Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say

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15. They Knew He Was Armed

They may have singled him out after this alleged previous encounter with ICE and if so, should have known about his concealed firearms permit. They are using video surveillance with facial recognition software to compile personal data on protesters. They may have used that information to target him as an "agitator" and justify this armed response by the goon squad. And one of the agents quickly left the scene after taking the gun from Pretti. It does seem to fit the false narrative of using deadly force against protesters who may be cast as assaulting officers by being behind the wheel of a car or in possession of a firearm.