Overview
- The View opened its Jan. 26 broadcast with multiple angles of the Minneapolis shooting, and Goldberg called Pretti’s death a “straight up murder” before addressing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino directly.
- Footage widely circulated shows Pretti holding a phone and a water bottle, and Mediaite reported additional video of an officer removing a handgun from his waistband; reports say he had a legal concealed-carry permit.
- Noem has argued agents acted in self-defense after Pretti allegedly approached with a firearm and “reacted violently,” a claim disputed by videos and a sworn witness statement saying he did not attack or brandish a weapon.
- Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA, was killed weeks after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota, fueling public anger over recent federal use-of-force incidents.
- Public figures amplified the outcry, with celebrities denouncing the killing and some wearing “ICE OUT” pins at Sundance, and Entertainment Weekly reported Sen. Jacky Rosen called for Noem’s impeachment.