Pretty lies

Pretty lies. Well, some of the funnier ones.

The Story of Alex Pretti, read by Elizabeth Warren (by MAZE):

 

Even his scrubs photo was improved to make him more handsome:

 

Democrat senator uses fake image of Pretti shooting featuring headless agent. By Joseph MacKinnon at Blaze Media.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) gave a speech Wednesday on the Senate floor …

When discussing Pretti’s demise, Durbin relied on a large visual aid — a supposed photograph of the incident.

 

 

However the Democratic senator appears to have overlooked glaring indications that the image was significantly doctored. For starters, one of the federal agents depicted in the image appears to be missing his head.

“I’m going to show a photo of that scene, which is graphic, but I’m afraid is necessary to appreciate the horror of the moment,” Durbin said as he set the image for all to see on an easel. “This photo shows the last second before the ICE agent killed Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis.”

After citing the image as evidence that it was “obvious” Pretti had made “no effort to resist” — a claim contradicted by footage taken from multiple vantages — and emphasizing that “the photo tells the story,” Durbin criticized the Trump administration for encouraging skepticism about the initial narrative surrounding the shooting. …

Durbin was evidently not the only liberal duped by the image.

In fact, it went viral on multiple social media platforms, including X, where it netted tens of millions of impressions and was shared widely. Even retired Gen. Raymond Thomas III, the former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, and MSNBC legal analyst Jill Wine-Banks appear to have been fooled by it.

Sad to see the way utter lies are seized upon to press a narrative. Happens every time (e.g. the three BLM incidents).

“Photo tells the story”. No, fake news.

 

It’s effective propaganda, because we are so used to seeing-is-believing. I find it hard to get the fake photo out of my head. Here’s what actually happened: