Tyrese Haliburton: Alex Pretti was murdered.
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from Tyrese Haliburton’s social media (@Hali):
Alex Pretti was murdered.
Haliburton is a guard for the Indiana Pacers: https://www.nba.com/player/1630169/tyrese-haliburton
Incredibly common Hali W
Dude’s a real one
Nothing but respect for my MVP
Always liked Hali
Hali jersey time.
I can never be mad at this guy
Me whenever Ty even opens his mouth
Love the reference, but it’s kind of funny in this context since in this episode the trampoline guy who Troy is reacting to is a racist with a swastika tattoo…. Honestly that probably makes the gif more relevant
Reports: Ty is unfathomably based
In other breaking news: water wet, sky blue
This aint even his state, he’s just voicing it for the love of the world.
He is from Wisconsin, isn’t he? Only HE gets to bully Minnesotans.
I mean, Minnesota is a superior state besides professional sports
grumble yes.
Another Haliban W
My fandom just shot up 10,000 points, respect.
Absolutely love this dude.
Bro win or lose he deserved and earn to play in that game 7. I feel so bad for him he got that injury.
Hali genuinely seems like a really cool guy
I’m a fan from his off the court antics alone. Man is he a gem
The dude’s a fucking golden retriever. Love him as long as the day is
No PR bullshit fluff, no both sides, simple objective truth. W Halliburton.
Need more like him.
had him, gave him away. still proud of him!
Most proud of this. Bigger than basketball.
It’s hard for many in the NBA to speak on this as they’re not American citizens and could be deported. Americans like him need to do the heavy lifting and I’m glad he just started it.
His teammates may feel the same way but their voices can lead to them only being able to play for the Raptors and I’m not joking.
lol NBA players aren’t worried about getting deported. They have large fan bases and don’t want to divide them with sensitive topics. It’s called PR training if I’m not mistaken.
“Conservatives buy sneakers, too.”
This league respectfully was ten toes down in all social issues of the past decade. This transcends such issues. Someone like Giannis is NOT a US citizen as far as I am aware. Luka is not. Shai is not. These are all men who could be detained by ICE and deported ASAP. This ain’t funny. It’s easy to speak when your livelihood isn’t at stake. It’s hard when you could be uprooted tomorrow by a zealot administration
Trayvon, George, and many other issues had no bearing on their citizenship
exactly these would be perfect people for trump to make examples of, you think trump cares what NBA fans think
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If any league is going to stand up, it’s gotta be the NBA
Adam Silver wouldn’t even allow criticism of the CCP during the Hong Kong protests. What makes you think he’ll stand up to the Trump administration? I’ve seen Jellyfish with more backbone.
Trump admin would literally try to threaten networks to drop NBA games if the NBA took a unified stand against ice
Trump gonna revoke his medal and ban him from the national team.
Throw it in the bin with the other fake Executive Orders he’s signed that don’t do anything.
they actually do a lot when congress is in his back pocket
Trump is a fucking crackhead
yep, and on the flip side those very vocal don’t tread on me / 2A’ers on the right are awfully silent rn
Only active nba player to comment?
I’d guess that we will hear more players speak out soon now that 1 of them finally started
I imagine postponing Wolves Warriors also broke the taboo
Needs to be postponed way past tomorrow, too. No one in MN wants to think about basketball right now.
There’s a large number of us just planning to yell ICE out during play to try to get the TV to pick up.
Couldn’t care less about the standings right now
Caught some anti ICE tshirts on the Bulls Wolves broadcast, but the camera would cut quickly, corporate cowards smh. Solidarity, ICE out!
Some may say delaying the game one day is fairly pointless. But delaying the game one day also means ESPN couldn’t show it on their triple header. And if the corporate cowards of all corporate cowards can’t profit from his game, then I’m all for it.
Exactly. I love basketball more than most things, but how the fuck can any of us focus right now? Shit is real.
There should be no taboo. A legal American citizen was gunned down by trumps gestapo. Again. There’s a major fucking problem ongoing and we need to speak up.
When they confirm with their PR manager that it is ok to comment on the event.
LeBron needs to check with China to see if this could harm him not just financially, but physically and spiritually
It’s insane that LeBron, the guy willing to call a sitting US President a bum, is the one that gets all the backlash for not doing enough.
Where’s the outrage for Steph not saying anything? Harden? Kawhi? KD?
I also get that Lebron’s charity work comes across as performative to some, but at least he’s doing it. Kawhi couldn’t be bothered to do anything when he was paid to do it.
Kawhi does do charity work. He just did a kids camp in Toronto when they played them this week. He didn’t have to do that, especially when on the road
Harden is a hermit online. Same with Kawhi
Harden is so politically oblivious that he accidentally wore a Thin Blue Line mask before a game during the BLM protests.
And for some guys I could see that being a cover, but I completely believe Harden just thought it looked dope.
He don’t got internet
especially LeBron, I will never forget his comment, “I am not educated enough to comment on this matter”. F him, he only cares about money
Is that supposed to be a bad response for someone not educated enough on a topic?
Jaylen Clark posted something on his story earlier today
Isaiah Thomas tweeted “fuck the ice agents” among other things today, so while not active I wanted to show him some love for being a good dude
What did he post?
Shared a post and said „sick world man“ in text
Lebron is waiting to see poll results before commenting.
Hali hasn’t considered how this remark has made people feel…emotionally… spiritually.. financially
LeBron almost always only comments or takes a stance on issues regarding Black people.
Sooooo it’s unlikely he’ll say anything this time around.
conservatives buy shoes too - Lebron
pedophiles buy shoes too
That’s what he said yeah.
Kyrie retweeted something about Renee Good’s murder earlier.
hate to ask but in which direction
Wild that this is a valid question, but it most certainly is.
Kyrie has been vocal about Palestine as well.
Hate to ask but in which direction?
most NBA players, or any athletes, don’t give a shit until it hurts them directly sadly
Unless your name is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bill Russell
Kareem is a real one
I wouldn’t say that. These guys speak up fairly frequently about issues that don’t directly impact them. And coaches like Popp and Kerr pretty much always have something to say.
coming from hockey to agree. the NBA is like a democratic socialists convention compared to the NHL. the warriors’ VP of health’s kid plays for the sharks and started following kai trump this morning
I think plenty of them give a shit, but just don’t see the payoff in vocalizing it publicly
That’s absolutely not true what are you talking about?
He’s not totally wrong. They, like other humans, tend to speak when it’s safe or popular to do so.
Once more athletes speak out, then you’ll get star players like LeBron and others to join suit.
It is true, and you’re delusional if you think it isn’t. Remember the LeBron-Morey China controversy?
That is an unbelievably stupid comparison lol lebron has spoken out many times about police violence in America
They’re millionaires rubbing shoulders with billionaires. They truly don’t give a shit. They might say some stuff for PR reasons, or be one of the rare real ones, but that’s about it.
If the victim was black youd probably hear from more players.
E: Downvote me all you want, you know its true. LeBron wouldve definitely said something.
As a black man, I absolutely agree. As sad as it is, I’m not surprised.
LeBron’s criticism of Daryl Morey made me realize that he only cares if it’s people that look like him (whether racially, economically, or whatever).
NBA players are not the vanguards of morality and society.
Well I see more black people standing up for Renee Good and Pretti than the All Lives Matter crowd.
Thats obviously cuz the All Lives Matter bums support the pedophile who’s doing all this
No, Jaylen Clark did too
Jaylen Clark posted a video of it.
Glad someone is stepping up to acknowledge what happened.
Makes total sense that it’s Haliburton too. One of the players I’d most expect to say something
Player(s) from Minnesota gotta be next. Maybe KAT would have said something by now
Chet grew up in the neighborhood that this murder took place in.
Chet did an interview where he showed off his picture books collection, dude is dense. This is out of his arena
Chet was out protesting in Minneapolis like a couple weeks ago
Why are we acting like it takes a genius to know this shit is wrong?
I am also a lifelong resident and I know where his school is, but his home is in Whittier. I know he’s not great, but he should still say something. Check your DM.
I totally expect Moses Moody to start speaking out one of these days
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oUSnmc7XhNM&pp=ygUQTW9zZXMgTW9vZHkgcG9lbQ%3D%3D
Moody just gained a fan right here from that video. That was genuinely an objectively good poem, especially from a high schooler, and on such an important topic
He didn’t even wait before it became trendy, or add a PR spin to it. You gotta respect him for this.
So much respect for saying it this simply. Puma and Movado better stand by their guy or fuck them.
Great, now I have to cheer for the Pacers. Classy, morally upright, young man ruining my basketball hate matrix.
Ha. I would have figured Siakam would have been enough to root for the Pacers as a secondary team of course. I guess you have two reasons now.
If I am honest you guys are well below Philly and NJ, but the joke works better if I pretend to have more animosity.
I thought most Raptors fans absolved whatever minor lingering issues we had over the years (LanceGate) and united in our shared love for Pascal Siakam
Kudos to Halliburton for having the balls to use his platform to tell the truth
Though a bunch of Nazi sycophants will tell you it was justified …
We really need Nuremberg 2.0 in 2029
Too many were allowed to walk after Nuremberg, just like too many were allowed to walk after the Civil War. We need decisive action after this, the ideology should not be allowed to fester again.
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nearly a million ss officers went unpunished. do with that information what you will
The Nuremberg trials didn’t go far enough.
Just look at who led NATO for its first few decades.
2029 is far, far too long away from now
Nuremberg
That was a great movie man but I can’t imagine anything like that happenin in real life..
/s
Sports hate is not real hate. Hali rules.
GOAT shit
From now on, I will never slander the Pacers while Hali is there, I fucking swear.
This is bigger than basketball. You’re right homie
Same here, they’ve just become my 2nd favorite squad
You get a pass when the Knicks play Indy. That rivalry needs to be toxic on the court, but you can bet your ass we’ll band together off the court.
Seems like a great person and is obviously an incredible player, won’t stop me from the slander tho this is a fun rivalry I hope it continues. Much respect for Hali
Okay, maybe a little, but only of it’s deserved.
Love this guy. And his playoff run last year was epic.
He’ll be back.
Y’all got a real one. I will always root for hali
I will never talk shit about this man again
I appreciate the blunt accuracy tbh. Yes ‘Cer Tyrese
Domestic terrorist organization ICE murdered VA nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, just like murderer ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good. Innocent man and murder victim Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a US citizen and per Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, “The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry,”. As seen in multiple videos, including the one found in this article, innocent man and murder victim Alex Pretti was not forcibly impeding ICE agents from doing their jobs, nor was he trying to “massacre” or “assassinate” law enforcement.
He was trying to help a woman who had been assaulted by domestic terrorist ICE agents, as he and another woman were also assaulted and pepper sprayed. Alex Pretti was then thrown to the ground and assaulted by multiple domestic terrorist ICE agents. Per sworn affidavits from witnesses, He never reached for or drew his gun, which he was legally permitted to carry. Instead, an ICE criminal and domestic terrorist saw his gun on his waistband, safely removed it and began running to a vehicle, as he shouted “Gun”. Innocent man and murder victim Alex Jeffrey Pretti was completely disarmed at this point, and was shot and murdered from behind moments later, once again, AFTER HE NO LONGER HAD HIS LEGALLY PERMITTED GUN ON HIM.
DHS Use of Safe Tactics states that “A use of deadly force is “necessary” when the officer/agent has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to the officer/agent or to another person.” Innocent man and murder victim Alex Jeffrey Pretti was completely unarmed and on his knees after being assaulted by domestic terrorist ICE agent thugs before he was murdered. He posed no imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to anyone. Domestic terrorist organization ICE once again shows that it doesn’t care about policy, training, laws, or the lives of anyone in their immediate vicinity.
FUCK ICE
All my homies hate ICE
F 🧊
When people look in history and say “oh how could average Germans be Nazi and perform such atrocities?”, look no further than what is going on in America right now. ICE and all those govt officials, republicans and others blatantly lying to justify murders are cut from the exact same cloth and it unfortunately feels like this is just getting started. A lot of “average Americans” support this.
The chilling thing is that ICE only represents the brown shirts era of nazi Germany. The gestapo/SS/SD phase hasn’t even begun yet.
Haliburton is a real one
Shoutout Hali stand-up guy I hope he comes back better than ever and I appreciate him for speaking out.
Isn’t it ironic they were calling this guy a frontrunner? Many of these athletes only speak up when it’s “safe” to do so. Kudos to Hali.
THATS MY MF GOAT
THE LAST THING ALEX PRETTI DID WAS HELP AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WHO WAS BEING ACTIVELY BRUTALIZED BY ICE. IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO HIM IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY OF US
ICE is just the modern-day version of Gestapo
Love this dude, one of the genuine good guys of the league
He has always been like this, one of the many reasons why I’m a Hali fan for life.
Reference https://np.reddit.com/r/kings/comments/ksg0oo/postgame_interview_with_tyrese_haliburton_who/
he is a gem i really really loved him in a kings uni. still so happy for him to be on a competent team and hope he comes back strong. what a great and mature response and what makes fans feel connected to a team are players like him.
I feel the same - really miss him, but also happy for him and glad that he’s thriving.
Anyway, the fact that he was speaking out like that even at age 20 is so impressive. Hali has always been a real one.
Fan for life
I am now.
Executed*
Legitimatley insane. The 7 or so agents trying to subdue and arrest an average sized looking guy was OD to me. Pulling out a gun and emptying the clip on him was an execution. Unacceptable to see. But not surprising considering the regime we have in office
And one of the fuckers saying “this is like call of duty, cool huh” fuck ice and fuck anybody who voted for this
One of those Nazi thugs even clapped after it happened. They are legitimately evil people
WTF? Are you dead ass? That’s fucking insane.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT6B0KCkSeb/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Speechless
You guys gotta stop saying executed. Executed: “carry out a sentence of death on (a legally condemned person).” There was nothing legal about this. Cold-blooded murder is correct
Pardon me. I didn’t know the “legally condemned person” was a part of the definition. Will not call it that going forward
Hell yeah, Hali. Mad respect. Fuck ice
Fuck yes.
I know this sounds bad, but I hope this event is the true tipping point. I don’t want innocent people dying, but rebellion is often paid in life. We need to continue to galvanize in the wake of this.
the fact we have had several “this is the tipping point” moments speaks volumes. enough is enough and it has been enough for a while now.
No use in lamenting what hasn’t happened already, my point is that the public outcry and perception of this incident is far more robust and clear cut than any other incident
It’s obvious, it’s not open for debate; this unarmed man was murdered. Not even the slightest straw you can try to man.
Shout-out Haliburton.
Hopefully the first of many to comment on this
Thank you Hali
Executed by a death squad
Executed implies a legal process, id say more he was murdered.
So glad this one’s ours
We’re reaching a breaking point. Keep pushing. We need everyone right now. Everyone!!
I was on r/conservative. ICE tackled him down and he was under control. Then hit him with the gun and then shot him multiple times . This is illegal. For some reason the sub on r/conservative think this is perfectly legal and he was a crazy leftist
r/conservative is a collection of completely irredeemable losers
It’s mostly just bots and troll accounts from foreign countries.
Someone posted that the top commenters are from Russia because when the power goes out in Moscow, their activity is zero. It’s cesspool of Russian bots fueling the delusional.
I lurk that sub just to see what the current propaganda is on the right. Usually when something big goes down they’ll be against it at first and then very quickly accept it. And there’s sad shit like “I don’t understand what is doing but I trust he has a plan” type shit.
Really crazy stuff. I will say I see similar type of propaganda on mainstream Reddit too, but usually some out there left conspiracy type stuff. It’s probably Russian ops continuing to spe division in the US like they were doing in 2016 and never stopped.
Not only that, but they were deleting posts of the video of the shooting. Pathetic sub.
Hell yeah Hali
You know shits getting dire when Knicks fans are praising Haliburton. Major props to this man
King shit
Good for Hali. Hope others follow suit and use their massive platforms.
Outside of basketball rivalry this is a Tyrese Haliburton W
That my motherfucking point god!
Only player that has spoken up, Hali is goated
Foucault’s Boomerang is coming home to roost.
My fellow Americans need to prepare and get the fuck ready. Whatever a country does to its enemies it will eventually do its citizens when push comes to shove.
Please consider getting your CPR card and attending a Stop the Bleed training. Learn some basic nursing skills. Buy a bulletproof vest and a dumb phone. Have a lawyers number written on your arm before you go protest. Know your local bail funds numbers and write those too.
I cannot join a general strike, as the folks I help (harm reduction) don’t really have anyone else advocating for them. So I need some of y’all to do what I can’t.
This is hard and it’s going to suck, but I promise you, it’ll suck SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH fucking worse than if we don’t do something.
Never forget in the story of Jesus the hero was killed by the state.
God damnit, I guess I have to like Haliburton now.
Did you know you can submit tips regarding crimes to ICE? Any and all concerned citizens should submit reports of any HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, GANG ACTIVITY, and/or TERRORISM RELATED crimes committed by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Perhaps if they receive enough tips, or a flood of tips happens to cause their website to temporarily break down, the agency will be forced to investigate the documented blinding, beating, disarming, then fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota today by a gang of so-called federal agents. https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form
Go to conservative sub - they’re blaming Pretti for carrying. Apparently if you’re not on their side then you shouldn’t be carrying. What a bunch of dumbasses.
I’m sure they were consistent with this take when it came to Rittenhouse.
Wow he’s my favorite player now
Hali having the most loved 12 month run in NBA history.
Hali is a real one. HATE that we gave him up. Also:
Reminder - Reddit admins will ban the shit out of you for “glorifying violence” if you react to a US citizen being executed in the street. Remember, according to the admins it is OK to execute civilians, it is NOT ok to say what should happen to the perpetrators.
The admins will ban if you suggest any justice comes to the terrorists killing American citizens. HOWEVER, reddit is completely fine with running ICE ads on their platform and does not consider that “glorifying violence” despite the fact that ICE is on camera murdering two people and the rest of us, with our comments, are not.
Give him the finals mvp.
Good on Haliburton for using his platform to bring attention to the fact that this was indeed a MURDER in broad daylight. He seems like a good dude.
Hali is such a Goat for that
Thanks Hali 👍🏾
Truly despise the Pacers but this is king shit.
Confirms our suspicions that Hali is incredibly based
Jokes aside, I hope to see more athletes taking this stand. The current state of our country is unacceptable.
He really was. Resisting arrest, if you even want to call it that, shouldn’t mean you’ve signed your death warrant. All those officers around him, he was clearly restrained and his gun taken away. No reason whatsoever for him to have been shot there.
He wasn’t being arrested. He was filming them and they approached him and proceeded to pin him down and shoot him 10 times. If this is “resisting arrest” then you’re allowing them to just jump everybody and anybody to kill them for not allowing themselves to be brutalized
Haliban!!! Way to stand up my man
He’s my fav player now
Gotta give respect where it’s due. WALIBURTON
RESPECT
Hali has always been a great human being.
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