{"id":22266,"date":"2026-01-25T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22266"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:07:04","slug":"why-did-feds-kill-minneapolis-protestor-alex-pretti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/25\/why-did-feds-kill-minneapolis-protestor-alex-pretti\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Feds Kill Minneapolis Protestor Alex Pretti?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More to follow soon on Ruby Ridge parallels with Saturday&#8217;s killing by the feds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge-1024x968.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge-1024x968.png 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge-800x756.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge-150x142.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge-768x726.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-08-16-27-Don-the-Savage-on-X-This-Boomer-trash.-Those-of-us-with-a-brain-Ruby-Ridge.png 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minnesota TV station analysis suggests Alex Pretti had been disarmed before the feds fired 10+ shots at him.  Hopefully <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a> does not block evidence either way <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TyqX5Zbjfu\">https:\/\/t.co\/TyqX5Zbjfu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015273103593484382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a> blocking the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from investigating the latest federal killing in Minneapolis? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ggIS3O1Cz\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ggIS3O1Cz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015148431153435019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feds in Minneapolis killed a guy (who was legally carrying a pistol) who was videotaping them.  Ongoing lawsuit says Trump admin. is &quot;treating video recording of DHS agents in public as a threat that may be responded to with force and addressed as a crime.\u201d\u2026<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015136622820368590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand,  not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErjfYZCeuG\">https:\/\/t.co\/ErjfYZCeuG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1yfOqXon6b\">pic.twitter.com\/1yfOqXon6b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015156052136747186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many of the Trump supporters cheering the killing of the Minneapolis demonstrator today would also cheer for the FBI sniper killing Vicki Weaver in her cabin door at Ruby Ridge in 1992?  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SLHgCnVNX9\">https:\/\/t.co\/SLHgCnVNX9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015191215860322313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 1992, the FBI Rules of Engagement entitled FBI snipers to preemptively kill any adult they saw with a firearm.  What rules is ICE following now in Minnesota? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nfifAHI2SX\">https:\/\/t.co\/nfifAHI2SX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015197214067347854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a> has nothing to hide, why are they blocking Minnesota officials with a search warrant from examining the scene where federal agents killed a man today? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/61EKYLtFqI\">https:\/\/t.co\/61EKYLtFqI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015186316971913696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are Feds entitled to total secrecy on their killings of American citizens? &quot;Federal  officials have refused to disclose the identities of federal agents  involved in Saturday\u2019s shooting&#8230; &quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015181743335043390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a> blocking the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from investigating the latest federal killing in Minneapolis? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ggIS3O1Cz\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ggIS3O1Cz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015148431153435019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feds in Minneapolis killed a guy (who was legally carrying a pistol) who was videotaping them.  Ongoing lawsuit says Trump admin. is &quot;treating video recording of DHS agents in public as a threat that may be responded to with force and addressed as a crime.\u201d\u2026<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015136622820368590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-23-59-38-Edit-Post-Why-did-Feds-Kill-Minneapolis-Protestor-Alex-Pretti-\u2039-James-Bovard-\u2014-WordPress.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-23-59-38-Edit-Post-Why-did-Feds-Kill-Minneapolis-Protestor-Alex-Pretti-\u2039-James-Bovard-\u2014-WordPress.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-23-59-38-Edit-Post-Why-did-Feds-Kill-Minneapolis-Protestor-Alex-Pretti-\u2039-James-Bovard-\u2014-WordPress-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another Ruby Ridge parallel with the DHS killing of Alex Pretti: Vicki Weaver had a .380 pistol on her side under her sweater when the FBI sniper blew her head off as she was holding her baby. Neither she nor Pretti was brandishing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SLHgCnVNX9\">https:\/\/t.co\/SLHgCnVNX9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015480545254285396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the Senate testimony of Randy Weaver:  She had a .380 semi-automatic pistol that was right down here on her side, under her sweater, which I did not even know she had it on until after I had brought her into the cabin. But she was used to packing a gun.&quot;\u2026<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015480855737585758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. James Comer, chairman of House Oversight Committee, today suggested that Trump pull ICE agents out of Minnesota. This is the most prominent congressional Republican yet to recoil from Minnesota debacle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9axckyr9P\">pic.twitter.com\/C9axckyr9P<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015478670467477852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump&#39;s Border Patrol boss Bovino says G-men were the real victims of the killing of Alex Pretti &#8211; \u201cThe victims are the border patrol agents there,\u201d he said.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QaB6n18pkF\">https:\/\/t.co\/QaB6n18pkF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015466957085008096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you explain why federal agents violently attacked Alex Pretti before shooting him? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l6MwGNvExY\">https:\/\/t.co\/l6MwGNvExY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015460703985975670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Destroying, Suppressing Evidence is FBI Standard Procedure&quot; Another Ruby Ridge parallel to the federal killing of Alex Pretti? FBI got caught destroying huge amounts of evidence on Randy Weaver case.  I wrote about that 8 years ago for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thehill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ElwtlG3SHE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ElwtlG3SHE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015445640956858586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal indictment of Randy Weaver claimed he had moved from Iowa to northern Idaho as part of his scheme to have a conflict with the feds. That wacky argument helped the feds lose in Idaho court after killing Vicki and Sammy Weaver <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxjLg5EAht\">https:\/\/t.co\/BxjLg5EAht<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015442021809267019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you automatically hate anyone that federal agents kill &#8211; as long as a Republican is president? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OqcRgxlByd\">https:\/\/t.co\/OqcRgxlByd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015427539993337875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In both cases, federal agencies claimed a right to preemptively kill their targets and then cover up the killings. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wdey6jGyT\">https:\/\/t.co\/2wdey6jGyT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015426007692464180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI justified killing Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge by lying &amp; saying she was shooting at a helicopter.  Did Bovino lie about why the feds killed Alex Pretti? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyki3aPA9t\">https:\/\/t.co\/lyki3aPA9t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2015408786794545526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More to follow soon on Ruby Ridge parallels with Saturday&#8217;s killing by the feds Minnesota TV station analysis suggests Alex Pretti had been disarmed before the feds fired 10+ shots at him. Hopefully @DHSgov does not block evidence either way https:\/\/t.co\/TyqX5Zbjfu&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) January 25, 2026 Why is @DHSgov blocking the Minnesota Bureau of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[349,1291,1489,1330,27,2344,4666,1098,316,55],"class_list":["post-22266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coverup","tag-dhs","tag-gun-rights","tag-killing","tag-lying","tag-minneapolis","tag-noem","tag-protestor","tag-second-amendment","tag-secrecy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why did Feds Kill Minneapolis Protestor Alex Pretti? - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why did Feds Kill Minneapolis Protestor Alex Pretti? 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