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Provocative Takes: Volume Wars, Jim Crow Love, and "Send Help" Ending!

A video of Alex Pretti clashing with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) surfaced last Wednesday, 11 days before Border Patrol agents shot him to death, according to Vox. The incident sparked a dismaying response, particularly from right-wing influencers who attempted to use the video to justify the shooting.

The video shows Pretti kicking out the taillight of an ICE vehicle. Eric Levitz, a senior correspondent at Vox, noted that the footage is "real and irrelevant" to the circumstances surrounding Pretti's death. Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on January 25, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Levitz, who joined Vox in 2024 after writing for New York Magazine, focuses on political and policy issues that internally divide the American left and right. He argued that the video should not be used to exonerate the agents involved in Pretti's death.

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