Another ICE Shooting: Does This Change Things?
Making the Argument with Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
4.9 • 991 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
What happens when a high-stakes federal operation happens in the middle of a crowded street? Nick analyzes the chaotic shooting of Alex Peretti. With conflicting reports of a disarmed suspect and multiple shots fired while he was held down. This isn't about politics, it's about tactics, truth, and the reality of law enforcement in a war zone environment.
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00:00:00 – The Alex Peretti Shooting: What Really Happened in Minneapolis?
00:02:42 – Breaking Down the Official DHS Report vs. Witness Video. An analysis between DHS claims and bystander footage of the shooting.
00:04:12 – Frame-by-Frame: Did Agents Fire After Disarming Peretti? A detailed look at video evidence suggesting a federal agent secured Peretti's handgun seconds before another officer fired the fatal shots.
00:07:25 – Tactical Breakdown: Adrenaline, Chaos, and Communication Failures. Nick uses his Green Beret training to explain how adrenaline and a lack of communication like an agent not hearing "I've got the gun" can lead to unplanned outcomes in high-stress environments.
00:09:30 – The Risks of Armed Protesting. The legal right to carry at protests versus the tactical reality of how non-compliance while armed "elevates the stakes" for law enforcement.
00:12:15 – Policing in a "War Zone" Environment. Political rhetoric has created a heightened state of fear for agents.
00:16:05 – Analyzing Multiple Camera Angles: Was Peretti Just Directing Traffic? An investigation into Peretti’s actions moments before the shooting.
00:30:15 – Why Narratives Often Outpace Facts: A History of Shooting Reports and misinformation.
00:39:20 – Is Logic Racist? Critiquing White Supremacy Culture in Education.
00:45:30 – When Math and Dieting Become Racist: The "Oppression" of Reality. An analysis of modern cultural critiques regarding diet culture and math education being rooted in white supremacy.
00:47:50 – The Real Cost of Obstruction: Why the Current Climate is Unsustainable. Nick argues that the left's encouragement of obstruction and insurrectionist language makes violent encounters with law enforcement more likely.
00:54:30 – Holding the Right Accountable Without Giving Credence to the Left. The importance of objective truth.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, there's been another shooting that has rocked Minneapolis. And yes, again, it was ice agents |
| 0:05.5 | who shot somebody. This time it was U.S. citizen Alex Peretti, who was an ICU nurse, and he was |
| 0:11.0 | killed during an ICE operation after an altercation with ICE agents. Now, the media, left-wing |
| 0:17.4 | politicians, they of course did what they always do when there's an ice shooting. |
| 0:24.6 | And they immediately come out and blame the ICE agents and blame Donald Trump and blame anyone to the right of, you know, Hillary Clinton. |
| 0:27.6 | But by the same token, there are a lot of videos out here that have people asking questions |
| 0:32.4 | on whether or not this was a good shoot. |
| 0:35.1 | Now, I wasn't in that situation. |
| 0:37.4 | So saying whether or not was a good shoot or not |
| 0:39.5 | really has to take into a consideration more than what you just see on the video. But we can come to |
| 0:44.9 | some conclusions on whether or not we think that this was the right course of action. Now, look, |
| 0:50.0 | I don't claim to be a former police officer, but I was a former soldier, more specifically, before I was ever in politics, before I was ever on podcasts. |
| 0:57.0 | I was a green beret. So I went through extensive training with respect to weapons, not to mention managing situations that are somewhat similar to the one that took place in this particular situation. |
| 1:06.0 | I've also known what it's like to deploy overseas and discharge my weapon amidst combat operations. |
| 1:12.9 | So while I don't claim to know what was going through the minds of the officers that were |
| 1:17.1 | involved in this particular shooting, I do know what it is to be in a dangerous situation, |
| 1:20.9 | having undergone extensive training and still deal with some of the uncertainties about |
| 1:25.4 | what to do in situations that are not as clear cut as people might like to think when they're Monday morning quarterbacking on podcasts or on their expost. So that's what we're going to do today. This is making the argument. I am your host, Nick Fratis. Okay. So let's go ahead and lay the groundworker. The latest shooting on January 24th, 2026 was 37-year-old Alex Preddy, |
| 1:45.2 | the U.S. citizen, VA, ICU nurse, |
| 1:47.1 | and a lawful gun owner. ground worker. The latest shooting on January 24th, 2026 was 37-year-old Alex Preddy, the U.S. |
| 1:45.6 | citizen, VAICU nurse, and a lawful gun owner. That's going to be important. We'll see why here |
| 1:49.9 | in his minute. He was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in South Minneapolis amid |
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