Official Stories on Pretti and Good Contradict Reality as Body Cameras and Bystander Footage Reveal Facts
The pattern is now impossible to ignore: federal officials fabricate narratives about deadly shootings, video evidence immediately contradicts those narratives, and officials face no consequences. This is not law enforcement. This is lawlessness protected by state power. It is the collapse of the rule of law and the transformation of federal agencies into instruments of authoritarian violence accountable to no one.
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The Renee Good Narrative Collapse
On January 7, 2026, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, in her vehicle. Federal officials claimed Good “viciously ran over” Ross, justifying lethal force as self-defense. President Trump amplified this narrative, telling the public that Good had attacked an agent. Video evidence contradicted this story completely. Good briefly reversed her vehicle, then moved forward and to the right, away from the direction of traffic. She posed no threat. Ross stood at the front-left of her vehicle and fired three shots, killing her as the vehicle moved away from him. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, after reviewing the video, stated bluntly: “Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit.”
The Pretti Narrative Collapse
Seventeen days later, Border Patrol agents killed Alex Pretti. DHS claimed Pretti “violently resisted” disarming attempts and attacked agents. Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called Pretti “a would-be assassin.” Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino claimed Pretti wanted to commit a “massacre.” Video evidence from multiple angles, verified by Reuters, BBC, Wall Street Journal, and AP, contradicts all of this. Pretti held a cell phone, not a gun. He moved to help women being pushed by agents. An agent pepper-sprayed him. He was tackled and forced to the ground. A federal agent removed his legal firearm. While disarmed and pinned to the ground, multiple agents shot him in the back four times, with additional shots fired by a second agent.
The Authority of Video Evidence
These narratives did not collapse because journalists were sophisticated. They collapsed because video evidence is irrefutable. Video shows what actually happened, without interpretation or spin. It is harder for federal officials to lie when cameras record their actions. Yet DHS has not publicly released body camera footage from Pretti’s shooting. The agency claims to possess body-worn camera video from multiple agents, but has not provided it to the public, the victim’s family, state and local investigators, or Congress. Why? Because the body camera footage likely shows even more clearly than bystander video that agents murdered an unarmed man.
The Withholding of Evidence
Federal officials blocked state and local investigators from accessing evidence related to the Renee Good shooting. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had their access revoked. This is obstruction of justice. This is the destruction of the rule of law. When federal agencies refuse to cooperate with local investigations of federal violence, they assert that federal agents are above state law, above local law, and above accountability.
The Pattern: Lie, Deny, Obstruct
The pattern is now clear: federal officials make false statements about deadly force, video evidence contradicts those statements, the public is forced to reject official narratives, and federal agencies obstruct justice by blocking investigations. This is not aberration. This is the standard operating procedure of Operation Metro Surge. If federal agents shoot someone, they lie about it. If video contradicts the lie, they deny and obstruct.
The Absence of Prosecution
As of late January 2026, neither Jonathan Ross nor the Border Patrol agent who killed Pretti has been arrested or charged. Trump has not called for investigations into federal violence. He has called for investigations into Omar’s finances and Minnesota officials. He has not called for investigations into the murders of U.S. citizens by federal agents. This makes clear the priorities of the Trump administration: federal agents are protected; civilian critics are targeted.
The Precedent This Creates
When federal agents can kill U.S. citizens, lie about it, block investigations, and face no consequences, the rule of law is dead. Every other federal actioninvestigations, prosecutions, regulatory enforcementtakes place under the shadow of this lawlessness. If agents can murder with impunity, they can also investigate anyone they choose without concern for evidence or due process. If they lie about deadly force with no consequences, they lie about everything.
Rebuilding Accountability
Accountability requires several steps: public release of all body camera footage from Pretti and Good shootings; federal investigations into Jonathan Ross and the Border Patrol agent; state and local investigations reopened and protected from federal obstruction; congressional subpoenas of DHS officials; and, if evidence supports charges, prosecution of the officers involved. It also requires transforming ICE and Border Patrol. These agencies have demonstrated that they cannot be reformed. They are structurally designed to deploy violence with minimal accountability. Abolishing them is the only path to genuine accountability.
International Dimensions
Human Rights Watch documents how authoritarian regimes use security agencies as instruments of state violence with no accountability. The pattern unfolding in Minneapolis mirrors those international precedents. The question is whether American institutions will reassert the rule of law or whether they will accept federal lawlessness as normal. The coming months will determine this. If Trump is allowed to murder with impunity while persecuting critics, democracy is finished. If accountability is restored, it must begin with the cases of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
