Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent this weekend, suffered a broken rib during a previous encounter with federal officers, according to a report.
A week before his death, Pretti, 37, had a rib broken when a group of federal officers tackled him as he was protesting their detention of other people, sources told CNN.



“Puppy pile” is a tactic in nonviolent direct action that which involves protesters linking arms, sitting, or lying together in a tight, interlocked group to create a, dense physical barrier, this technique is used to obstruct, delay, or protect a space, or person
Definitely not trolling, but I thought people here knew what that was. I guess there are more furry suspicious people here than people who engage in trained civil disobedience.
Also, typed from phone probably failed to check auto correction
Thanks for the info. This may be the first time on lemmy that defaulting to “assume unfamiliar terms involving animals relate to fur or adjacent communities” has led me to the classic problem with assuming.