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“Appear to contradict?”

Eliot— After Renee Good was shot, I think you posted a *very* useful birds-eye reconstruction of the event. Is there enough video to do something similar for Pretti?

WTAF, you guys? "At least five additional federal agents approach and attempt to force Pretti to the ground while one appears to strike him with a spray can." At least five? Federal agents? Approach? Attempt? While one? Appears? Strike him? Spray Can? Accurate details matter.

Come on. "Appears?" Be better, Bellingcat. This sounds like a WaPo piece.

Enough with the 'investigation' - we ALL saw it happen from all angles - cold blooded murder. There is no other conclusion. Anything less than that for Renee Good and Alex Pretti is a lie they are trying to sell. Stop wasting time and start arresting the murderers and those that hired them

A very diplomatic way of stating 'Alex Pretti was slaughtered by a murderous mob' but I suppose there are lawyers looming

How long will rumps murder spree be allowed to continue?

@bellingcat.com Did you see the projectile and smoke from the guy running away with Pretti’s gun, triggering his dumbass friends to start shooting?

Moriarty: "I was working with the BCA all day. What happened at the scene was that the federal agents stood about 2 feet apart w/ large batons & they physically prevented the BCA from entering the scene ... DHS prevented them from even entering the scene with a lawfully signed, by a judge, warrant."

Alex Pretti never had a gun. CBP murdered him in cold blood. They can't produce a gun with his finger prints or a clip. I demand an explanation of Obstuction of Justice. The picture they released came from a crime committed last week. Its from the internet. @maddow.bsky.social, @schiff.senate.gov

I love your work, but "appears" to contradict the DHS claim? Like, I slammed the NYTimes yesterday for using that softwash phrase - Bovino claimed something along the lines of "he was there to cause maximum bloodshed" and that the shots were fired in self-defense. How's that not just plain untrue?

@bellingcat.com Can you confirm one shooter?

Ok, probably won't be the first person to mention, but after careful analysis of slo-mo videos I tend to believe that the grey shirt agent could negligently discharge victim's Sig while leaving the scene. Could be upscaling artifact, but looks like his right hand is moved and conical shape is seen

Or shooting the gun for evidence of discharge and ‘the threat’ to officers. You know, ‘staging’

How about their claim is contradicted by reality?

This "appears to" is a vestige of an old press habit, possibly inspired by lawyers. Stop doing it.

bsky.app/profile/matt...

Turns out they now consider phones dangerous weapons.

“Appear” to?

When state violence is justified with lies, when video evidence is dismissed, when institutions protect power instead of people, this is no longer only an American problem. This is a global one.The time for “dialogue” with authoritarianism is over. stop negotiating and resist before it is too late.

They disarmed him and proceeded to shoot him to death.

I would have preferred a headline with "but videos of the incident show the administration is lying." Otherwise, solid analysis.

For Bellingcat, it's about presenting and preserving evidence, that can stand up in a court of law. They risk devaluing that if they start drawing their own conclusions from the evidence.

bellingcat: alex pretti worked at a hamas hospital

Alex Pretti was shot 10 times, he was murdered. Don't leave home unarmed; shoot defensively at anyone wearing a face mask who even glances at you.

"appears to" ??? grow a spine

The federal agent who removed Pretti's gun (a Sig Sauer P320 9mm) most likely accidentally discharged the weapon. When the federal agent turned around, the muzzle of the gun jerks to the right and appears to fire a shot into the ground right next to another federal agent.

Could you please look again at what to me seems as a confusion of the agents, when they are putting him down. Not only the one in front pushes him over the lying person, they appear to be forcing him in different directions. The somebody approving them for action should become a co-defendant.

It looked like the same ICE-hole who shoved that woman to the ground, was the same guy who bludgeoned and then helped murder a Good Samaritan/nurse who was trying to help the woman to her feet. 😣