then, Pretti’s body went completely limp. Videos show the EMT frantically pleading with one of the officers as other agents begin to surround Pretti’s body.“

“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she recalled. “Because I knew that if he wasn’t pulseless at that point already, he was going to become pulseless very, very soon.”

„Immediately following the shooting, the EMT, who was carrying trauma supplies at the scene, attempted to reach Pretti before being intercepted and held back by a masked officer. The medic’s identity and place at the scene were corroborated by an attorney with the Minnesota branch of the National Lawyers Guild. The EMT’s account of events is supported by publicly available video evidence and court documents.“

„The EMT said that while Pretti’s injuries were so severe it was unlikely he could be saved, critical minutes passed between the shooting and the time when another bystander first rendered aid — a period when the EMT was trying to get access to Pretti.“

“*They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.*”

„*Immediately commencing CPR on cardiac arrest is standard medical practice, and neglecting or delaying the process can significantly increase a patient’s chance of death. The EMT only wishes, she said, that she could have attempted to treat Pretti.*“

“*The trauma of that is significant,” she said. “He didn’t get the final act of kindness of someone trying to render him aid.*”

„Observer footage filmed on the day of the shooting [captured](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/customs-border-patrol-agent-kills-minneapolis-nurse-video-analysis) the EMT and another woman standing in the street before an agent approaches them and begins shoving them across the road. “ 

“He was really kind of sending me flying backwards,” the EMT recalled. “I was having to kind of run and stumble backwards to not fall.”

“He very clearly came over to assist me and the other woman as we were being hurt,” she recalled. “My first recognition that he was present was feeling his arm around my waist and me looking at him and feeling very grateful that he prevented me from falling onto the sidewalk.”

“I was saying to the agents, “We’re leaving! We’re leaving. We’re leaving!’ — just trying desperately to like get them to stop,” the EMT said.“

„She realized later, watching the video, that the same agent who grabbed her was one of the officers who shot Pretti.“

„Following the shooting, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem [characterized](https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/trump-officials-stick-terrorist-label-on-americans-killed-by-dhs) him as a “domestic terrorist.”

„The EMT, however, thinks Pretti’s actions that day may have prevented other civilians from being attacked by federal agents in the same manner.“

“I think he easily could have saved me and the other woman’s life,” she said. “All he did was try and help two people who were being hurt by ICE agents.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/13/alex-pretti-first-aid-emt-federal-agents/

I can’t get over the fact that the last thing Alex Pretti did was try to help a woman after a fall.

A nurse to the very end.

Yes. The whole thing is on video, don’t think Americans care enough to demand accountability unfortunately

This is a metaphor for how Republicans will let you bleed out as they cater to billionaire AI data centers and concentration camps.