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Swede

(38,889 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:24 AM Saturday

As Pretti laid on the ground, the woman he was shielding yelled out "decorticate posturing" a sign of sever brain trama.

Them fucking bastards!

In an exclusive interview reported by The Intercept, the EMT said she could tell immediately that Pretti had a catastrophic brain injury. She says she identified herself, begged to perform CPR, and pleaded to get to him. On the audio in the video, her voice can be heard calling out “decorticate posturing,” the involuntary curling that can signal severe brain trauma. She says an agent held her back anyway.
Read that again: the person he tried to shield was trained to save lives, and federal agents would not let her get to him. Whatever you think about immigration policy, whatever you think about protest, whatever you think about “crowd control,” this is a basic human line.

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As Pretti laid on the ground, the woman he was shielding yelled out "decorticate posturing" a sign of sever brain trama. (Original Post) Swede Saturday OP
The cruelty is the point. RandomNumbers Saturday #1
They do not care. OLDMDDEM Saturday #2
Those bastards shot him 10 times. There had no Klarkashton Saturday #3
FUCK FUCK FUCK orangecrush Saturday #4
"" AllaN01Bear Saturday #5
They're just murderers looking for a place to practice their skill on humans. nt Trueblue Texan Saturday #6
They are practicing for you quakerboy Saturday #7
Horrifying karin_sj Saturday #8
When they first got Alex on the ground dflprincess Saturday #9
I share your hope, but not with this corrupted DOJ Evolve Dammit Saturday #11
My hope is in the Hennepin County Attorney. nt dflprincess Saturday #13
Hope is all I got, other than being PO'd every day. F these fascists. Evolve Dammit 18 hrs ago #17
One of the more shocking realities angrychair Saturday #10
Isn't shooting someone once or twice usually enough to slow them down? 3catwoman3 Saturday #12
Charlie Kirk's decorticate posturing was immediately noticed by witnesses. LastDemocratInSC Saturday #14
DAMN THEM! Damn them all to their own private HELL. Silver Gaia Saturday #15
They probably thought she was speaking a foreign language, Ilsa Saturday #16

Klarkashton

(5,045 posts)
3. Those bastards shot him 10 times. There had no
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:46 PM
Saturday

Interest in having anyone except their own undertakers get near the body.

quakerboy

(14,795 posts)
7. They are practicing for you
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:14 PM
Saturday

They started with the brown folk because they knew most wouldnt complain and they could claim they were illegal.

Now they've moved on to protesters..

If there is not a change, the future is very grim. Voting, especially in a purple state, is likely to be a more dangerous experience moving forward.

dflprincess

(29,258 posts)
9. When they first got Alex on the ground
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:21 PM
Saturday

The video shows one of the thugs repeatedly banging him on the head with what looks like a canister.

I hope the murder charge is coming soon.




angrychair

(11,948 posts)
10. One of the more shocking realities
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:36 PM
Saturday

That I've learned since that happened was what actually happened in those last moments.

I've never watched the full, unedited video and never will.

That said, they did shoot him 10 times but I was always under the impression it was in his back but it was not. They shot him multiple times in the head. They were trying to murder him. On purpose.

3catwoman3

(29,003 posts)
12. Isn't shooting someone once or twice usually enough to slow them down?
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:04 PM
Saturday

I've never even touched a gun so am no expert, but shooting someone 10 times, especially at such close range - WTAF?

LastDemocratInSC

(4,228 posts)
14. Charlie Kirk's decorticate posturing was immediately noticed by witnesses.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:20 PM
Saturday

But one shooting victim was described as a domestic terrorist and the other described as a saint bound for celestial glory.

Silver Gaia

(5,324 posts)
15. DAMN THEM! Damn them all to their own private HELL.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:33 PM
Saturday

I did not know this.

Hired killers. Murderers paid by OUR government.

Ilsa

(64,081 posts)
16. They probably thought she was speaking a foreign language,
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 09:43 PM
Saturday

snd so they doubled-down.

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