"Pretti was shot multiple times Jan. 24 as Border Patrol officers tried to arrest him while he was recording immigration officers on his phone. Blanche says the probe is separate from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's shooting investigation of the incident. "It means talking to witnesses. It means looking at documentary evidence, sending subpoenas if you have to," Blanche told reporters at a news briefing Friday on multiple topics."
"Under questioning, Blanche said the fatal shooting of Good isn't receiving similar DOJ scrutiny. "There are thousands, unfortunately, of law enforcement events every year where somebody is shot," he said. "The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice does not investigate every one of those shootings. There has to be circumstances or facts, or maybe unknown facts, but certainly circumstances that warrant an investigation.""
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is conducting a civil rights investigation into the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis. Pretti was shot multiple times while recording immigration officers on his phone. The DOJ probe is separate from the Department of Homeland Security's shooting review and will include witness interviews, documentary evidence review, and potential subpoenas. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche gave no timetable or commitment to release body camera footage. The earlier federal shooting of Renee Macklin Good is not under similar DOJ scrutiny. State investigators were excluded from federal reviews, prompting a state lawsuit and possible state charges after their own investigations.
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