{"id":48897,"date":"2026-01-26T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=48897"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:04:21","slug":"you-wont-believe-how-highly-organized-and-funded-this-criminal-ring-to-obstruct-ice-is-in-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=48897","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You won&#8217;t believe how highly organized and funded this criminal ring to obstruct ICE is in Minneapolis.<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What The Left Doesn&#8217;t Want You To Know About Alex Pretti, The Man That Border Patrol Shot<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mainstream media outlets rushed to paint Alex Pretti as a blameless ICU nurse gunned down by heartless Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.\u00a0<\/strong>They highlighted his work caring for veterans and seized on video snippets showing him holding a phone. The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/us\/minneapolis-shooting-ice\">\u00a0ran<\/a>\u00a0with that angle, running the headline \u201cMan Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun,\u201d and claimed that footage captured Pretti only with his phone in hand, insisting that agents had no reason to believe he was armed during their encounter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/75a071d4-dde6-4d08-990b-ab887a7a.jpg?itok=oI1nHYyK\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/75a071d4-dde6-4d08-990b-ab887a7a.jpg?itok=oI1nHYyK\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/75a071d4-dde6-4d08-990b-ab887a7a.jpg?itok=oI1nHYyK\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c9e06fbd-7140-4402-b263-295692c77f6b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media outlets are also quick to point out that Pretti held a valid Minnesota concealed carry permit and legally owned the gun, as if that absolved him for his actions against the Border Patrol agents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Others point out that he had no criminal record, just traffic tickets.<\/p>\n<p>This, they argue, proves he was an innocent victim, not an agitator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2015521021739110605&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwhat-left-doesnt-want-you-know-about-alex-pretti-man-border-patrol-shot&amp;sessionId=aec159c347b2baa3e42b66d7a8f2a2449bd8fedb&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2015521021739110605\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>But what the mainstream media isn\u2019t telling you is that Pretti wasn\u2019t just some random bystander.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Jeanne Massey, a neighbor, Pretti was part of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/left-wing-activists-run-quasi-police-operation-signal-target-ice-agents-minneapolis\">\u00a0\u201cSignal ICE\u201d group chat\u00a0<\/a>of volunteers who organized a sophisticated operation to track ICE activity in real time and alert each other when agents were in the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These folks patrol streets, blow whistles, alert residents, and film operations to disrupt arrests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That puts him not on the sidelines but plugged into the very network that coordinated responses to federal enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Jones profiled the group just last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cA new activist twist on neighborhood watch is taking shape in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the outlet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/ice-watch-minneapolis-neghbors-organizations-resistance-protesters-whistles-follow\/\">\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel drive around these cities, they\u2019re often tailed by people in the neighborhoods. The idea is to make sure witnesses are present for any immigration arrest, to catch incidents on video, and to protest\u2014or at least get the detainee\u2019s name.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The article described the \u201cICE watchers\u201d as \u201cpassionate, determined, and just about everywhere\u2014and ICE is getting frustrated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2015478589244809249&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwhat-left-doesnt-want-you-know-about-alex-pretti-man-border-patrol-shot&amp;sessionId=aec159c347b2baa3e42b66d7a8f2a2449bd8fedb&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2015478589244809249\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Massey and Pretti<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/neighbor-alex-pretti-says-man-1639576\">\u00a0were part of<\/a>\u00a0the Kingfield neighborhood ICE Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Massey spoke on behalf of her neighbors, saying, \u201cLet me be clear: we are horrified, we are furious, and we are not going to pretend this is anything but what it is \u2014 another senseless act of violence carried out by federal agents in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis is the third time in just weeks that someone has been shot during these so-called enforcement operations, and it\u2019s devastating to see another life taken while our community is trying to stand up for justice and safety.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Massey explained that she was one of many Minneapolis locals who flocked to the scene where the man was shot dead this morning.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she was there when the ICE agents stormed the crowd and tear gassed the bystanders.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cPeople here are terrified, but we are also angry \u2014 angry that federal agents continue to operate with impunity, with lethal force, with no accountability,\u201d Massey claimed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cOur city is under siege. No one here feels safe, and that is unacceptable.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The mainstream media seems to be uninterested in reporting on Pretti\u2019s involvement with his local ICE Watch group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar gaslighting took place after the shooting of Renee Good after she attempted to run over an ICE agent with her car earlier this month.<\/strong>\u00a0She was immediately portrayed as a scared \u201cMinnesota mom\u201d who had just dropped her son off at school and accidentally found herself in the middle of an active ICE operation.<\/p>\n<p>In reality,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us-news\/renee-nicole-good-was-minneapolis-ice-watch-warrior-who-trained-to-resist-feds-before-shooting\/\">\u00a0she was a committed anti-ICE activist who deliberately sought to obstruct federal immigration enforcement<\/a>, and was part of her local \u201cICE Watch\u201d group as well, with which she received training on how to obstruct federal agents.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLoesch\/status\/2015489329821311473?s=20\">\u00a0how Dana Loesch put it:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Yes, you absolutely can carry at a protest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anyone who tells you otherwise is an anti-2A statist.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No, you absolutely cannot interrupt a federal op while armed and tussle with LEO.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>That&#8217;s how tragic things happen.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This isn&#8217;t rocket science.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hard to argue with that.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/what-left-doesnt-want-you-know-about-alex-pretti-man-border-patrol-shot\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/what-left-doesnt-want-you-know-about-alex-pretti-man-border-patrol-shot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What The Left Doesn&#8217;t Want You To Know About Alex Pretti, The Man That Border Patrol Shot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}