The Iceman Cometh by coldfishstix/Samantha Alvarado
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Do on a Saturday, go out for breakfast. Stop to get donuts for coworkers. We(I) have no idea why he was there at that particular moment. It frankly doesn’t matter why he was there, he should still be here.

And for this reason, among others, this is why I believe the distinction is needed.

Many reporters, commenters are saying #alexpretti was protesting. There was no protest happening there, prior to him being killed.

I personally haven’t heard why he was where he was when he was - if he was there to observe because agents were present… or if he was just doing what many MPLS folk….

They’re legally observing. They’re legally filming. They’re legally documenting. They’re submitting reports of people being taken to proper legal channels to ensure those people can be accounted for and receive proper representation.

It’s important now more than ever to make this distinction B/C..

At least - I haven’t seen anything released about what he was doing Saturday morning - for all I know he could have been dropping by Glam Doll Donuts to pick up to bring to his coworkers… but there wasn’t a protest there until after he was killed. Just people on Eat Street until agents showed up…

@davidpakman.bsky.social listening to your show right now. I think 1 thing that needs to be said over & over right now is Alex didn’t go to a protest on Saturday. There was not a protest when agents were murdering Alex. There were people on eat street no different than any other Saturday morning.

Minneapolis has always been surrounded by service and community. It’s who we are.

So as many of you likely already know - a weekend at the VA is always pretty damn somber..

Yesterday was something else.

You can often feel the sadness in the air when it’s present.

Yesterday was different.

How many day did it take for target to make this decision? Well over a week. (Hard to keep track of time in MPLS).

Also.. what good does that do when they let these ‘agents’ inside daily?

It wasn’t until Alex’s gun was in an ICE agents hand that two agents started shooting Alex.

It was a straight up execution on Eat Street in Minneapolis.

This chaos needs to stop, and these agents need to be held accountable.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA, went to render aid to a woman that had just been pushed down and pepper sprayed. Alex has a licensed weapon and valid conceal & carry permit. His gun was holstered until an ICE agent removed it off his body while he was held down by multiple agents.

Cc: @amyklobuchar.com

Beyond*

It’s so behind fucked.

Might have something to do with the part where there’s video evidence that appears to show one agent took the gun off the man and walked away with it before the other agent decided to murder the man.

* and any video they could see.

And I’m sure majority of them will label these officers as corrupt liberal lefties.. but i also have hope that some will find a new open broad view lens that starts to accept reality and ask the right questions.

At least, I hope

I’ve been sharing these statements on another social where my roots are connected, and im not GoldDust.

With captions like, “yup, on the board”&
“Words are spoken”

Not because I love everything said..

..but because I know a fraction of people will listen to those messages over anything i say.

Part of me isn’t ready to say happy retirement.

Based on what I saw on live streams - I don’t believe the men were there to support his rally.

I don’t know if they were a part of the counter protests, or if they were onlookers who recognized he needed escorting out.

I hope he reflects on that - at the end of the day, the hate he has saved him

I imagine this community will do what it has done during other hard times of need- deliver!

Subtle reminder it’s not just food that’s needed for those in need. Think about everything else you use daily - Bathroom products and so on. But also think about entertainment, isolation is boring & lonely.