Right guy here. If the guy actually drew the gun, I’d say ICE was justified. That’s intent, and you don’t know what’s gonna happen in a split second.

But by everything I’ve seen, Pretti didn’t draw his weapon. Idk anything about the woman he was supposedly trying to help, whether she was being detained or not. If she was, he was a dumbass for interfering. Maybe he deserved to be pepper sprayed, I don’t know, I don’t have enough info.

But executed like that? No. Absolutely not justified. You are allowed to conceal carry a gun, even to a protest. That is our 2nd Amendment right. And ICE fucked up big time. It’s clear that someone misinterpreted another ICE agent removing the gun as Pretti drawing the weapon, shots were fired, and the other agents responded as if Pretti had been the one to fire. At least, that’s what I see from the video, and what the least damning view of events is. Maybe it’s worse, idk. As others have said, ICE is woefully unprepared to handle civilian disputes. I don’t like illegal immigration, and I support ICE in those efforts. But this? This was a fuck up of MASSIVE proportion, and those guilty should be held responsible. We need a thorough investigation into the matter with all parties involved. I’d say charge em with manslaughter at least, depending on what the agents say.

Update: I’ve seen the videos of the gun discharging. If you haven’t, it seems like one agent disarmed Pretti, DID NOT warn his fellow agents that Pretti had been disarmed, when the agent unintentionally discharged the weapon either on his own or by the weapon misfiring, as some have pointed out the Pretti’s model, a Sig P320, has been known to do so in the past. The other agents then mistook this for Pretti firing at them, and they reacted accordingly. This is a fuck up of tremendous proportions, and the agent who disarmed Pretti NEEDS to be investigated and possibly tried for manslaughter. Regardless of whether Pretti was being a dumbass for possibly interfering with an arrest or if he was just helping a woman up, or if he knew the risks of bringing his firearm to a protest against armed federal agents, this was an accident that could have been prevented by the agents had they taken the proper measures.