CNN aired a damning montage on Monday afternoon that laid waste to a narrative President Donald Trump's administration has woven about the killing of a nurse in Minneapolis over the weekend.
On Saturday, ICU nurse Alex Pretti was gunned down by a swarm of immigration agents. Pretti intervened after an agent forcibly shoved a woman to the ground. Videos captured by eyewitnesses showed agents swarming Pretti, disarming him, and then taking him to the ground before firing at him. About 10 bullets were shot at Pretti, who died at the scene, according to reports.
In the aftermath, Trump officials like White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem, and Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino claimed Pretti had intended to cause harm to officers. Bovino claimed he was "attacking" officers.
CNN played a montage of eyewitness videos on "The Lead" with Jake Tapper that called into question all of the Trump administration's justifications for Pretti's death.
"Thank god that people were filming it," Tapper said.
The video pieces together the six minutes before Pretti was killed. None of the videos shows protesters engaging in any violent acts, as Trump administration officials claimed.
The video also shows that the handgun Pretti carried with him at the protest was clearly taken from him before he was shot. Administration officials initially claimed that Pretti brandished his weapon at officers. Instead, videos show Pretti holding his cellphone in his hands, which may have been recording the encounter.
