The deadly confrontation in Minneapolis that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead was not a random street tragedy. According to a Fox News Digital investigation, it was driven by a coordinated network of far-left organizations that knew exactly where to be, when to show up, and how to turn a violent incident into a nationwide political spectacle. Because nothing says “organic outrage” like encrypted chats and rapid-response logistics.
Before any shots were fired outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue, agitators were already mobilized. Encrypted Signal messages, street alerts, and a database tracking ICE vehicles show that demonstrators were on the scene minutes before the confrontation even began. Federal agents were there to arrest an illegal immigrant criminal. Pretti and others were there to interfere. This wasn’t a coincidence — it followed a strategic pattern of organized obstruction of law enforcement operations.
Signal chats reveal that anti-ICE “rapid responders” were actively broadcasting agent locations and calling for “backup.” Local activists logged at least 26 entries into a database called “MN ICE Plates,” documenting alleged ICE vehicles near the scene. One entry even noted, “At the nicollet murder,” while others tracked specific cars near Glam Doll Donuts. Apparently, spreadsheets are now a revolutionary tool.
At 9:50 a.m. ET, a user named “Willow” shared a video showing two agents outside the donut shop, with people yelling “No!” and “Get out of here!” The agents walked back to a maroon Dodge Durango as signs in the window declared “ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA” and “ALL WELCOME HERE.” Three minutes later, another user escalated the alert, warning that multiple vehicles with agents were staging nearby and calling for more responders.
ICE Assistant Director Marcos Charles later said the violence was “not a coincidence,” pointing to the chaos agitators were creating in Minneapolis. CBP Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino confirmed that Pretti had been on the scene several minutes before the fatal shooting.
Video shows Pretti stepping into the middle of Nicollet Avenue to direct traffic while fellow agitators blew whistles to warn locals that ICE officers were present. Moments later, Pretti confronted CBP agents across from Glam Doll Donuts, outside a storefront marked “NEW AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER,” a nonprofit focused on immigration entry programs for Somalis. Within minutes, at about 10:05 a.m. ET, at least one CBP agent shot Pretti, killing him.
Almost instantly, the propaganda machine kicked in. Using a red phone emoji as an all-points alert, a message went out calling for observers at the scene and claiming someone had been “shot by ice.” The alert warned that medics should be ready and suggested agents might begin “gassing,” because fear spreads faster when emojis are involved.
Within minutes, far-left activists flooded Nicollet Avenue. Supplies appeared on sidewalks — boxes labeled “DESINER MASKS” and “FREE WINTER HATS,” along with bottled water — ready for the incoming protest wave. Within hours, socialist, communist, and Marxist-Leninist groups nationwide turned the death into a coordinated protest operation stretching from New York City to Los Angeles.
