Megyn Kelly says she doesn't feel sorry for Alex Pretti: He was 'being subversive'

Megyn Kelly weighed in on the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, saying she didn’t feel sympathy for the 37-year-old and criticizing protester actions around immigration enforcement.“I know I’m supposed to feel sorry for Alex Pretti, but I don’t,” Kelly said on Monday, arguing that those who interfere with law enforcement operations assume responsibility for the consequences.She said protests should be conducted peacefully without obstructing officers and warned that physical confrontations with Border Patrol or ICE agents can quickly escalate into dangerous situations.Kelly added that resisting arrest — even without a gun — places people in grave danger.“It’s very simple.

If I felt strongly enough about something the government was doing, I would go out and protest,” Kelly said on her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” on Monday.“I would do it peacefully, on the sidewalk, without interfering — not with a whistle, not with shouting, not with my body, not in any other way.”“I would make my objections known without interfering, because interfering is where you go south.”Kelly said that “laying hands on a police officer, a Border Patrol officer, or an ICE officer who is trying to conduct a law enforcement operation is a felony, and you are going to get arrested.”She added that anyone is in “serious trouble” if they do “anything” that “resembles resisting.”“That doesn’t give them the ‘right to shoot you,’ but it amps up the situation and the danger such that they may reasonably fear for their safety,” Kelly averred.She said Pretti was among a group of “organized agitators” seeking to “disrupt law enforcement” and that he was “there being subversive.”“He was not there to help,” she added.“He was not there to assist law enforcement or make things easier for them.He was there with a loaded gun, looking to cause trouble for Border Patrol agents — and...