No commentary from me here.
This is an affidavit from one of the women who recorded the video from earlier today.
She explained how Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse, was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him die in front of her.
We cannot continue this way
I am disgusted and outraged and overwhelmed, but ready to do what’s necessary. Protesting every weekend in Aliso Viejo is not enough. Why aren’t more people out in the streets, supporting Minneapolis? Why are we so complacent? Our country is going down the drain and we just……think about what’s for dinner?
The eyewitness account raises serious questions about escalation protocols. If Pretti was directing traffic when shots were fired, there's a huge gap between what DHS claims and what witnesses observed. I've seen this pattern before where official narratives don't match ground-level documentation. The fact that he was a VA nurse adds another layer - someone trained in de-escalaton killed during what should've been routine enforcement.