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u/J0hn_Keel 3h ago
Nursing crews are usually so tight because you go through so much shit together. The couple who are obviously crying break my heart, it must be so awful for them to lose a teammate and friend in such a callous and unnecessary way. RIP Alex
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u/CommercialBad14 3h ago
ICE is a terrorist group & you can’t convince me otherwise
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u/feed_meknowledge 2h ago
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u/aamfbta high priestess of child sacrifice 2h ago
I hate to be rude but jsyk it’s having the “gall” not “Gaul.”
Gaul refers to areas in Western Europe which were inhabited by Celtic tribes in the 5th century. ☺️
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u/Nice-Analysis8044 2h ago
retribution for having the Gaul to vote for democrats
They’re trying to divide us in three parts and we have to stop them if we want to survive
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u/PeteLynchForKentucky 2h ago
ICE absolutely needs to be abolished and replaced by an immigration enforcement agency that actually respects human life and the rule of law.
Democrats are being far too cowardly on this issue--especially here in Kentucky, where the default line is "there needs to be an investigation."
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u/agg288 2h ago
That's why they keep calling their victims domestic terrorists. It's doublespeak.
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u/unkn0wnnumb3r 3h ago
The guy with his head in his hands is breaking my heart.
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u/yourwhippingboy 3h ago
There’s a woman on the other side further down who’s taken her glasses off so she can wipe her tears and that really got to me
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u/annabelleoftheball this is going to ruin the tour 3h ago
Male nurses def bond together, since there are so few of them. That guy looks fairly young too. I bet they were buds.
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u/cathouse 3h ago
I completely and utterly can't fucking get over this.
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u/Miserable-Army3679 2h ago
It pains me to the deepest part of my soul what happened to this good man.
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u/Secret-Ad-6253 a low vera 3h ago
I think because we are seeing so much violence, some people aren't able to assess the ripple effect of these senseless murders. Imagine working with someone one day and the next day, they are gone forever. That messes you up for a long time. Even if you weren't close friends with them or related to them. A person is just...gone.
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u/UnlikelyDecision9820 2h ago
Last year, 3 coworkers retired from my place of employment. All in good health and leaving on their own volition and in good terms, but knowing that they won’t be a part of my daily life really messed me up. I can’t imagine what this workplace is experiencing after something so violent and senseless
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u/Deep-Ad4351 TWINK EVENT HORIZON 3h ago
CHINGA LA MIGRA
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u/wilko_johnson_lives 3h ago
Every single ice agent needs to be held accountable. The leadership should meet their end at the gallows. Not enough Nazis or confederate traitors were hanged after their reigns of terror. I hope we don’t make the same mistake. Again.
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u/UnlikelyDecision9820 2h ago
At this point, defunding and abolition are not enough.
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u/mmart482 3h ago edited 2h ago
This photo says a thousand words. My thoughts and prayers for healing are with the staff at the Minneapolis VA in the difficult days ahead.
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u/annabelleoftheball this is going to ruin the tour 3h ago
He really had one of those faces that looked so kind and friendly. I bet he was a great nurse. I really feel for these people; I’m also a nurse and you really bond with your work family, esp on intense floors like ICU.
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u/thankyoupapa 3h ago
White house furious rn that it's hard to demonize an ICU nurse who worked for the VA
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u/kmoon89x 3h ago
I am so heartbroken over this; Alex was a friend of a friend, and I have just been reading more and more about how great of a human being that he seemed like. He was a hundred million times more essential to this world than worthless ICE thugs.
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u/Sleepy-Giraffe947 Please Abraham, I am not that man 3h ago
I feel like this is a private moment that speaks louder than words. It must be so difficult losing such a selfless colleague to immeasurable hate.
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u/nooseandnarcissus 3h ago
Not to mention, most of the people in this room had to take an oath and pledge their “duty to treat”; I can’t imagine them having to witness and forcibly sit through something brutally absurd that they’re absolutely sworn to avoid at all costs. It’s like having to betray one’s own immediate reflexes. Tragic. Beyond tragic.
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u/griffie21 2h ago
As federal employees they also took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.
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u/slahsarnia 3h ago
I work in a hospital and you have a special type of bond with your colleagues. Especially since we often work 4 on, 5 off, 12 hour shifts. You spend more time with them than your own family, and you witness traumatic things together. I just cannot fathom how they’re feeling. The worst people on earth are murdering the best people on earth. Alex seemed like such a kind, compassionate, empathetic person. What a loss for his family, community, colleagues and the world. I am so angry to put into words, but Alex’s life and others out observing and protesting remind me that there are lots of great people in the world. I log off because these Nazis are often the loudest voices. To smear this kind soul as a domestic terrorist sickens me. RIP, Alex. We must continue to tell the truth.
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u/MoneyManx10 2h ago
This picture should be on every front page to show the world the type of people ICE is taking from us.
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u/VictorTheCutie distraught Christian tomato 2h ago
The man with his face in his hands broke me. I was already broken, but that made it worse. I'm struggling so much to cope today. For anyone else feeling this way, you're not alone.
Alex, you will NOT be forgotten.
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u/Curiosities 2h ago
Alex, you were clearly so, so loved. This is really giving me so many feelings. 😭
I’m so angry at the lies that they tried to tell to justify murdering him, especially after he just saved someone /was protecting people. Because that’s what he knew, how to protect and care for people.
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u/aasfourasfar 2h ago
I thought of them while going to work today.. I was like "in some Mineapolis hospital, some people lost a beloved colleague for absolutely nothing"
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u/Anxious-Ad-1699 3h ago
The heartbreak of people who knew intimately just how much this man cared about his fellow human beings. Devastating.
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u/Giannandco 2h ago
Seeing this broke my heart. Alex Pretti was murdered by untrained goons who have not an ounce of respect for human life and need to be held accountable for their illegal actions. ICE and the wanna-be dictator need to go now.
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u/Few-Rain7214 2h ago
Rest in Peace Alex. And thank you to all these hard working nurses who continue to help those in need. As a fellow nurse, my heart is broken.
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u/LadyVaresa 2h ago
As a nurse, I am so heartbroken and infuriated by Alex's murder. The nursing community is devastated. I cannot imagine how his coworkers must be feeling. I wish justice for him.
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u/ComfortableCaptain61 societal collapse is in the air 2h ago
Everything I've read about Alex Pretti makes him seem like someone I would want to be friends with. I can't imagine what his actual friends and family must be going through, especially given the attempts by the fucking federal government to denigrate his character.
I hope his loved ones know that so many of us are seeing him through their eyes, not anyone else's, and we are grieving his loss alongside them.
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u/Zero_Griever 3h ago
Republicans would be happy to detain any of these individuals through force, just because kt makes them look fucking awful.
That's the real threat people seem to be missing. Its about sending a message that they can execute anybody who opposes the brutality they're showing to civilians.
They desperately want to escalate to send in the military. Republicans, all Republicans have expressed their opinion through their votes.
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u/Rfun2024 2h ago
A very moving gesture, I feel for them. All of the health care workers there are tending to Veterans and I thank them all for carrying on in their grief and shock.
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u/DrippingWithRabies 2h ago
Fuck ICE and everyone who supports them in any way. They are murderers. Alex was murdered in cold blood on the street by our government for the crime of simply being in proximity to ICE. We need to shut this the fuck down NOW.
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u/mrose1491 oh bitch ur cooked 2h ago
This is just so sad, I’m heartbroken for everyone who knew him. There was absolutely no justification for this. ICE is a terrorist organization and every single one of these “agents” should be held accountable for this murder.
I’ve never been more ashamed to be American. Rest in peace, Alex
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u/pizzapizzaog 2h ago
After this they probably had to work on patients who are victims of the same terrorist group that just took the life of their coworker.
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u/U_PassButter the devil works hard but fanfic writers work harder 2h ago
Idk if anyone has experienced losing a coworker. It's devastating. My heart with them. This was a tragedy.
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u/Meat_Popsicle_Man 2h ago
I’m betting the regime will use this same exact picture for rage bait really soon.
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u/dumbbxtch69 2h ago
and then…. back to work. As healthcare workers do. Except that usually the death isn’t one of our own, and it isn’t usually senseless, violent, and cruel
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u/Ok_Panic1066 2h ago
These guys and all nurses in the world are fricking heroes. If you're a nurse and you read me, thank you so much, I admire you
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