Trump calls slain Minneapolis nurse an ‘agitator’ after videos resurface

President Trump repeated claims against Alex Pretti, the nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis, calling him an “agitator” and possibly an “insurrectionist” in a Truth Social post early Friday after videos resurfaced showing a confrontation with agents 11 days before he was killed, the article said.

Videos that gained attention show Mr. Pretti in a Jan. 13 confrontation with federal agents, where he is seen spitting and cursing at some agents and kicking a taillight on one of their S.U.V.s before agents push him to the ground, the report says. Mr. Pretti’s parents and sister have condemned what they say are lies spread by Trump administration officials and described him as a good man who helped treat sick people at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis.

A lawyer for the family, Steve Schleicher, said: “A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted.” He added: “Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex’s killing.” The article says the Trump administration has largely portrayed the shootings as justified and defended federal agents’ aggressive tactics.

It notes that Mr. Trump earlier said he wanted to “de-escalate” the situation in Minnesota while also referring to anti-ICE demonstrators as “paid insurrectionists” and “paid agitators,” and that he called Mr.

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