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riversedge

(81,581 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 08:50 PM Jan 2026

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Put Renee Good's face on the building next to it Deuxcents Jan 2026 #1
Absolutely! SheltieLover Jan 2026 #3
Pretti Good IronLionZion Jan 2026 #6
How about this: popsdenver Jan 2026 #35
Yes. There seems to be a strong sexist component to this. ananda Jan 2026 #17
I've suspected it of being a lesbian thing RockCreek Jan 2026 #18
Yes, that too. ananda Jan 2026 #19
All of those REAL men from BP popsdenver Jan 2026 #34
That is a grand idea. riversedge Jan 2026 #38
TY NYC! bamagal62 Jan 2026 #2
Thank you NYC 🩵 Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #4
Thanks orangecrush Jan 2026 #5
All the murdered victims by ICE should be included MagickMuffin Jan 2026 #7
AND popsdenver Jan 2026 #9
I am really tired bdamomma Jan 2026 #32
There are bdamomma Jan 2026 #31
They are being held popsdenver Jan 2026 #33
I've heard they are releasing the victims in the Woods MagickMuffin Jan 2026 #36
Momdani, is this your doing? BidenRocks Jan 2026 #8
We are at a turning point. Martin68 Jan 2026 #10
Oh! My feisty❤️NYC'rs! Say his name! Say her name! electric_blue68 Jan 2026 #11
THANK YOU, NYC!!! niyad Jan 2026 #12
It should be on the 700 block of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, facing the Chump Tower FakeNoose Jan 2026 #13
I see that face and I just feel like crying, all over again. calimary Jan 2026 #14
Thank you New York! flamingdem Jan 2026 #15
Mahalo & to NYC... 💔💔💔 Cha Jan 2026 #16
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2026 #20
He was one of our very best. A VA ICU nurse with such a Nixie Jan 2026 #21
"the image showing his face on a Times Square billboard is digitally altered and not real'' Donkees Jan 2026 #22
so, this is another altered photo. I wish it were real.... peacebuzzard Jan 2026 #24
And that information shows up in the opening post Donkees Jan 2026 #25
One of the last photos of him alive ... LSparkle Jan 2026 #23
This isn't true and you should self-delete. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #26
This! AKwannabe Jan 2026 #29
Thank you for posting. N/T Upthevibe Jan 2026 #27
Your op says that this is not real. AKwannabe Jan 2026 #28
another look, set to Clapton music DoBW Jan 2026 #30
If you read the post choie Jan 2026 #37

Deuxcents

(27,739 posts)
1. Put Renee Good's face on the building next to it
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 08:54 PM
Jan 2026

SheltieLover

(81,778 posts)
3. Absolutely!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:01 PM
Jan 2026

IronLionZion

(51,566 posts)
6. Pretti Good
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:34 PM
Jan 2026

needs to be the name of the law to regulate the goons who murdered these two

popsdenver

(2,640 posts)
35. How about this:
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:03 PM
Jan 2026

Times Square in NYCity has a billboard sized screen with a color picture of him displayed for ALL to see….………..They should leave it up, and rotate the pictures of all the 8-10 people that ICE/BORDER PATROL HAVE MURDERED RECENTLY……..Especially him and the female shown more often.
If that billboard were for rent, where we could make that happen, I would gladly donate money to pay the billboard company that owns it.
I would guess that TONS of money would pour in from all over the country, so that maybe they could do more of them, including one in Minneapolis, LA, Denver, Seattle, Portland, and Washington DC. And Governors could post their State National Guard, 24/7, to protect them……..

Why do we Dems come up with ideas like this, and the majority of U.S. Dem Senators and House Members, and Dem State Governors and Dem City Mayors continuously sit quietly on the side lines???????????????

ananda

(35,523 posts)
17. Yes. There seems to be a strong sexist component to this.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:33 PM
Jan 2026

It's been bothering me all day.

RockCreek

(1,510 posts)
18. I've suspected it of being a lesbian thing
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:52 PM
Jan 2026

with an "uppity butch wife" involved as well. Disgusting double standard regardless.
And non-citizens also have the right to exist in the US without being killed.

ananda

(35,523 posts)
19. Yes, that too.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:08 AM
Jan 2026

Big question: will women and all other targeted groups
ever be respected as equals n this country?

popsdenver

(2,640 posts)
34. All of those REAL men from BP
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:00 PM
Jan 2026

knew that, and I can only think that made them even more irate and willing to act out against one of them.

riversedge

(81,581 posts)
38. That is a grand idea.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 03:12 PM
Jan 2026

bamagal62

(4,558 posts)
2. TY NYC!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 08:59 PM
Jan 2026

Clouds Passing

(8,208 posts)
4. Thank you NYC 🩵
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:04 PM
Jan 2026

orangecrush

(31,191 posts)
5. Thanks
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:29 PM
Jan 2026

MagickMuffin

(18,362 posts)
7. All the murdered victims by ICE should be included
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:07 PM
Jan 2026


Alex Pretti
Rene Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manual Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos

Let's honor ALL of our governments victims.



popsdenver

(2,640 posts)
9. AND
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:34 PM
Jan 2026

Have their pictures stay up there indefinitely, and feel free in the future to add to them any that fall......
Keep them up there until our Democracy returns, and all that is evil in our government is eradicated.....

"Alex Pretti was murdered for exercising his Constitutional right of free speech and the right to ”bear arms”. The Trump Regime does not think we have those rights anymore".

The REPUBLICAN CABAL, does not think that the DEMOCRATS have those rights anymore, only their Republican MAGAots....

bdamomma

(69,629 posts)
32. I am really tired
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:38 PM
Jan 2026

of hearing or Democrats or the Democratic party of being targeted by this filthy fascistic regime. It has got to stop.

Who is more radical than the right, who is perpetuating all this murder and hate????

bdamomma

(69,629 posts)
31. There are
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:33 PM
Jan 2026

other names of those who we do not know in those detention centers who have lost their lives by the hands of other ICE thugs.

popsdenver

(2,640 posts)
33. They are being held
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 01:56 PM
Jan 2026

in countless areas, with no one from the public or media allowed anywhere near the installation.......

Do you recall years ago, whenthe countless children being held in chain link cages in different compounds, and even a congressional delegation was refused admittance by ARMED Quasi Military guards.......

AND no one said anything?........just one of many things that resulted in us being here, where we are today.....

This Republican chipping away at everything, has been going on for over 46+ years, and "The band just played on" so to speak

MagickMuffin

(18,362 posts)
36. I've heard they are releasing the victims in the Woods
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:05 PM
Jan 2026


At the Whipple Detention Camp. They release the prisoners in the freezing cold without adequate clothing. They are cruel and sadistic.


BidenRocks

(3,511 posts)
8. Momdani, is this your doing?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:09 PM
Jan 2026

Thank you whoever did it!

Martin68

(28,085 posts)
10. We are at a turning point.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:37 PM
Jan 2026

electric_blue68

(27,369 posts)
11. Oh! My feisty❤️NYC'rs! Say his name! Say her name!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:40 PM
Jan 2026

niyad

(134,075 posts)
12. THANK YOU, NYC!!!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:45 PM
Jan 2026

FakeNoose

(42,469 posts)
13. It should be on the 700 block of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, facing the Chump Tower
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:46 PM
Jan 2026

... between East 56th and 57th Streets.

Let it blast straight into those fancy over-priced windows day and night.



calimary

(90,849 posts)
14. I see that face and I just feel like crying, all over again.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:49 PM
Jan 2026

He’s with the angels now. Sometimes, focusing on that helps make a little bit of the pain go away.

Not a lot, though. Just a LITTLE bit.

flamingdem

(40,981 posts)
15. Thank you New York!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:01 PM
Jan 2026

I hope this catches on countrywide.

Cha

(320,761 posts)
16. Mahalo & to NYC... 💔💔💔
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:13 PM
Jan 2026
☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,044 posts)
20. Kick
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:36 AM
Jan 2026

Nixie

(18,111 posts)
21. He was one of our very best. A VA ICU nurse with such a
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:47 AM
Jan 2026

needed and valuable future. He was just trying to help a woman who was tackled and thrown to the ground. I’m just so sick over this.

Two young and caring people, just murdered in cold blood. FOR WHAT?? Some egos and power trippers.

This has to be the turning point. It looks to be getting some traction.

Donkees

(33,745 posts)
22. "the image showing his face on a Times Square billboard is digitally altered and not real''
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:59 AM
Jan 2026
Readers added context
While the shooting of Alex Pretti is a real event covered by major news outlets, the image showing his face on a Times Square billboard is digitally altered and not real. No news reports confirm such a display, and live views do not show it.

peacebuzzard

(5,888 posts)
24. so, this is another altered photo. I wish it were real....
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:52 AM
Jan 2026

This calm under pressure man is an icon just from the persona he exuded in life, I gather this from comments posted here and there from acquaintances.
Sad his life was stolen from him by those rent-a-thugs that dump deputized. Sad we have come to this moment in time...

Donkees

(33,745 posts)
25. And that information shows up in the opening post
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:11 AM
Jan 2026

LSparkle

(12,235 posts)
23. One of the last photos of him alive ...
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:18 AM
Jan 2026

Shows an ICE goon pointing a gun at his head. Another picture that should be projected in public.

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,233 posts)
26. This isn't true and you should self-delete.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:15 AM
Jan 2026

AKwannabe

(6,897 posts)
29. This!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:23 PM
Jan 2026

WTH? DU?

Upthevibe

(10,241 posts)
27. Thank you for posting. N/T
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:50 AM
Jan 2026

AKwannabe

(6,897 posts)
28. Your op says that this is not real.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:21 PM
Jan 2026

Why is this still an OP?

DoBW

(3,334 posts)
30. another look, set to Clapton music
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:27 PM
Jan 2026

Alex Pretti Billboard in Times Square. 😭😭😭

Justice in 2026 (@justicein2025.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T17:45:17.709Z

choie

(7,009 posts)
37. If you read the post
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:20 PM
Jan 2026

It indicates this hasn’t been confirmed.

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