One Border Patrol agent and one Customs and Border Protection officer were placed on leave for their involvement in the lethal shooting of anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti, according to ABC News.
Also on Wednesday, Pretti’s family retained attorneys who had helped prosecute an officer in the death of George Floyd.
‘It’s just amateurish. It’s terrible; it’s making the president look bad on policy.’
The developments come after President Donald Trump and local Democratic leaders worked together to ease the tension from the incident Saturday.
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A Department of Homeland Security notification to Congress obtained by ABC News indicated that both of the officers discharged their firearms during the incident.
Sources said that putting the two on leave was “standard protocol” for an officer-involved shooting.
Steve Schleicher is representing Michael and Susan Pretti,
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