Alex Pretti’s Sister Slams ‘Disgusting Lies’ About Brother | EUROtoday

The sister of Alex Pretti shared an emotional tribute to her late brother through which she additionally condemned the rampant misinformation that had emerged within the days since he was fatally shot by federal brokers in Minneapolis.

“Alex was kind, generous, and had a way of lighting up every room he walked into. He was incredibly intelligent and deeply passionate, and he made people feel safe,” Micayla Pretti mentioned in a press release shared with CBS News and The Associated Press. “But most importantly, he was my brother. I had the privilege of being his little sister for 32 years. I will never be able to hug him, laugh with him, or cry to him again because of those thugs — and that is a pain no words can fully capture.”

Alex Pretti’s life objective “was to help someone — anyone,” she added, pointing to his work as an intensive care nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital. “My brother is, and always will be, my hero.”

Elsewhere in her assertion, Micayla Pretti condemned the politicization of her brother’s loss of life, noting that “hearing disgusting lies spread” about her sibling has been “absolutely gut-wrenching.”

“When does this end? How many more innocent lives must be lost before we say enough?” she famous.

Alex Pretti, 37, was amongst a bunch of people that had been protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday when he was gunned down by federal brokers.

The altercation was captured from varied angles in cellular phone movies, all of which seem to indicate Alex Pretti behaving nonviolently. As was the case within the Jan. 7 taking pictures of fellow Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, nonetheless, some members of the Trump administration have claimed the brokers had been appearing in self-defense.

“This individual impeded the law enforcement officers and attacked them,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem instructed reporters Saturday, earlier than accusing Alex Pretti of “domestic terrorism.”

In a dialog with CNN’s Dana Bash that aired Sunday, U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino shared related sentiments, claiming Alex Pretti was “actively impeding and assaulting law enforcement” earlier than he was killed.

Other lawmakers on each side of the political aisle have pushed again on the administration’s response to Alex Pretti’s loss of life. His mother and father, Susan and Michael Pretti, have described the “sickening lies told about our son by the administration” as each “reprehensible and disgusting.”

“Please get the truth out about our son,” they mentioned in a press release Sunday. “He was a good man.”