Here's what REALLY led to the Alex Pretti ICE shooting

What this episode is about

The content discusses the escalating tensions surrounding ICE protests, highlighting a specific incident in Minnesota where a journalist and her husband were wrongly targeted by protesters who mistakenly believed they were ICE agents. The summary also touches on the broader context of violence and threats associated with the protests, including calls for action from self-identified Antifa members and incidents of aggression towards ICE personnel.

Key takeaways

• When mob mentality meets mistaken identity, even journalists can become unwitting targets in a chaotic protest.
• The line between protest and violence blurs when both sides have their own tapes — who gets the final cut?
• A finger bite in protests? Talk about taking a claim to 'bite back' to a whole new level.
• In Minnesota, legal gun ownership takes a dark turn when anti-ICE tensions escalate from shouting to shooting.
• Nothing says 'justified use of force' like attempting to disarm a perceived threat, but the execution leaves questions.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Glenn Beck (Guest) · 13 min speaking
• Alex Prey (Guest)
• Christy Nome (Guest)

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Alex Jeffrey Prey, Minnesota
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Alex Jeffrey Prey, Chrissy Gnome
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Minnesota, Alex Jeffrey Prey, Chrissy Gnome
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Martin Luther King
5. 12:00 – 14:29: Martin Luther King

Notable quotes from "Here's what REALLY led to the Alex Pretti ICE shooting"

• I want to gosh, I want to take you through some of the stuff that happened up in Minnesota before I get to this video of Alex Prey and him being shot. So, let me first of all,.

  about Minnesota · at 0:00

• Alex Prey is this guy who shows up. He's part of the protests and he's got the whistle and he's obnoxious and everything else and he is starting to go after ICE agents and really get into.

  about Alex Jeffrey Prey · at 3:22

• Talking with a federal agent. The officer pushes him and he steps backwards. Christy Nome is US Homeland Security Secretary. This is her account of why Alex Prey died. An…

  about Chrissy Gnome · at 5:23

• Can't do it. because it's not as moral as Martin Luther King. and it's none of the tactics of King. King knew the only way to win is to go peaceful, nonviolent always. King…

  about Martin Luther King · at 11:02

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Alex Jeffrey Prey — Person · Central referenced subject (shooting victim in protest footage) · 5 mentions · first at 0:09
  The discussion centers on video evidence and competing narratives about his shooting during an ICE-related protest, including whether he posed a threat and how officers perceived a firearm.
• Chrissy Gnome — Person · Referenced government official providing official account · 2 mentions · first at 5:27
  Cited as giving the Homeland Security/authorities’ narrative for why Alex Prey died; the speaker and BBC framing dispute parts of her characterization.
• Martin Luther King — Person · Referenced historical figure used as moral/tactical comparison · 4 mentions · first at 10:50
  Invoked to contrast nonviolent civil-rights protest tactics with the chaotic, confrontational protest behavior described in the segment.

Places & events

• Minnesota — Place · Setting · 3 mentions · first at 0:06
  The location where the described events, including protests and the shooting of Alex Prey, took place.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 I want to uh gosh, I want to take you through some of the stuff that happened up in uh Minnesota uh before I get to this this video of Alex Prey um and him being shot. So, let me first of all, I played this earlier. Let me just play just a little bit. This is a woman who was somehow or another on an ICE database on the left. And to show you how well-coordinated this is, there's this database and this woman and her husband, she's a journalist. She was being followed by this these ICE protesters cuz she was on a database and they thought she was ICE. And every time she would stop someplace, they would start to gather around and go, "You're ICE. You're Ice. Get out. How shame on you." All this stuff. Well, she eventually pulls over and she's like, "We're not ICE." Okay? We're not ICE. We have nothing to do with ice. I just want to play a little bit of this because I want to show you how dangerous this

0:55 situation is becoming. Cut three. So, she's pulled over and she is uh now being honked at by one of the cars.

1:10 We aren't ice. We're not ice. We're not ice. I'm showing my she's coming out. We're not ice. They've been ice for an hour.

1:24 We We're not ice. Now the whistles start and if you're watching the video, you will see all of these people start just to descend around her car.

1:34 And nothing. Why? Because nothing she says, she's being reasonable. Nothing she says is going to satisfy this mob. Maybe the people that you're abducting ARE

1:46 BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING US FOR OVER AN HOUR. didn't even know they were following us until they came up and said, "Ben following."

1:53 Well, they're following you because your eyes. I mean, it's just ridiculous. Okay stop.

1:56 So, what else uh happened uh this weekend? Well, I showed you earlier a video of a self-proclaimed uh Antifa member saying, "Get your guns. You got to stop these people. Now is the time for violence." Um and you have an ICE agent who had his finger bit off. We have that full screen. Let me put that up. Here's the ICE agent and protesters grabbed him and bit his finger off. I mean, that's uh I don't know. That's a little insane. Uh then you have this. Let me play the the um Jeez, the ICE agent who's bloodied in front of a hotel because they thought there were ice agents in the hotel. Turns out there were no ICE agents in the hotel. Um but you can see one of the uh There they are. This hotel and then you're seeing that the one ICE agent with a bloody nose, blood all over his mask, down his shirt and onto his hands. Don't know how he got bloodied, but I'm I'm guessing it wasn't that he fell and, you know, had a

3:05 boo boo. So, you have all of this stuff happening and we now know this weekend, it's been confirmed it is being coordinated on signal. very very dangerous. Now, let me take it from the other side. Alex Prey is this guy who shows up. He's part of the protests and he's got the whistle and he's obnoxious and everything else and he is starting to go after ICE agents and really get into their face. They push him back, he pushes back, push him harder and it just gets into honestly, it's like a little seventh grade pushing match at first.

3:41 It's just so stupid that any of this happened. Well, he gets shot. Play cut nine here. This is the uh ice shooting video from Alex Freddy. There's his whistle. And oh, that's so great.

4:01 Okay, now you're going to see him go. All these people, all they're doing is just trying to, you know, stop ICE from doing their job.

4:22 Where are you? And uh the ICE agent pulls out a gun and shoots uh Alex as he's laying down on the ground. Here he comes. They're they're pushing him.

4:35 They grab him. They put him down on the ground and there's a bunch of them. Is wrong with you? honestly.

4:47 Now listen because you'll hear one of the cops say, "Gun, gun, gun, then you hear the shots, okay?" And they shoot him. Okay? Let me take this from the BBC perspective cuz they show the other side of this crowd uh from a different perspective and I think this is important. Here's the BBC's perspective uh on what happened. Go ahead and roll that.

5:13 Rose's report contains footage which again you may find distressing. The first video we have of Alex Prey. He's in the road holding a phone and talking with a federal agent. The officer pushes him and he steps backwards. Christy Nome is US Homeland Security Secretary. This is her account of why Alex Prey died. An individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently.

5:46 But in this video, as in others, Alex Prey had nothing in one hand, a phone in the other. We see two people interacting with an agent. We then see an agent push one of those people, then push the second person. Alex Prey steps between them and the agent and is pepper-sprayed. He's wrestled to the ground by a number of agents. He's on his knees bent over. His hands are on the floor and he's struggling against being held down. One agent repeatedly strikes in the direction of his head. And take note of this agent. He has nothing in his right hand. Reaches down and removes what appears to be a gun from Alex Pretty's waistband. Then he steps back holding the pistol, which appears to match this image shared by the authorities. Carrying this type of gun is legal in Minnesota with a valid permit. The police say they believe Alex Prey had one. Less than a second after the gun is removed, an agent fires the

6:39 first shot. As Alex Prey lies motionless, further shots are fired while agents are standing clear.

6:48 So this is compelling video because what this BBC reporter is saying is true. It's absolutely true. He is he is getting in between him the police and somebody else the police are shoving. He is only holding a phone. He is down on the ground. He is resisting arrest, but his hands are down on the ground. His head is down on the ground. Then another agent reaches over on top of the other agents who are closest to him on the ground. Reaches into his back where he sees an exposed gun, pulls the gun out, and then walks away with the gun. So, he's no longer armed unless he has two guns. And they don't claim that he had two guns, only one. Um, and pulls it out and walks away. Right after that, somebody yells, "Gun, gun, gun, gun."

7:37 That's when the police officer fires at him. Now, the other police officer did not know that somebody reached in and took his gun. It might have been somebody who was saying gun. Might have been saying it because they saw the other guy because he's not marked as a federal agent. Um the other guy pulled the gun out and walking there with a gun. So somebody might have seen him with a gun and said gun. All the cops think that it's uh pretty and they shoot him. Okay. This is this is not something that you deal with um as you know an 8-year-old.

8:15 This this is this is a conversation for adults to have. And I don't I'm not hearing the adults. First of all, what Gnome said is not true. He didn't approach he, if you want to say technically he approached carrying a 9mm, he did, but it was holstered and in his back. And you have a right to carry a gun at a protest. I don't think that makes you smart, but it does. It is perfectly legal and constitutionally protected. So, I'm sorry. Just because you have a gun in your back. If you reach for the gun, if you pull for the gun, then you could probably be accepted expected to be shot if you are pushing the police around. But if you have a gun and you don't have your hands on it, you should not be shot. You have a right to carry that gun peacefully. Okay. Um the minute you start pointing it at people, you're in trouble. He did not. He did not.

9:14 So this idea that uh you know he was foolish for walking into uh you know this protest with a gun. Well, you have a right to carry it. And quite honestly, if I'm walking into places like that and I'm not going to get involved, I probably do carry my gun. Um if I'm going to get involved, I think of the consequences and think, boy, that's that's probably going to get me killed. Unless I'm planning on killing somebody, assuming I'm going to get involved, there's the way I would think would be I'm not carrying my gun cuz that could get me killed. Okay? Cuz I don't I'm not going to when I'm in a when I'm in a dangerous situation, it's not going to be with the other Antifa people. I'll be in a dangerous situation because of the police. And I make my decision right then and there. Am I willing to pull the gun on the police? No, I'm not. So, leave the gun at home. But he has a right to do it and he has a right to

10:11 carry it and even be in a confrontation with the police as long as he never reaches for it. But this is where I go to the cop side. You're in a chaotic situation. This is why I would not carry a gun in a situation like this because you're in a chaotic situation. Nobody really knows what's going on. You have a group of people who have been all day been told, "We're going to kill you. We're going to kill you. your life means nothing. Get out of our city, whatever. And they're they're violent towards you. When they are when you are coming uh at them and they are pushing you down to the ground, get down on the ground. Get down on the ground. Stop resisting. See, this is not Martin Luther King. That that's what that's what the left has forgotten. They're trying to make this as moral as Martin Luther King, but they can't do it. Um because it's not as moral as Martin Luther King. Um, and it's none of the tactics of King. King

11:09 knew the only way to win is to go peaceful, nonviolent always. King would have let that guy rot in prison and wouldn't have marched for that guy because he had a gun. Because he made the rest of the movement look dangerous. Even though he had a right to have a gun, Martin Luther King said would have said, "You don't bring a gun. You don't push back. You don't do it because that's the way peaceful protests win. And everybody who knows anything about protesting knows this. The left, they've been preaching Martin Luther King forever. They know this. This is not the tactic of Martin Luther King. This is the tactic that escalates, not deescalates things.

12:01 So, where do I stand on the gun thing? I don't know what Alex I don't know anything about him. So, I don't know what his intention was. I can look at the video and say his intention his intention was to protest, was to be obnoxious. uh was to be one of those people that were right up there, but not necessarily up in the face of the cops until he sees cops starting to push people around and then he decides, I'm going to get between them and whoever it was they were pushing. He doesn't like that, so he gets involved. The minute he gets involved, the roles change. He is now somebody that cops in this situation could and should look at as a danger to themselves.

12:44 So, he made that choice. I don't know if that was a choice that he made when he got up in the morning. I don't know what his intentions were, but uh once he made that choice, he's going to end up on the ground because it's such a chaotic situation. I have to side with both him for carrying a gun and being there and seemingly from only footage that I've seen seemingly not being a real violent guy, but being a dirt bag. But you have a right to be a dirt bag. Be a dirt bag, but not a violent guy. I side with him. But I also side with the cop that shot him because it's a chaotic situation.

13:28 Somebody pulls his gun. A cop pulls his gun. Somebody else then yells, "Gun, gun, gun." What do you expect the cops to do? You've created this situation. That's why this didn't happen with Martin Luther King protest because they didn't create this situation. Unfortunately, I think more of this is going to happen. But we have to be very careful with our words and speak the truth at all times, even if it hurts our side. That guy, I I don't think he should have been shot, but I also don't think they should prosecute these guys because it's a chaotic situation. What would you do in that situation? It's just a really nasty bad situation.

14:14 And more of those are going to happen if this doesn't stop. It requires leadership.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Here's what REALLY led to the Alex Pretti ICE shooting"?

Glenn Beck (Guest), Alex Prey (Guest), Christy Nome (Guest).

What is "Here's what REALLY led to the Alex Pretti ICE shooting" about?

The content discusses the escalating tensions surrounding ICE protests, highlighting a specific incident in Minnesota where a journalist and her husband were wrongly targeted by protesters who mistakenly believed they were ICE agents. The summary also touches on the broader context of violence and threats associated with the protests, including calls for action from self-identified Antifa…

What is mentioned in this Glenn Beck episode?

4 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Alex Jeffrey Prey, Minnesota, Chrissy Gnome, Martin Luther King. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Here's what REALLY led to the Alex Pretti ICE shooting"?

The episode runs 14 min; the transcript is about 2,365 words in 27 timestamped sections.

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