NEW: Attorney and self-defense expert Andrew Branca says the shooting of Alex Pretti was justified, lays out reasons why.
– “The moment he makes contact with that officer, he’s just committed a federal felony good for eight years in a federal penitentiary.”
– “That’s why they were seeking to make his arrest because they saw him commit a forcible felony against a fellow officer.”
– “Then he’s noncompliant with arrest. He’s fighting them. Then they discover he has a gun…”
– “They take that gun. There are cries of ‘gun, gun, gun.’ The officers called to each other. He’s still noncompliant. They hear a gunshot go off. And Alex Pretty’s right hand comes from his waistline with a black object in his hand.”
– “That combination of facts is going to get you shot 999 times out of a thousand by law enforcement, and justifiably so.”
“They’re making all these perceptions, all these decisions in a violent, chaotic melee caused by Alex Pretti.”
“They have to make all these decisions in a split second because that’s how quickly someone can use a weapon against you, and those decisions.”
“They don’t have to be correct. The law of self-defense does not require us to make perfect decisions…”
Once you force officers into split-second survival decisions, the margin for error is gone. The left keeps demanding perfect judgment in chaotic, violent moments, then acts shocked when reality refuses to cooperate.
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) January 28, 2026