I hate to get political but I genuinely can't fucking bring myself to not talk about this. (tw, mentions of guns, shootings, and just flat out corrupt law enforcement below the cut.)
Today on January 24th in Minneapolis, an INNOCENT civilian Alex Pretti was slaughtered by ICE agents with the justification of brandishing a gun and approaching with violent and threatening intent. Mind you, when he approached the agents to help other civilians that were being wrongfully pepper sprayed, assaulted and beaten, he had his PHONE in one hand and the other was empty. Once beaten and thrown to the ground, Pretti was forced on his knees and hands by multiple officers while one clearly takes the gun from his holster by his waist. (Might I add that in ALL of this time, Pretti had not ONCE even hinted to the officers that he was reaching for the gun. As well as the fact that him carrying it is well within his 2nd amendment right.) Not even SECONDS LATER one officer takes out his own personal weapon and fires more than 10 shots into Pretti's back and limp figure. I cannot stress this enough, MORE THAN 10 SHOTS INTO A DISARMED, VIRTUALLY LIMP AND DEFENSELESS CIVILIAN WITH NO PLAUSIBLE REASON OTHER THAN INCOMPETENCE, AND THE FEAR OF THE INCAPACITATED MAN WITHOUT A GUN HAVING MALICE TOWARDS HIM. I know that there might not be much you can do, hell, there isn't much for me either. But we can speak out about these injustices. We CAN bring these up in conversation. We CAN protest with a community. But please, for the love of everything true, don't justify his death. Don't simply accept it as it is, keep these events in mind every time you go in public and see officers. Officers that are unqualified, picked blindfolded and upside down without a SINGLE CARE what their background is, and the officers that perform acts of cruelty against innocent people with the excuse of wanting to stop illegal immigration. Please stay safe out there everyone, and do what you can to help.
