To the editor:

Saturday. Jan. 24, the world watched videos of a gentleman get basically executed for helping a woman who had been pushed down by a federal officer in Minnesota. The woman spoke to the officer and then he shoved her down. Apparently what she said to him scared him so badly, he thought it was OK to use physical force on her. She’s lucky he didn’t shoot her. The gentleman who tried to help her get up was not so lucky. 

The federal officer who had pushed her down, grabbed that gentleman, sprayed chemical agent in his face twice, and with other federal officers, wrestled him to the ground. The victim had his phone in his right hand and his left hand was empty. He lost his phone as he went down. While his hands were fisted in front of him and he was face down on the pavement, a different officer took a gun out from the group and threw it off to the side, then the original federal officer shot the victim in the back and nine more shots were fired at him. 

The gentleman’s name was Alex Pretti and he was a 37 years old VA hospital intensive care nurse. Homeland Security was on the air immediately, prior to any investigation, stating that Alex Pretti, RN, was a terrorist with a gun and the officers all thought their lives were in danger. Amazing that all of them were so frightened of the one man they had pinned face down with his hands out in front of him on the pavement, that they had to shoot him in the back. Homeland Security now states that they are going to take over the investigation. 

Hmmmm, I wonder why they won’t work with our Minnesota officers and local BCA? Maybe it’s because they need to make up more lies to cover all their previous lies.

Deanne Romaine 

New Ulm