Comment by vel0city

> None of the argument has to do with "harassment"

The guy I replied to literally said:

> Harassment (and that's the most generous interpretation) is not free speech.

> Better communication between officers might, for example, have led to Pretti not getting shot

You know what would have also led to the officers not murdering Pretti? The officers not being heavily armed, having the officers be better trained, have the officers not treat everyone as a threat to be handled, have the officers not assaulting people on the streets.

ICE is supposed to be serving civil infractions. They shouldn't be this armed to do so.

> There is speculation that the first shot may have come from an accidental discharge of Pretti's gun

There's zero evidence of this, and the video evidence shows the officer that actually shot Pretti experienced recoil in the hand holding his gun at the sound of the first shot. Meanwhile the officer holding Pretti's gun experienced no recoil at all, and instead of looking at the gun in his hands that supposedly misfired he turned to look at the guy who actually fired the first shot. If it was really Pretti's gun that misfired, wouldn't the guy holding it react by at least looking at it? I don't know about you, but if I'm holding a gun that suddenly goes off I'm not looking around elsewhere I'm looking at the gun that's unreliably going off!

Please don't continue pushing the false narrative (lie? slander? misinformation?) that it was some accidental discharge of Pretti's gun. It is not supported by reality.