Protesters face chemical irritants after another fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis Saturday morning.Holden Smith/ZUMA

It didn’t take long for the Trump administration to blame 37-year-old Alex Pretti for his own death after a federal immigration agent shot and killed him Saturday in Minneapolis. 

Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital, is the second US citizen to be killed by federal immigration agents in less than a month. Videos of the Saturday shooting, which have been analyzed by various outlets including Mother Jones, dispute the federal description.

The president referred to Pretti as a “gunman” and wrote “LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!” on Truth Social.

The Trump administration has claimed that Pretti was an armed agitator who wanted to cause mass harm. While video analysis appears to show an immigration agent removing a gun from the pile of men, it is never seen in Pretti’s hand. A witness on the scene has also testified that she saw no sign of Pretti holding a gun at any point. And, according to officials, Pretti held a firearms permit, required by state law in Minnesota to carry a........

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