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‘What the f*ck did you do?!’ Video contradicts DHS claims about killing of Alex Pretti (www.commondreams.org)
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The footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, said one journalist, “shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.”

In the original video of the shooting of a man in Minneapolis, identified by the Minneapolis Star Tribune at 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a woman in a pink coat was seen in the background filming the incident with her phone. 

Drop Site News obtained footage that appeared "to come from the direction of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk" and showed the shooting at a closer distance than the footage taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts. 

In the video, the shooting victim, dressed in a brown coat and pants, is seen filming a federal agent with his phone. He's then seen guiding another person toward the sidewalk as the agent forcefully shoves a third person to the ground.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am glad you have conceded to all my points as you have been unable to refute them. These points are (since your reading comprehension is about zero).

  1. Europe governments benefits from big tech surveillance so they are not keen on regulating them in any real way. There is a huge difference between what the people want and what the government wants. While Europe has made some minor strides in increasing the power of the state over corporations they have done almost nothing to increase the power of the people. This is, of course, by design.

  2. The meager fines they have placed on big tech are next to nothing, have not even been enforced, will be litigated for the next decade, and most importantly not changing their behavior as they are still breaking the law. With gems like, "Research indicates that 90% of Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) are not fully respected by companies".

  3. The actual regulations they have passed have benefitted big business because they are the ones with the capital to be able to follow the law which costs a lot in compliance. Furthermore they have the lawyers and ability to fight the fines indefinitely. Too little too late doesn't even begin to cover the reality we are facing.

You not being able to actually have a conversation about this and instead being in complete denial is the reality here. When you are ready to have a real conversation about Europe getting bent over by big tech I am ready. I won't hold my breath though because you sure like your high horses

I actually hope you are right and Europe does smack down big tech, reduces corporate influence, and develops its own tech sovereignty. Unfortunately, I know they are actually addicted to spying on their citizens and big tech gives them exactly what they need. Even if they replace them (the only way forward) they will likely just build a similar system themselves.

Here are a few articles I read today. Have fun trying to read your local news. I am sure they will offer tons of insight about this issue.

https://edri.org/our-work/move-fast-and-break-big-techs-power/

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/06/rethinking-eu-digital-policies-from-tech-sovereignty-to-tech-citizenship?lang=en

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