Nate the Lawyer: Alex Pretti: Murder or Justified Use of Force

I'm a big fan of Nate. This is eminently reasonable, as usual...though, of course, I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say whether he's got all the legal avenues covered. Every analysis I've seen of this footage thus far leaves something out or leaves something underexamined. I'd say this one is no exception. Seems to me that he moves through the crucial final seconds a bit too fast...but, overall, as usual, I'd say he makes a reasonable case for his conclusions.

   I hadn't seen video of the minute or so leading up to the incident. It's become SOP on the left to cut out the part where rioters/activists provoke agents into reacting and, honestly, I just assumed Pretti and the women had done something to warrant the officer's behavior...

   But not so.

   After seeing all this, I'd say the fault lies just about 100% with the rogue BPE (? ICE?) agent who started it all by unjustifiably shoving the women and then attacking Pretti when he interposed himself: