The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in Helmand province.
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who gave their lives in Afghanistan to defend the United States. The president said, “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’ […]
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams WARNING: The following article contains graphic video. In the original video of the shooting of a man in Minneapolis, identified by the Minneapolis Star Tribune at 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a woman in a pink coat was seen in the background filming the incident with her phone. Drop Site News obtained footage that appeared […]
Minnesotans awoke to yet more terror Saturday morning as news broke that federal agents had shot and killed another local in the streets. The victim, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, was pinned down by several agents before being shot multiple times. The Associated Press said Pretti was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans […]