Adding further complication to the public’s perception are recently released videos from an encounter eleven days prior to the shooting. In that footage, Pretti is seen in a separate, heated confrontation with federal agents, where he allegedly displayed a more defiant attitude, including kicking a vehicle’s taillight. Critics of Pretti point to this as evidence of a pattern of volatility and anti-authority sentiment. His supporters, however, see it as the frustration of a man who was deeply troubled by the aggressive tactics he witnessed in his neighborhood. They argue that a previous moment of anger should not serve as a justification for a subsequent fatal shooting, nor should it erase a decade of documented service in the medical field. Continue reading…