đ What the ânew angleâ video shows
⢠Newly released footage from a protest on January 13 in Minneapolis, 11 days before Pretti was shot dead, shows him in a tense physical interaction with federal immigration agents. The video was obtained by The Independent and others.
⢠After subduing him, agents then deploy gas/pepper spray into the crowd of protesters and leave the scene without making an arrest, despite visible property damage.
⢠Pretti appears to be released and gets back up, at which point the earlier encounter ends. No charges were filed then.
This earlier interaction was widely shared as evidence of federal agentsâ aggressive tactics and that Pretti had been physically targeted in a prior encounter.
đĽ Chilling detail thatâs circulated
While some social posts and user-generated content claim that agents celebrated or acted inappropriately immediately after his fatal shooting (including allegations of clapping or hostility), major news outlets have not verified those specific behaviors in the official footage released so far. The most consistent detail from verified reports is:
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