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The confrontation began when, according to eyewitness video,
two women were standing off with a federal agent and Pretti was filming the interaction with a cell phone.
At least one agent attacks first the women and then Pretti.
Another video shows an agent spraying a chemical irritant in his face and in the faces of the women
before throwing Pretti on the ground.
At this point, at least six masked agents were wrestling with him before firing at least 10 shots…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-26 02:45:32

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/12/24/amazon-fac

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-25 20:20:40

Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/us-news/videos-contrad
memeorandum.com/260125/p58#a26

Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday,
with other observers watching and videotaping their actions,
in an area called Eat Street,
a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses.
Footage appears to show the moment man is shot dead by federal agent in Minneapolis – video
It’s the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.

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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-24 15:25:55

Nimble, whose AI agents structure real-time web data into tables that can be queried like a database, raised a $47M Series B, bringing its total funding to $75M (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/nimb

Mr. Pretti, wearing brown, is filming with his cellphone
when agents approach m,
then bring him to the ground.
An agent begins shoving the demonstrators,
and squirts pepper spray at their faces.
At this moment,
Mr. Pretti has both hands clearly visible.
One is holding his phone, while he holds the other up to protect himself from pepper spray.
He moves to help one of the protesters who was sprayed, as other agents approach and pull him from be…

Minneapolis Live Updates:
Videos Contradict the Federal Account of the Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.
Federal authorities said the slain man, #Alex #Pretti, had approached agents with a gun.
But videos show…

Videos show a federal agent secured gun from Alex Pretti before agents fatally shot him

As many as eight agents were attempting to detain Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, videos show.
One emerged from the scrum holding Pretti’s gun, and less than a second later, the first of what appear to be 10 shots was fired.
It is not clear from the video whether the other agents realized Pretti
— who local authorities believe had a permit to carry the weapon
— had…

Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, leading to violent clashes between demonstrators and masked federal agents.
Video shows at least six masked agents wrestling a man to the ground before shooting him multiple times.
The video was taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts, according to an employee who spoke to HuffPost minutes later.
Minneapolis officials said at an afternoon press conference that the victim was a 37-year-old Minneapolis resi…

The FBI
-- at the direction of Director Kash Patel
-- has fired at least a half-dozen agents tied to the 2022 search of Donald Trump's home in Florida,
six people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Three of the sources said at least 10 employees overall were dismissed,
-- from support personnel to agents and supervisors.