Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say

Federal immigration officers have been collecting personal information about protesters and agitators in Minneapolis, sources told CNN – and had documented details about Alex Pretti before he was shot to death on Saturday.

It is unclear how Pretti first came to the attention of federal authorities, but sources told CNN that about a week before his death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said that “DHS law enforcement has no record of this incident.”

A memo sent earlier this month to agents temporarily assigned to the city asked them to “capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it all in one consolidated form,” according to correspondence reviewed by CNN.

Pretti’s previous encounter is another reflection of the aggressive approach federal agents are taking with observers and protesters – a philosophy underscored by the request for agents to collect information about protesters whose activities are broadly protected by the First Amendment.

DHS has repeatedly warned of threats against federal law enforcement officers during immigration enforcement operations—and criticized protesters who they argue are impeding those operations. On Tuesday, the department also publicized an online tip form to share information about people allegedly harassing ICE officers.

“When our law enforcement encounter a violent agitator who is breaking the law, obstructing law enforcement or assaulting them, our law enforcement make records to advance prosecution. This is not ground breaking, it is standard protocol,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement.

The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution.

Pretti later told the source that five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back – an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene.

“That day, he thought he was going to die,” said the source.

Pretti was later given medication consistent with treating a broken rib, according to records reviewed by CNN.

Earlier this month, a DHS official in Minneapolis sent a memo to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations officers assigned to the state on temporary duty asking them to use a form to input information on protesters and agitators.

The form — titled “intel collection non-arrests” — allows agents to fill in personal information of agitators and protesters who they encounter. It’s not clear whether other agencies in Minnesota are also using the form.

Previously, agents had informally shared information about protesters and agitators with each other, the memo said.

Pretti’s name was known to federal agents, according to a source – though it’s unclear whether the new intake form was used to share his information.

It’s also not clear whether the federal agents who encountered Pretti on Saturday recognized him before they confronted him – eventually wrestling him to the ground, taking a gun from his waistband and then fatally shooting him.

Some Trump officials have spoken publicly about the idea of creating a database of protesters, though it’s not clear what ICE has done with the information collected through the form circulated to agents in Minneapolis.

“One thing I’m pushing for right now … 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,” Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, told Fox News earlier this month. “We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”

On Sunday, a DHS spokeswoman denied the agency was compiling a database of “domestic terrorists” after a video in Maine showed a federal agent recording the license plate of a woman observing him during an operation and telling her, “We have a nice little database and now you are considered a domestic terrorist.”

McLaughlin told CNN about the Maine incident, “There is NO database of ‘domestic terrorists’ run by DHS. We do of course monitor and investigate and refer all threats, assaults and obstruction of our officers to the appropriate law enforcement. Obstructing and assaulting law enforcement is a felony and a federal crime.”

In her statement to CNN on Tuesday, she reiterated that there is no DHS database.

Federal officials have made clear they are investigating anti-ICE activities they allege crossed the line into violence.

On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency was investigating Signal group chats used by observers to share information about ICE activities, warning on a conservative podcast that people cannot “create a scenario that illegally entraps and puts law enforcement in harm’s way.”

On Tuesday, DHS announced it was launching an investigation into a US citizen “who attempted to purchase a firearm on two separate occasions,” allegedly stated she wanted to “protect herself from ICE Agents, and also to kill ICE Agents.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs

10 hours ago, radisa said:

Ono što je u USA različito, je što ipak Demokrate imaju valst u dobrom delu države i mogu da se bore još protiv svega toga

Kod nas su radikali odavno izgubili Beograd, ali eto, zahvaljujući nekim ljudima, pre svega jednom (👨‍🦰)... Beogradom i dalje vlada Gangula i crno-crvena gamad.

Mnogo toga bi bilo drugačije da imamo bar gradonačelnika.

Tj. ono što je različito jeste da oni imaju istinsku opoziciju. Tj. bilo je različito, kod nas se sad to promenilo.

1 hour ago, barrcode said:

Zar neće kripto da zameni dolar? Tramp i familija su baš agresivni po pro-crypto pitanju (nakon što je, jelda, u prvom mandatu bio skroz anti-crypto).

Priznajem da se ne razumem, i da bude kripto dolar, opet će to biti zamena valute. A sećamo se da je uvođenje evra koštalo obične građane poprilično. Uz to, treba ispeglati potraživanja iz inostranstva po emitovanim obveznicama.

5 minutes ago, papapavle said:

Zar neće kripto da zameni dolar? Tramp i familija su baš agresivni po pro-crypto pitanju (nakon što je, jelda, u prvom mandatu bio skroz anti-crypto).

Mislim da se ovo odnosi da druge zemlje menjaju rezerve dolara za rezerve zlata.

4 hours ago, radisa said:

Ma izgleda kao da smo mi bili test za nešto više...

Jos su nase 90-te bile taj test. Svet nas tek sad sustize.

4 hours ago, bags said:

Da, sad se cini opravdano.

Character assassination umesto zakona, to je otprilike kraj pravne drzave.

4 hours ago, radisa said:

Ma izgleda kao da smo mi bili test za nešto više...

Ima deo gde kažu, ono štpo se mi već 10 godina sprdamo, došli su do tačke da svako iz vlasti može da kaže šta hoće bez ikakvih psoledica, da štite svoje ljude do maksimuma, da koriste top tehnologiju u borbi protiv građana( i objašnjavaju nešto teoretski, ne pozivaju se baš na Loka, ali tu negde, država- građani, odnosii, čemu sila služi i šta se dešava kada država ne poštuje ugovor sa građanima), da zloupotrevljavaju do maksimuma državne resurse, da ćaciji ne odgovaraju nizašta, i da su zaštićeni do kraja, pa ako treba i sa oprostom™ od strane države...

Ali i sa druge strane, da se ljudi koje politika nije do sad inresovala oragnizuju, udružuju, pomažu jedni drugima, jer se osećaju ugroženo od strane države...

SVe jako liči na ovo kod nas, samo na malo groznijem nivou, jer tamo ljudi ginu...

Pa nije da i kod nas ne ubijaju ljude, doduse vise kao nusprodukt...

Just now, Shan Jan said:

Character assassination umesto zakona, to je otprilike kraj pravne drzave.

Pa nije da i kod nas ne ubijaju ljude, doduse vise kao nusprodukt...

Kod nas ubijaju, onako iz nemara, ne možeš tačno reći ko je povukao obarač... U USA se zna, 1/1 ko puca i ko ga jje osudio i ko je pomilovan i ko je koga pomilovao... Transparentna država...

1 hour ago, jms_uk said:

Mislim da se ovo odnosi da druge zemlje menjaju rezerve dolara za rezerve zlata.

Crypto ima osnovni problem sto je, ironicino, mnogo zavistan od drzava i koliko dozvole i za sta da se koristi crypto. Imas od El Salvadora gde mozes da koristis za sve zivo ko pravi novac do zemalja gde je zabranjen za sve i onda mu ostaje osnovna primena - za ilegalne radnje (hakeri, dileri droge, ubistva...). A zlato je vec hiljadama godina prihvaceno kao nesto sto ima vrednost i ne deluje da moze da se poveca kolicina lako niti da je u interesu bilo koje drzave da ga ne koristi. Mozda u buducnosti ako se nadje bolji sistem al jbg ko zna da gleda u carobnu kuglu...

2 minutes ago, radisa said:

Kod nas ubijaju, onako iz nemara, ne možeš tačno reći ko je povukao obarač... U USA se zna, 1/1 ko puca i ko ga jje osudio i ko je pomilovan i ko je koga pomilovao... Transparentna država...

samo sledite sta trump radi sa cryptom tako cete se najpre obogatiti.

Peter Schiff priča da će dolar da se raspadne već 20+ godina. On je od onih "pokvareni sat je tačan dva puta dnevno". Predvideo je finansijsku krizu 2008. isto kao što ju je predvideo skoro svake godine nakon toga. Osim toga predlaže investiranje u zlato sve vreme i eto nakon 20 godina je dočekao svoj trenutak.

To sve ne znači da neće biti problema, ali znači da su njegova predviđanja bezvredna.

Edited January 29Jan 29 by Venom

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Edited January 29Jan 29 by vememah