{"id":1123,"date":"2026-01-30T07:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:21:16","slug":"we-will-seek-justice-for-our-son-alex-prettis-family-chooses-the-right-lawyers-from-the-george-floyd-case-and-a-detail-behind-it-that-many-are-expecting-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWE WILL SEEK JUSTICE FOR OUR SON\u201d \u2014 ALEX PRETTI\u2019S 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\u2019s family stood before the cameras, no tears, no drama, only a tense, suffocating silence before the words rang out \u2014 slow but sharp as a knife: \u201cWe will seek justice for our son.\u201d 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, \u201cif fully released, the story of Alex\u2019s death would no longer be what people are hearing,\u201d and that was the moment many reporters looked at each other, realizing this was not just a lawsuit \u2014 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?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case<\/h1>\n

\"Undated<\/p>\n

The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota\u2019s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd\u2019s neck of murder.<\/p>\n

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\"Alex<\/p>\n

Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was\u00a0shot multiple times on Saturday\u00a0as he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation.<\/p>\n

\"Family<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Schleicher is representing Michael and Susan Pretti pro bono, according to a family spokesman.<\/p>\n