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Yes he carried a gun which he had a permit
Did the Proud Boys obstruct Capitol Police?
Pretti obstructed law enforcement officers. I would say that even if he was unarmed. I have had, and still do not, any anger at all about Alex Pretti.
On that day, Pretti stood between an out-of-control officer who was using excessive and possibly permanently damaging force against a woman who was already on the ground.
They were doing more than just obstructing. They were embattling.
I think that connecting the angry outburst on one day with being shot by immigration enforcement a week later is nonsense. These were most likely not the same officers and didn't know him from Adam. The incident was an expected outcome when an out-of-control poorly instructed police force continues to escalate the tensions with a community still mourning the death of Renee Good and the assault on our immigrants community (both legal and illegal). That's what made it dangerous. As for the angry display kicking out the tail light of a departing ICE vehicle, it was not any more violent than when that man long ago made a whip out of chords, overturned the tables of legal vendors, and drove them out of the temple with that whip. Sometimes an angry response is what is called for.
Yes he carried a gun
why dont you really think they they needed
If they arent citizens, YesOh really? Do you realize Iran killed 30,000 protesters in 2 days (Jan. 8, 9)? And here, we had two deaths, total, not by protesters, but by agitators, forcing armed people to make spit second decisions, while blowing whistles and screaming in their faces.
I think these agitators killed themselves. It's their own fault 100% that they are dead, because they make poor life decisions (bringing a gun while agitating officers) and have zero self-preservation skills.
That was not excuse to shoot him, especially when his gun had already been taken from him by the agents.
You are right. They don't plan for anything. That's because they are poorly-instructed, which is what leads them into situations where they feel the need to use deadly force to defend their lives.
Professional police who are properly instructed do not find themselves in such situations because they learn how to de-escalate the situation. They are professionals with the guns and the license to kill. The crowds are not. That's why it is their responsibility, not the crowd's responsibility, to act professionally.
They may say that, but they are doing the opposite. The community was already at peace before they arrived. Now it is in turmoil. What they say are there to do and what they are actually doing are completely different.
It is not their responsibility to respect a police force that is tearing their community apart.
As I said, we had peace before they came. They are destroying peace.
