Eric Esteves

Thinker. Doer. Connector.
aka POPS.
Organizer: @TEDxRoxbury

[Eric Esteves @EricMEsteves]

Philanthropy is commendable but must not cause philanthropists to overlook the economic injustice circumstances that make it necessary. -MLK

[Eric Esteves @EricMEsteves]

When incompetence impacts public health.

[DOJ Civil Rights Division @CivilRights]

Justice Department Investigation Determines Yale’s Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions

“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform.” said @AAGDhillon. “This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law.”

🔗 https://t.co/soWVcAujqI

[DOJ Civil Rights Division @CivilRights]

Justice Department Investigation Determines Yale’s Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions

“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform.” said @AAGDhillon. “This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law.”

🔗 https://t.co/soWVcAujqI

[Eric Esteves @EricMEsteves]

Please tell me there's more video footage of Larry Johnson yelling at John Starks to SIT DOSN!
@ESPNNBA

[MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 @MAGACult2]

“Those are the words of a potential war criminal.”

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell. Data reveals someone made a massive 580 MILLION dollar trade on oil exactly 15 minutes BEFORE Donald Trump posted his tweet about pausing the Iran war. Someone on the inside just made a life changing fortune. The corruption is blatant.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

a. There is something deeply rotten about our politics that Republicans are so tribal that they excuse overt, heinous racism from their leader.

b. There is no “staffer” freelance posting from the President’s account at midnight.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020

[Niko @NikoLeMieux]

Yesterday as I was walking through Minneapolis with a friend I saw this Lexus parked terribly and commented to him: “get a load of this asshole’s terrible parking.” By complete serendipity, as if the universe itself was saying "be kinder with your spoken thoughts," right at that moment I heard a voice say “hey that’s my car, ICE grabbed me, I’m so sorry!” come from the passenger of a Jeep slowly passing by; the Jeep driver said she was the sister of the Lexus’ owner and that the two of them had just come back from picking her up from Federal detention. I went to go talk to the Lexus’ driver, but first I read the note on the windshield:

“THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN BY ICE. Please don’t hit or tow.” Neighbors put that there, and put a tarp over the window that ICE broke open so snow wouldn’t get in.

The Lexus driver, a short, brown haired white woman told me she lived in the area and was driving through looking for parking, when armed ICE agents speedily blocked off the street in front of her, and swarmed the white pickup truck in front of her grabbing its driver. She said people came from throughout the neighborhood with whistles to record them grabbing that driver, and as she was trying to leave, ICE agents swarmed her vehicle as well and proceeded to open her window and door and remove her from her car, slamming her facedown in the street. She said a Federal agent entered her vehicle and parked it like this, before taking her away. I don’t know the story of the pickup driver.

I'll be honest, I didn't really believe what I was hearing at first until she showed me the video that a neighbor filmed, confirming the whole story. I asked her to airdrop it to me so I could make this post.

This woman was just driving and minding her business one moment, and the next she was snatched, she told me that they said she was "obstructing an investigation." After 24 hours in Federal custody, they released her with only the white shirt she was wearing when I met her, into the -8F cold where her sister was waiting, and they didn't give her back her car keys. She came to make sure her vehicle was still there.

There's a lot of people on this platform making all sorts of excuses for the Federal government's despicable behavior in Minneapolis, but what it comes down to is this: they are out of control. They are Out. Of. Control.

This woman's story that I saw firsthand is emblematic of the institutional rot at the core of DHS, CBP, and ICE. The agents involved in both shootings this month were 8- and 10-year veterans, not untrained amateurs. There have been three homicides in Minneapolis thus far in 2026- 66% of them have been US citizens murdered by the Federal government. My city is being subjected to a full-fledged occupation by lawless, unprofessional, un-American thugs. They have gone far beyond their stated mission of removing violent criminals and illegal aliens. They have all of us looking at every SUV, every vehicle with out-of-state plates, every vehicle with more than 2 men in it with caution, scrutiny, and concern. Many of my friends have bought guns or have gone to get their conceal carry permits, to stay safe from their own government because it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.

Minneapolis will survive this and will come out stronger for it, because we learned in 2020 that there's no one coming to save us, it's up to us to show up for our friends and neighbors. But people need to know that if the Federal government are doing this to us: You're not safe. You're next.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Much love to Alex Pretti and Renee Good—but remember—ICE has killed 9 people in 2026. You know the names of the 2 white people they've killed.

ICE has also killed a Black man named Keith Porter, a Cambodian named Parady La, and five Latinos named Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.

ICE is on pace to kill more than 100 people this year. Abolish ICE. Impeach Noem. Prosecute those who committed these crimes.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come.  This is one of them.

[OnlyBangers @OnlyBangersEth]

This video replays in my head everytime it snows 🤣🤣🤣

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''

JD Vance: ''Yes''

Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''

[American Nurses Association @ANANursingWorld]

Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, was killed in a horrifying shooting at the hands of federal law enforcement. We ask all nurses to visit https://t.co/brSe939K7j to send a letter to your members of Congress. Let them know that nurses demand immediate action.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇

[Eric Esteves @EricMEsteves]

"til my balls get cold"

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This Minneapolis resident just said what everyone should be feeling right now:

“This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now.

It’s your 2nd Amendment, your 4th Amendment, your 6th Amendment.”

“We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution.”

Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This Minneapolis resident just said what everyone should be feeling right now:

“This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now.

It’s your 2nd Amendment, your 4th Amendment, your 6th Amendment.”

“We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution.”

Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.

[(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford) @evo1tactical]

I do not usually comment on political posts, and this is not intended to be political. As we all know a tragic event happened in America. I am speaking strictly from a professional training and use of force perspective.

Before coming to train Ukrainians, I spent years training various law enforcement organizations through my company on use of force and high risk encounters. That background includes departmental policy, police training standards, threat assessment, de escalation, and the legal thresholds for justified and unjustified shootings.

Several facts matter here.

The individual involved was a licensed concealed carry holder from the state. He was legally permitted to carry a firearm, including in a public setting such as a protest. There was no violation of law simply by his possession of the weapon.

At no point did this individual draw, point, or openly brandish the firearm. The weapon was physically removed from him by law enforcement officers prior to the shooting. Once that occurred, the immediate deadly threat no longer existed.

When a weapon is secured and officers have physical control of a subject, the legal and training based justification for deadly force disappears. At that stage, the situation transitions to control, restraint, and de escalation. Deadly force is reserved for an active, imminent threat, not a past or hypothetical one.

Any use of deadly force also carries an absolute responsibility to consider public safety. Officers are trained to identify their backstop and ensure that rounds fired do not endanger civilians or fellow officers. In this case, there were multiple officers and civilians directly within the potential line of fire. The risk of catastrophic injury, friendly fire, or unintended civilian casualties was extremely high.

Equally important, this incident does not align with established de escalation principles. Rather than slowing the encounter, increasing distance, and reducing risk, the situation was escalated rapidly to lethal force after control had already been achieved. That is the opposite of what modern policing doctrine teaches.

Based on the available video footage, camera angles, and observable officer behavior, this incident reflects failures in threat assessment, use of force decision making, backstop awareness, and de escalation. From a professional standpoint, it represents a breakdown across multiple training and policy standards.

This is a tragic outcome. It deserves a serious, objective review grounded in established law enforcement practices, not emotion or politics.

This definatley deserves a full independent investigation and review.

[NRA @NRA]

This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong.

Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.