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Attorney and self-defense expert Andrew Branca says the shooting of Alex Pretti was justified, lays out reasons why.

- "The moment he makes contact with that officer, he's just committed a federal felony good for eight years in a federal penitentiary."

- "That's why they were seeking to make his arrest because they saw him commit a forcible felony against a fellow officer."

- "Then he's noncompliant with arrest. He's fighting them. Then they discover he has a gun..."

- "They take that gun. There are cries of 'gun, gun, gun.' The officers called to each other. He's still noncompliant. They hear a gunshot go off. And Alex Pretty's right hand comes from his waistline with a black object in his hand."

- "That combination of facts is going to get you shot 999 times out of a thousand by law enforcement, and justifiably so."

"They're making all these perceptions, all these decisions in a violent, chaotic melee caused by Alex Pretti."

"They have to make all these decisions in a split second because that's how quickly someone can use a weapon against you, and those decisions."

"They don't have to be correct. The law of self-defense does not require us to make perfect decisions..."

“More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.” Well. Technically, as you can easily see in the video, Pretti kicked out the taillight, shattering it into tiny plastic pieces.

After agents stopped the SUV, jumped out, and restrained Pretti, who resisted, the videos clearly show Pretti was armed then too:




I don’t know about you, but chasing federal SUVs, spitting on them, and attacking their taillights while carrying a loaded pistol seems like a good way to start a very bad day. We learned from yesterday’s reports that Pretti’s rib was broken in the tangle. Eleven days later, he was back out on the streets, picking fights with agents, and tragically, he was killed. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Speaking as a lawyer, for anyone who needs to hear this: don’t pick fights with cops while carrying. Actually, you might want to avoid picking any fights with tense, armed cops. You probably shouldn’t curse them and spit on them either. My goodness. If you are craving an adrenaline rush, why not try something a little bit safer, like climbing skyscrapers without a harness, free diving with great whites, or signing your kids up at a Somali daycare center?

As always, the timing is curious. One day after the story breaks about Pretti attacking the SUV and getting his rib broken a week before the shooting, Democrat leadership tells the rank-and-file to stay away.

In 2020, corporate media refused to run any stories critical of George Floyd. But this time, the news of Pretti’s obvious mental illness is flooding out. One can feel the ground shifting beneath the narrative.