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   Alex Pretti was known to the feds and suffered a broken rib in a violent   
   confrontation with agents a week before Border Patrol officers killed him   
   in Minneapolis, according to a report.   
      
   Pretti, an ICU nurse, told a pal he saw ICE agents chasing what he   
   described as a family on foot, and stopped his car during the earlier   
   incident around a week before he was shot last Saturday, CNN reported.   
      
   He said he pulled over in his car and began shouting and blowing on a   
   whistle, at which point he was tackled by five agents, the source said.   
      
   Pretti claimed that one of the agents had left him with a broken rib after   
   leaning on his back, the friend told CNN.   
      
   “That day, he thought he was going to die,” the source said, adding that   
   Pretti had been released by agents at the scene.   
      
   Federal immigration officers had documented details about Pretti, along   
   with other anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis in recent weeks, CNN   
   reported.   
      
   A memo sent this month to agents dispatched to the city asked them to   
   “capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general   
   information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it   
   all in one consolidated form,” the network reported.   
      
   Although Pretti’s name was known to federal agents, according to the   
   source, it isn’t known whether his information had been shared via the new   
   intake form.   
      
   It also isn’t clear whether Pretti recognized or was recognized by the   
   federal agents he confronted in Minneapolis on Saturday.   
      
   Video appears to show him being wrestled to the ground by agents before   
   one of them removes Pretti’s gun from his waistband and another fatally   
   shoots um.   
      
   The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied that the agency has a   
   database of alleged domestic terrorists.   
      
   “We do, of course, monitor and investigate and refer all threats, assaults   
   and obstruction of our officers to the appropriate law enforcement,” DHS   
   Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told CNN in relation to a separate   
   incident involving a federal agent in Maine.   
      
   FBI Director Kash Patel has also said that his agency is investigating   
   encrypted group chats on the app Signal, which are reportedly used by   
   activists to share information about ICE activities.   
      
   Such groups “create a scenario that illegally entraps and puts law   
   enforcement in harm’s way,” Director Patel warned during an appearance on   
   a conservative podcast Monday.   
      
   Conversation   
      
   Ewell B. Weiser   
   12 hours ago   
      
   Notice a theme? Stop interfering with the work of federal agents. A lawful   
   protest does not interfere with the work of a federal agent.   
      
   A lawful protest is marching someplace peacefully and not forcing the   
   possibility of violent interractions.   
      
   This is all by design. Who is benefiting?   
      
   Harry Flashman   
   10 hours ago   
      
   Not having ID voids his carry permit   
      
   Bringing a weapon and xtra magazine to a protest when he had a prior   
   violent encounter is troubling   
      
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