They were spraying him with pepper spray before they even took him to the
ground. This is not a FAFO situation. They do not have a right to shoot
anyone because they have a holstered weapon on them. These guys are
amateurs and should never have been given a weapon and any authority.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 7:13 PM Chuck <[email protected]> wrote:

> He violently resisted arrest.  You always are in the wrong and you always
> lose.  Add gun, dead.  Simple.  I see the cops taking a magazine, not a
> gun.  FAFO. Dont in LEA.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 25, 2026, at 5:58 PM, Jason McKemie <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> There is zero evidence that Pretti was picking a fight. He had a handgun
> on him, it was holstered until the ICE officer removed it himself. Where
> are the 2nd amendment people on this? Now carrying a weapon (legally, mind
> you) around law enforcement is justification for deadly force? I've watched
> a couple of the recordings and the administration is outright lying about
> this. Full stop.
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 5:49 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Trump Bad, Trump Good, ICE Bad, ICE Good, Renee Bystander, Renee Domestic
>> Terrorist, Alex Bystander, Alex Domestic Terrorist.  It is pointless to
>> discuss these topics.  People are too far entrenched in their opinions.
>> Nothing one side can say will ever change the mind of the other side.  The
>> two sides will watch the exact same videos and come up with polar opposite
>> opinions of what happened.  Even if something is proven as complete fact by
>> one side, it will be dismissed as false news or a cover up by the other
>> side.
>>
>>
>>
>> My question is why Minnesota, specifically Minneapolis and St. Paul.  Why
>> has it become so violent and filled with hate just there.  We do not see
>> this level of hate anywhere else in the country.  ICE seems to be making
>> arrests without incident all around the rest of the country.
>>
>>
>>
>> What makes an intelligent man (ICU Nurse) decide he is going to grab his
>> gun and go fight ICE agents.  What happen to this man's thought process?
>> Does anyone here have that level of hate where they will decide to grab
>> their gun and venture out in sub-zero weather looking to pick a fight with
>> armed ICE agents?
>>
>>
>>
>> When did it become acceptable to storm a church during a service?
>> Protest outside if you want, but storming in during a service.  Where did
>> this hate come from.  Trump or Waltz, depends what side you are on.  I
>> pretty sure the people storming the church had more hate than the people
>> inside the church in this case.
>>
>>
>>
>> The ICE agents are there to do a job, like it or not.  I don't understand
>> when it became acceptable to interfere in an arrest that you know nothing
>> about.  You may agree or disagree with Trump's policies, but that does not
>> mean you can interfere with law enforcement doing their job.  Like it or
>> not, believe it or not, they are arresting some bad people.  They also are
>> making some questionable arrests.  But being an "observer" that knows
>> nothing about what the arrest is about and interfering in not the answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is only going to get worst.  The ICE agents are very skittish with
>> good reason.  One could argue that in most situations they may be in fear
>> of their lives.  It is just a matter of time before an ICE agent is
>> killed.  There will be more "observer" deaths. Some will celebrate while
>> others rage.  End of the day it is very sad whenever someone dies for no
>> good reason.
>>
>>
>>
>> Some will say Trump just has to back down, others will say Waltz needs to
>> get control of his State.  I fear neither of these men will do this and
>> more deaths will result.
>>
>>
>>
>> Blame whoever you want, continue the name calling, continue the fear
>> mongering, fuel the hate, It is truly a sad time in our history.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>  Mark                            mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>
>>
>>   <https://www.Myakka.com>
>>
>>
>> ------
>>
>>
>> Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:01:58 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> So what I am hearing from you, Chuck, between the lines, is that you abet
>> the murder of Alex Pretti?  That the actions of ICE in MN is ok because of
>> the premise of removing "illegal" immigrants?
>>
>> Come on I thought you understood that the legitimacy of a small good
>> isn't justification of evil.   The lies that were put forth right off the
>> bat in the murder of Alex are not, in any circumstance, justifiable.  Not
>> to someone who truly believes the Mormon religion.
>>
>>  I am not Mormon, but a large part of my family is.   And they are some
>> of the best people I am related to.
>>
>> I stay in this shit filled room because I believe that just leaving
>> doesn't do anything to clean up the crap.
>>
>> Your saying that part of what DJT does justifies the rest of what he does
>> sounds like those who looked the other way in Germany in 1936.   OH look he
>> has saved the economy and built the autobahn.   Look deeper into the
>> government and economy that Hitler built and you find it was all debt
>> financing and without the war is was just about to destroy itself.   And
>> guess what is going on in the US right now.  EXACTLY THE SAME.
>>
>> I consider myself centrist.  But there is now and never a way to justify
>> the way that ICE is violating the constitution and the blessing of that by
>> the current administration.   This has nothing to do with previous
>> administrations except for the contribution that they had in creating
>> justifications for people to create what we have Now..    Now we have to be
>> clear that what is going on is NOT ok.   And being indifferent to it is
>> abetting it.   Going and saying that people who are being aghast at what is
>> going on have TDS is saying you are on the side of the federal government
>> taking people filming or helping someone up off the street and killing them
>> is a country that is good with you.   Basically you are agreeing with the
>> tenants of a National Socialist Workers Party.   And that anyone who isn't
>> is subject to Jail and death.    You can kick me out of this group if you
>> want but taunting me to leave or shut up isn't going to work.   That's what
>> bullies do.
>>
>> I am directing this to you, Chuck, because you are/were the heart of this
>> list.   The members here are hear because of what you gathered around you,
>> very much including me.   To find out you bless someone of what DJT does
>> makes it alright for what else he does sounds like the teasings of the
>> devil have embraced you.    And that makes me sad.
>>
>> On 1/25/26 8:51 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>
>> I used to believe that the big L Democrats, AKA "party of the elites"
>> were full of educated, well read, literate, urbane, compassionate basket
>> weavers – But when one does ad hominim postings like this, devoid of
>> example and cogent argument – kinda proves the point that  big L TDS folk
>> are more hateful and ignorant than the illiterate, unwashed, toothless,
>> rednecked, guns and god, deplorables.
>>
>>
>>
>> QED
>>
>>
>>
>> But yet you remain in the shit filled room… odd.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Dietrich Rushing via AF
>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2026 8:05 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Cc:* Dietrich Rushing <[email protected]>
>> <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
>>
>>
>>
>> When your in a shit fill room, aren't the smartest people the ones who
>> leave first?
>>
>> Hard to think anyone with a brain would ever support Trump  or MAGA.
>>
>> All the calls for "no talk of politics" is delusional when its this
>> impactful to everyones lives, typically spewed by "the right" cowards and
>> other deplorables who can't defend their positions.
>>
>> On 1/24/26 11:32 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>
>> If I did move the list to my own servers it would probably update
>> faster…. But I am lazy…..
>>
>> Interesting, seems only liberals get pissed and leave.  I wonder what a
>> sociologist would have to say about that…
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 24, 2026 10:19 AM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>> <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah…. I love a good pot stir.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think you would fail the Turing test for the wrong reasons though…
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Bill Prince
>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 24, 2026 10:05 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
>>
>>
>>
>> Especially with AIs like me stirring the pot.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/24/2026 8:47 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>
>> You got three choices”
>>
>>
>>
>> Take your own advice and “don’t post this political shit. “
>>
>> Because it is all opinion.  Full of falsehoods, rhetoric, hyperbole and
>> minor particles of truth totally surrounded by horseshit.  Yours more than
>> most in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Or just sit back and enjoy the game.
>>
>>
>>
>> Or you can leave.  Like you say, it is a terrible platform…   Why would
>> you want to even hang around here…
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Ryan Ray
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2026 7:41 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
>>
>>
>>
>> I just went back and looked, and my first post here was in 2012. So maybe
>> not 20 years here, but 13.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can remember some pretty garbage times on this list every time politics
>> get raised, even to the point of certain people leaving, because this is a
>> terrible platform to trump(et) your views. Been on the internet for over 30
>> years and not once have I seen sane political discourse on message boards
>> or social media. It's even worse with astroturfing in every direction,
>> literal bots riling up people in whatever direction Russia or India or
>> China wants. You've seen it, you've seen the bot problems on all social
>> media, and yet David talks about the USA standing up to Russia like they're
>> doing fucking anything about it. Other countries try to get rid of the
>> garbage social media companies from the USA and trumpster unilaterally
>> threatens tariffs and cries like a little baby.
>>
>>
>>
>> The fact that the USA has gone so far down the path that you literally
>> have a man who apparently can do whatever they want with no consequences is
>> the broke brain part of my statements. A literal rapist, thief. Cool. Nice
>> job. You guys did it. Build the wall and ya'll can sort each-other out.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pick and choose your platforms, figure out what is real and what isn't.
>> Go talk to people in the physical world. You'll get to understand your
>> fellow man a lot quicker and if your aim is to make change.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM Chuck <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> OT in the subject line frequently means political shit.  Many have been
>> hanging here 20 years.  We can bitch without having social media algorithms
>> listening.  There is an animal farm FB group but it is unused.  I think..
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2026, at 5:56 PM, Ryan Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> David, you are honestly clueless, there is nothing that can be said to
>> you to get you to see the light. This is extremely typical with your ilk.
>> You can see it in your responses of things like "libs" or "the left"
>>
>>
>>
>> Have a good day, stop posting political shit here.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM David Hannum via AF <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> See the response when you give a response that has thought behind it!
>> Libs just resort to personal insults.  It's all they have.  No rebuttals,
>> just personal attacks.  Sad . . .
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 7:44 PM Ryan Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <image.png>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM David Hannum via AF <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I disagree.  I don't think our allies distrust us.  They don't LIKE lots
>> of what Trump does, I think they see strength.  I think they see "America
>> First" and they respect that because they understand that as the USA goes,
>> they go.  They need a stron, unapologetic US who will stick their finger in
>> the face of Russia and China.  They need us to be like that because they
>> can't/won't be like that for themselves.  The European nations are all
>> followers - not leaders.  Biden & Obama did not lead.  Obama was
>> apologetic of the success of the US.  My biggest fear is what comes AFTER
>> Trump?  Every country in the world can't be equal.  Nothing gets done.  And
>> China and Russia aren't going to play that game.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> It's still totally unnecessary, and does nothing but create confusion and
>> distrust. If you want our allies to distrust us, then do shit like this.
>>
>> May actually be too late. They already distrust us, and China and Russia
>> are loving it. Just look at what Carney said.
>>
>> Stick an arrow pointing out of his ass, and that's probably where we
>> should be going.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/22/2026 9:07 AM, David Hannum via AF wrote:
>>
>> Even if it is what existed before, the world is on notice that we are
>> planning to deploy defense systems there.  So yea, it's still a win and
>> Trump can take a victory lap (like he needs a reason . . . )
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 11:47 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Even though it was Wednesday, I will call it a TACO day (follow the stock
>> market).
>>
>> There are zero details of what the "deal" is or isn't, and I'm betting
>> it's essentially what existed before.
>>
>> Prove me wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/22/2026 7:43 AM, Rory Conaway wrote:
>>
>> Looks like Trump got the deal he wanted.  Everyone is happy :).
>>
>> Rory
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 7:11 AM MVTVWISPA <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> David-
>>
>>
>>
>> I too read that exact information from Facebook posts word for word.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David Hannum via AF
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2026 3:33 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* David Hannum <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
>>
>>
>>
>> So many think Trump is a bully on Greenland . . . If you think he's so
>> terrible, you absolutely don’t know history.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1)  1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right
>> after Alaska).
>>
>> 2)  WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was
>> occupied.
>> 3)  1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it.
>> 4)  Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases,
>> radar, missiles.
>> 5)  Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security &
>> missile defense.
>> 6)  2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for
>> 150+ years.
>>
>> The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland.
>> It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the
>> 1800s.
>> Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals.
>> Trump didn’t invent it. His crime is he said the quiet part out loud.
>>
>> =======================
>>
>> NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Jan. 21 at the World Economic
>> Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Trump is spot on about the importance of
>> Greenland to security.  He said, "When it comes to the Arctic, I think
>> President Trump is right. Other leaders in NATO are right. We need to
>> defend the Arctic.  There are eight countries bordering on the Arctic.
>> Seven are members of NATO. That’s Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
>> Iceland, Canada, and the U.S.,” Rutte said.
>> "And there’s only one country bordering on the Arctic outside NATO, and
>> that’s Russia. And I would argue there is a ninth country, which is China,
>> which is increasingly active in the Arctic region. So, President Trump and
>> other leaders are right, we have to do more there; we have to protect the
>> Arctic."
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Hannum
>>
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