Pretti was reportedly tackled by five federal agents, including one who leaned on his back and broke his rib

Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent this weekend, suffered a broken rib during a previous encounter with federal officers, according to a report.

A week before his death, Pretti, 37, had a rib broken when a group of federal officers tackled him as he was protesting their detention of other people, sources told CNN.

  • leadore@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous,” Homan said.

    Wow. That is a direct threat to kill protesters. That’s when we hear their names is when ICE kills them.