WE WILL SEEK JUSTICE FOR OUR SON” — ALEX PRETTI’S FAMILY CHOOSES THE RIGHT LAWYERS FROM THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE, AND A DETAIL BEHIND IT THAT MANY ARE EXPECTING The press conference room was bathed in a chillingly cold light as Alex Pretti’s family stood before the cameras, no tears, no drama, only a tense, suffocating silence before the words rang out — slow but sharp as a knife: “We will seek justice for our son.” At that moment, all eyes immediately focused as they confirmed they had hired the same team of lawyers who had helped bring George Floyd to trial, names associated with one of the cases that shook America. But what truly changed the atmosphere was the detail about the family. Pretti revealed they had seen a portion of documents and evidence that the public had never seen, which, according to a relative, “if fully released, the story of Alex’s death would no longer be what people are hearing,” and that was the moment many reporters looked at each other, realizing this was not just a lawsuit — but potentially the trigger for a new legal earthquake, with the question everyone wanted answered immediately: what exactly did the Pretti family hold in their hands?
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot multiple times on Saturday as he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation.
Steve Schleicher, a partner at the Minneapolis firm Maslon, is an experienced litigator who served as a special prosecutor for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in the 2021 trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Prior to entering private practice, Schleicher served as a state prosecutor and worked for 13 years in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, handling cases ranging from murder to organized crime, racketeering and federal civil rights violations, according to an online resume. He also served as a reserve officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps.
Schleicher is representing Michael and Susan Pretti pro bono, according to a family spokesman.
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Pretti’s younger sister, Micayla Pretti, has separately hired attorney Anthony Cotton of Kuchler & Cotton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The lawyers were retained to “protect the family’s interest in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy,” the spokesman said.
Pretti, 37, was carrying a handgun for which he had a legal permit and videos of the killing appear to show one officer remove the weapon before two others opened fire.
Pretti’s death followed the Jan. 7 death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good, a mother of three shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Good’s family has hired the Chicago-based firm Romanucci & Blandin, which previously represented Floyd ‘s family.
Biesecker reported from Washington.
Source: pbs.org
