1. What is "TNM"?
The "TNM" logo stands for The News Movement, a legitimate digital-first news organization co-founded by former executives from The Wall Street Journal and the BBC. They were on the ground in Minneapolis filming a documentary about ICE operations when they captured that footage.
2. Verification of the Video
This isn't just a random clip; it has been vetted by multiple major news outlets:
โข The BBC: They performed a facial recognition analysis on the man in the video and confirmed with 97% accuracy that it is Alex Pretti.
โข The Associated Press (AP): They verified the footage and cross-referenced it with a second video taken by a different bystander (Max Shapiro) from a different angle.
โข The Pretti Family: A representative for the family confirmed to The Guardian today (January 29, 2026) that it is indeed Alex Pretti in the footage.
3. Why the Confusion?
There is actual AI misinformation circulating about this case. For example, there was a fake, AI-generated image of the actual shooting that went viral earlier this week. Itโs likely that the overlap of real news and fake imagery is making it hard to tell which is which.
In this specific case, the "tail light" video is a real recording from January 13, about 11 days before the fatal shooting occurred.