Killings should be a turning point

The execution of Alex Pretti by masked, federal government thugs needs to be the final straw! And the fact that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem immediately labeled Pretti an armed domestic terrorist who was threatening ICE agents is infuriating and clearly ludicrous! We must be living in an alternate reality when some people see the clear evidence of multiple videos showing the brutal murder of Alex in broad daylight in an average American neighborhood and still side with Noem and the other Republican lackeys who have enabled Trump to bring us to this sorry state.

Yes, he was legally carrying a weapon, but was not brandishing it, was absolutely not threatening any official in any way. He was helping up a woman who they had violently shoved the the frozen ground, when they pepper sprayed him, threw him to the street, pummeled him relentlessly, took his gun from his waistband, and then SHOT HIM TEN TIMES!

What have we become as a nation to allow the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good to go unpunished?

These executions need to be a turning point, a long, long overdue wakeup call to quell this Republican-caused madness that will destroy our Democracy if not ended!

Tom Gingerich

Kalona