January 26, 2026: Everything We Know and Don't Know About the Alex Pretti Shooting. PLUS Answering the Most Frequently Asked Questions.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠SUBSTACK⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In this episode, Jordan is telling you everything we know and don't know about the shooting over the weekend that killed Alex Pretti. Then, she answers some of the most frequently asked questions: When is deadly force justified? Was it lawful for agents to shoot Pretti after he was disarmed? Who has the authority to arrest the agents responsible? Can states charge ICE agents with murder? What laws are at play when it comes to interfering with federal law enforcement, especially when armed? Is it illegal to bring a gun to a protest? Did Pretti still have his gun on him at the time he was shot? Is there a process for holding DHS accountable for incorrect public claims? How can the federal government block state law enforcement from investigating? Who has the proper authority to investigate in a situation like this? Have there been deaths under previous administrations, and were investigations conducted in those cases? And more. SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠. All sources for this episode can be found ⁠here.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:36.9	Welcome back to Unbiased politics.
0:38.9	Today is Monday, January 26th.
0:41.6	Let's talk about some news.
0:43.7	Today's episode will be all about the most recent shooting in Minneapolis and Alex
0:51.4	Pretti and what we know about the shooting generally. I did not anticipate today's
0:56.7	episode to be solely about that. But as I wrote everything out, I mean, it just became clear
1:02.0	that there is so much to talk about. All of you have so many questions. And I want to make
1:07.6	sure that I address as many of those questions as possible.
1:15.5	So what I'm going to do first is just kind of tell you what we know and what we don't know, right?
1:21.0	We'll talk about the video angles, what the angles show, the statements by DHS, the president,
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