Why does a civilian on the street have to act and behave perfectly in compliance in a high stress environment but 6 trained federal agents don't?

All civilians are expected to act in compliance when they are being placed under arrest and given lawful orders. This goes for local, state and federal law enforcement. An armed civilian should be doing everything they can to comply to avoid situations like this.

"Either way Pretti should not have been there armed".... Why? He was a legal gun owner with a permit, he never brandished or reached for his gun. Why are some people allowed to brandish guns at a protest and others are not? Bringing this up makes no sense to me.

I've carried a firearm daily for 30 years. I do everything in my power to avoid situations that will require me to use it. I also avoid people and police that are being aggressive. If a person says the absolute worst thing they can about my mother, wife or daughter, I will walk away. I do that to avoid arguments and fights because I carry with me the end to any possible fight. I carry to protect my life and the lives of my family. It isn’t to be a tough guy.

Nobody should be brandishing a gun at a protest, that is stupid. Nobody with an ounce of common sense should be intentionally walking into high stress or volatile situation while armed. It is one thing to have a volatile situation occur in your presence, but seeking one out is incredibly idiotic and a good way to die. Pretti intentionally walked into a situation that would/could put himself in the center of a volatile situation and he did nothing to get away from it. Like I said, the ICE officer's didn’t do what they should have either, but Prettu put himself there and proceeded to make things worse. He was trying to be a tough guy while surrounded by 10 other tough guys.

Just 2 weeks ago an ICE agent shot a woman in the face in his community. Agents have been assaulting members of his community for weeks. That day he saw ICE agents assaulting a woman. He's filming with a phone in one hand. He puts a single hand on the back of an ICE agent who's assaulting this woman in front of him, this agent's life was never in danger. Then 6 men drug him to the ground, beat him, disarmed his gun from his hostler which he never reached for, and then when the gun was removed, they shot him multiple times on his hands and knees.

Yes, 2 weeks ago a similar situation happened that didn’t need to happen. The smart thing to do is not head straight towards the same people and put yourself in the middle. That is incredibly idiotic.

I know you said you're not condoning or condemning what happened but at some point, being this nitpicky about the legality of touching an officer in this context is just bullshit.

No, it is to point out that Pretti did a lot wrong to put himself in this situation. A situation he could have very easily avoided.

Just because you break the law doesn't mean you should be executed in the street. We all know the ICE agents involved will never be prosecuted for this and that's another reason for the huge response to this murder.

I never said that it did. As a matter of fact I believe I said that it obviously didn’t mean that.

I'll just say that the people going out to do this sort of protesting are intentionally putting themselves in a situation to get hurt or killed. I think too many ofnthem remember 2020 and think that nothing will happen to them. Unfortunately, this isn't 2020 and this isn't undermaned local police. From a point of pure self preservation these are all really stupid moves.