In the span of eleven days, Alex Pretti went from a furious protester clashing with immigration agents to a national symbol of a country at war with itself. The newly verified footage shows him spitting toward officers, kicking out a taillight, and being slammed to the pavement as tear gas rolls over demonstrators. A licensed handgun rides at his back, a detail that now feels like a warning no one heard in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Border Patrol agents tackled him again on January 24, they ripped that same pistol from his waistband. Investigators now believe a stray round from Pretti\u2019s own gun may have triggered the deadly volley that followed. His family insists he posed no lethal threat; federal authorities insist their agents faced one. Between those two narratives lies a broken rib, a dead nurse, two shootings in three weeks, and a president quietly pulling his own forces out of a state he set ablaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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