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Video of Alex Pretti scuffle

A video of an altercation involving Alex Pretti and federal agents 11 days before his death has emerged. CBS News' Lana Zak breaks down what was caught on camera.
Jan 29 (03:17)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “BREAKING DOWN VIDEO OF ALEX PRETTI ALTERCATION 11 DAYS BEFORE HE DIED”

HOST:
00:00:00

Newly released video shows Alex Pretti getting into a scuffle with federal agents 11 days before he was killed. And if you look closely at this footage, you see pretty Pretti the tail light of an SUV full of federal agents. Those agents stopped the car. They tackled to the ground. CBS News correspondent Lana Zak is following developments for us in Minneapolis. Good morning. A law enforcement official confirms to CBS News that the agents involved in that fatal shooting of Alex Pretti are now on administrative leave and new video shows that this was not the first confrontation that Pretti had with federal officials. [INTERPOSING VOICES]

LANA ZAK:
00:00:41

Footage shot by the News Movement and confirmed by Pretti family shows the 37-year-old yelling and cursing at federal immigration agents on January 13. At one point, he is seen kicking their car and breaking his right taillight. [BLEEP] you! Officers then exit the vehicle and tackle him while deploying tear gas into the surrounding crowd. After a brief scuffle, Pretti is released. The officers returned to their cars and drive away. An attorney for Pretti family says he was assaulted despite posing no threat. 11 days later, Pretti was killed during another confrontation with federal agents. You must resign!

LANA ZAK:
00:01:24

Tensions flared again on Tuesday night when Representative Ilhan Omar, a frequent critic and target of President Trump, was sprayed with what sources say was a syringe full of apple cider vinegar during a news conference where she called for the abolition of ice. Some landed on my binder. Some landed on the podium. And then I think I felt something here, which was when I lunged towards him. And luckily, I didn't catch an assault charge.

LANA ZAK:
00:01:52

The weeks of division and violence have fueled anxiety and fear in Minneapolis. Some US citizens, like Alejandro, have even started carrying their passports, fearing encounters with immigration officials. Alejandro was originally born in Mexico and says she recently took a course to better know her rights if she stopped. I want to be prepared because these ICE agents, as you've seen, they're aggressive, and you just need to know in that situation how to respond so that, you know, nothing bad happens to you. So this form here is a family preparedness emergency plan.

LANA ZAK:
00:02:29

Jane Graupman is the executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota, which provides resources for immigrants, particularly refugees. She says she's worked with several people with legal status who have been wrongfully detained. It's terrible. I mean, these are people that are good citizens here. They've been persecuted in their own country. And then to come here and have that happen here, it is something I never could imagine would happen in my country. Graupman tells her clients and US employees, do not leave home without proof of your legal status. On Wednesday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting or arresting refugees while they await their permanent resident status here in Minnesota. Back to you.

HOST:
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All right, Lana. Thank you very much.

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