Sources: Alex Pretty had ICE encounter before death (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Sources tell CNN that Alex Pretty, the man who was fatally shot in Minneapolis last week, had an encounter with federal agents a week prior. Now, according to sources, they said that that incident pretty had stopped his car when he saw ice agents chasing what he described as a family. They say that he began shouting and blowing his whistle. Now he also had told the sources that he was tackled to the ground by five agents, one of whom leaned on his back and that encounter. Left him with a broken rib. One source saying that that day he quote thought he was going to die. Now, according to records reviewed by CNN, pretty was given medication consistent with treating a broken rib. Now sources also tell CNN that Alex Pretty appeared to be known by federal law enforcement prior to Saturday's incident, though it's unclear whether the officers who tackled him knew who he was, but all of this part of an effort. By federal immigration officers to collect personal information on protesters and agitators as the Department of Homeland Security warns of increasing threats to law enforcement conducting operations.
- Sources allege Alex Pretty had a confrontation with ICE agents a week before he was fatally shot.
- He reportedly intervened verbally while agents chased a group he described as a family, then was tackled by multiple agents.
- Sources claim the incident caused a broken rib; CNN-reviewed records indicate medication consistent with such an injury.
- Pretty may have been known to federal law enforcement before the later shooting, though it’s unclear if the same officers recognized him.
- The reporting is framed within a broader DHS effort to gather information on protesters/agitators amid warnings of increased threats to officers.