Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was shot multiple times in the back after being wrestled to the ground and pepper-sprayed. Mobile phone footage demonstrates that Mr. Pretti, like Ms Good, represented no threat. Mr. Trump, having initially described Mr. Pretti as a “gunman”, has since stated that his administration was “reviewing everything” regarding his death. Shortly before Mr. Pretti was killed, it was widely reported that an FBI agent had resigned after being blocked from investigating the shooting of Ms Good on 7 January. In such a dark moment for democracy in the US, a different, decent America must now find ways and means to reassert itself.