ICE agents who killed Alex Pretti placed on administrative leave

"While paid administrative leave is standard for law enforcement officers who shoot someone throughout the country, Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino previously said the agents who killed Pretti were still on the job, just transferred to a different location. However, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday the agents were on leave, while adding that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Good earlier in the month had also been placed on leave."

"Videos from the scene showed Pretti holding a cellphone when the feds wrestled him to the ground, took a gun from his waist and shot him dead. Despite the evidence to the contrary, Noem and others in the administration called Pretti a domestic terrorist who threatened the officers in the immediate aftermath of the killing."

"Even top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who initially described Pretti as a would-be assassin who tried to murder the agents, walked back his rhetoric on Wednesday and suggested the agents had not followed protocol."

Two federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis were placed on paid administrative leave. Paid administrative leave is standard for law enforcement officers who shoot someone, though Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino had previously said the agents remained on the job after being transferred. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agents were on leave and that an ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good earlier in the month was also on leave. Noem said investigators were following the same ICE and DHS review process. Videos showed Pretti holding a cellphone when officers wrestled him to the ground, removed a gun from his waist and shot him. Noem and other officials called Pretti a domestic terrorist despite video evidence, and Stephen Miller later walked back his initial rhetoric and suggested the agents had not followed protocol. Bovino has been transferred out of Minnesota.

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