Shermer Says 5: What Went Wrong in Minnesota? Protests, Panic, and Personal Responsibility

Hey everyone, it's Michael Schirmer. It's time for another episode of the Michael Shermer Show. This is Schirmer says number five. Number five was supposed to be released on Tuesday, which is the publication date of my new book, Truth, What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters, but I thought I'd better make a comment, a short um commentary on uh the shooting in Minneapolis of um Alex Jeffrey Praty Pretti, a U.S.

citizen with no criminal records. I'm reading here from the New York Times. Interestingly, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have uh pretty much said the exact same thing. So that that's that's encouraging that we're getting a fairly accurate A portrayal of of who he was and what happened and so forth.

He was thirty seven years old, registered nurse who worked in the intensive care unit at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Minneapolis, according to interviews and public records, and lived in an apartment in Minneapolis a short drive away from where he was killed. He had a firearms permit required by state law in Minnesota to carry a handgun, official said. Colleagues and acquaintances of mister Predy were stunned by his death, recalling a friendly neighbor and hard working professional who was devoted to his patience. Let's see, a a colleague said they had worked together closely for years, and he was mister Predy was competent and friendly, kind of person who cared deeply about his work and his patience. He was really a great colleague and a great friend, he said.

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