Channeling the Bastille ...

Alex Pretti was clearly visible holding a phone when agents first approached him,
before pulling him to the ground and shooting him.Credit...dangjessie, via Instagram

Videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times appear to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.

The Department of Homeland Security said the episode began after a man “approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun” and they tried to disarm him. The statement did not specify whether the gun was in the man’s hands or merely on his body.

Footage shows Mr. Pretti was clearly holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him.

Similarities to July 14, 1789 applies. To whit ...

The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]), which occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, was an act of political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to enter the Bastille. The governor of the Bastille, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and several members of the garrison were killed after surrendering. At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming and was already scheduled for demolition but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

Storming of the Bastille

We are at this possible flash point as the government wages war against its citizens without due cause and, because of this, it only takes a spark like the storming of the Bastille to turn the Minneapolis conflict into the start point to civil war but why is this happening?

With help from Gemini, the real intent from this writer's opinion is to sabotage the midterms as the administration from hell is going down on the voting side of things as seen by ongoing polls while the orange menace continues his slow decent into dementia as seen by his increasingly insane rants against anyone questioning his wisdom and authority as POTUS.

Gemini's take with small edits from yours truly.

The End Game of Minneapolis

The Phone, the Gun, and possible Death of the Midterms

The tragedy in Minneapolis involving Alex Jeffrey Pretti is a textbook study in Governmental Fraud. The Department of Homeland Security issued an invoice to the public: a man with a gun who needed to be disarmed. But the video,  shows a man with a phone.

I. THE SAMPLING ERROR

In videography, we know a clip shows how events  happen. In this case, if an agent is "Blinded" by the chaos of a high-stress environment, they react incorrectly. They see a weapon where there is a tool. But when that error is codified into a federal statement after the video is verified, it is no longer a sampling error; it is a Deliberate lie.

Me. When the training period of an ICE agent is 47 days, there's a problem Houston.
When agents wear masks, there's an even bigger problem. 

As of early 2026, the training period for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers has been significantly shortened to approximately 8 weeks (or roughly 47-48 training days) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Georgia, down from a previous duration of five months. This streamlined program aims to rapidly increase staffing. 

II. THE BASTILLE FREQUENCY

History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme as per Mark Twain. The French Revolution didn't start with the fall of a kingdom; it started with the release of seven prisoners from the Bastille. It was a small transaction that proved the "King's Rule" was failing.

The death of an intensive care nurse—a man whose life was dedicated to patient care—is a 2026 flashpoint. If an angry citizen retaliates against the "Thugs" of the state, the administration is primed to react.

III. THE ENDGAME: MARTIAL DECOHERENCE

The 1,500 troops outside Minneapolis are not there to restore "Peace" . They are the standing answer to a manufactured crisis.

The Trigger: A fatal shooting exposed by video.

The Feedback: Violent reaction from town denizens.

The Transaction: National Emergency declaration used to "Audit" (eliminate) the midterms and establish "permanent" Martial Law.

IV. IGNITION!

When the government's account of reality is visibly "different" from the recorded frame, the possibility of revolution looms. We are watching the transition from a civil society to a corrupt regime where the Insurrection Act is the only viable option to them to stay in power.

The midterms are the "Cart," and the 1,500 troops are the "Horse" currently tramping over the Constitution.

 

The last question to ask is
When will our so called leaders demand ICE to be disbanded!!! 
Time to act before it's too late comes to mind here, right?