After Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot to death in Minneapolis by United States Border Patrol agents, in what is the second major incident under the Trump administration, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman star Dean Cain has come out in support of the Federal Agents. As the death garners backlash across the globe, Cain seems to believe that Pretti “wasn’t there just being a peaceful protester.”
What Dean Cain said about the Minneapolis shooting
Dean Cain recently shared his opinion about the controversial killing of Alex Pretti, which has garnered severe backlash around the globe. The shooting of Pretti by United States Border Patrol agents came shortly after a similar incident. In it, a 37-year-old mother, Renee Good, was shot to death by an ICE agent.
Cain signed up to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. He spoke to TMZ about the recent shooting and gave his controversial take on the matter. “I don’t know all of the events leading up to this moment,” Cain said, “I do know that law enforcement, certainly ICE and Border Patrol, have been under a tremendous amount of pressure and attacks, and they’re getting tremendous abuse from what I completely believe is 100 percent organized opposition.”
Putting forth his own theory of why Pretti could have been shot, Cain added, “If someone is committing a felony — which would be obstructing law enforcement, ICE, federal agents from doing their job, impeding and obstructing, that’s a felony — maybe they were just trying to take him down at that point in time.”
The actor further claimed that Pretti “certainly wasn’t there just being a peaceful protester, and it was a very bad idea to engage physically with federal law enforcement while armed.” He added, “He’s standing between law enforcement officers and that woman — that’s a mistake in its own right. And doing it while armed is a bad, bad idea.”
Witness testimonies and footage from bystanders confirm that Cain was not brandishing a handgun. It is contrary to the claims by the Department of Homeland Security.
