Bulwark Takes Sam Stein: The Government is Telling You Not to Believe Your Eyes
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Jan 25, 2026 A deep look at the killing of Alexander Preddy and how officials tried to invert what the video shows. Analysis of a Border Patrol commander's CNN comments that recast officers as victims. Close attention to the video timeline, claims about whether Preddy was armed, and challenges to narratives about motive. A call for journalists to expose falsehoods and push for truthful reporting.
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Orwellian Inversion Of Reality
- Greg Bovino publicly reframed the slain man as the victimizer rather than the victim despite video evidence. Sam Stein calls this an Orwellian inversion of reality and a direct challenge to what viewers can see with their own eyes.
Video Shows Preddy Trying To Help
- Video shows Alexander Preddy running to aid a woman who had been shoved by ICE and then being pepper-sprayed, knocked down, disarmed, and shot. Sam Stein recounts this sequence to rebut Bovino's claim that the agents were victims.
Presence At Protest Is Not Probable Cause
- Bovino repeatedly implies that mere presence at a protest can justify force and criminalization. Stein argues that framing protest participation as culpability erodes constitutional rights and normalizes state violence.
