{"id":13091,"date":"2026-01-28T03:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:22:01","slug":"alex-prettis-parents-found-a-folded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=13091","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pretti\u2019s parents found a folded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Parents Speak Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parents of Alex Pretti, killed during a federal immigration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>operation in Minneapolis on January 24,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>say their son\u2019s life and actions have been misrepresented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse who worked with military veterans and,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>according to his family, was deeply committed to kindness and fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Official Account vs. Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti was armed and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cviolently resisted\u201d officers during a \u201ctargeted operation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, bystander videos and witness statements appear to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>show him holding a phone, not a gun, before he was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Days and Warnings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretti\u2019s parents recalled ordinary final conversations and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>said they urged him to be cautious at protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGo ahead and protest, but do not engage,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>do not do anything reckless,\u201d his father said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calls for Accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family described Pretti as a \u201ckindhearted soul\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and asked that his story be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>judged by verified evidence, not assumptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents Speak Out The parents of Alex Pretti, killed during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis on January 24, say their son\u2019s life and actions have been misrepresented. Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse who worked with military veterans and, according to his family, was deeply committed to kindness and fairness. Official Account vs. Evidence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13093,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions\/13093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}