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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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mina

@memina.bsky.social

nationals fans: always has been 🔫🧑‍🚀

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 16h

Oh my god Bryce Harper’s last four reposts in Instagram:

1. chemtrails conspiracy theories
2. “A five year old boy’s got no business being in school”
3. Harmless fitness video
4. Raw milk propaganda

His brain is so hopelessly cooked oh no

January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM

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Jeff Rueter

@jeffrueter.bsky.social

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. 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 had 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. Thank you.

January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM

ric sanchez

@ricsanchez.bsky.social

Last week a reporter went to a Border Patrol recruitment event, was told she needed no law-enforcement experience and was pressured to apply.

Then a CBP agent made her create a resume with AI software.

Link: www.cltampa.com/news/at-st-p...

January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM

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Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

When you’ve lost Tim Pool

January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM

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Minnesota Star Tribune

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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026

January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM

ric sanchez

@ricsanchez.bsky.social

you may be shocked to learn the NRA hasn’t said shit btw

January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM

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Alex Firer

@alexfirer.bsky.social

Watching this old man take a water bottle and slowly walk into a mist of tear gas is going to stay with me. Everything they do to make people scared empowers them all the more.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

January 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM

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Michael Pina

@michaelvpina.bsky.social

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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Zito

@zeets.bsky.social

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM

ric sanchez

@ricsanchez.bsky.social

that's right

NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 1d

SIX WINS IN A ROW! 🦆

January 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM

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wargen

@funeralpig.bsky.social

cop: did he send any texts around the time of the crash?

cop 2: he sent a post that reads “padding my three track album with 26 skits and interludes”

cop: not bad but it ain’t going viral

cop 2: posting isn’t just about going viral

cop: (sighs) not this shit again

October 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM

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Kyle Griffin

@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

www.nytimes.com

January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM

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Sam Dykstra

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The 2026 MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects list is now out in full, led by Konnor Griffin at No. 1.

Dive in:

Top 100 Baseball Prospects

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

www.mlb.com

January 24, 2026 at 1:53 AM

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Patrick Monahan

@pattymo.com

Scrooge from Muppet Christmas Carol: You there, boy! What day is it?

Bean Bunny: Why, it’s Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil, sir!

Scrooge: Then I haven’t missed it!

January 24, 2026 at 12:08 AM

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Robert O'Neill

@robertoneill31.latenightgrin.com

congrats to guy fieri on whatever super bowl commercial he's in

Fox 8 Nola @fox8live.com · 1d

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The Food Network star shared a video of his new look for his 58th birthday this week.

www.fox8live.com

January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM

ric sanchez

@ricsanchez.bsky.social

i’m sorry?

January 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM

ric sanchez

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Incredible baseball discourse on The Everything App

January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM

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Charlie Warzel

@cwarzel.bsky.social

not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...