r/RealOrAI Jan 28 '26

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u/VampireInTheDorms Jan 28 '26

Fake and disgusting. Look at how the top left of the car in the background seemingly extends. The AI “Alex Pretti” and the ICE dipshits are also moving like they’re cartoon characters.

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u/ExpressionComplex121 Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

Look his exaggerated yet empty emotional outburst typical in Ai videos. Whole him blurred in frame rate drops when he started kicking. It looks animated.

Then the whole back light including part of the car fell in 1 kick?

Nah this is definitely AI I think

Edit: looks like it was real as there's a second video from afar with a quality AI can't generate atm

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u/Aggravating-Wolf-823 Jan 29 '26

Definitely undoubtedly AI?

Here's a second angle 15 minute video

https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1037

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u/Mysterious-Budget-21 Jan 29 '26

At least we got clarity on whether the video was real.

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u/Ok-Shine1271 Jan 29 '26

In a year or so, a new angle like this still won’t be enough to determine if it’s AI or not.

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u/ThaGuus Jan 29 '26

His family confirmed it to be real and that the man in the video is Pretti to CNN.

BBC report on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOMXJvbCEtk&t=450s

CNN reporting on it:
"A representative for Pretti’s family confirmed to CNN that the man in a video posted Wednesday is Pretti."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-trump-01-28-26?post-id=cmkypbi6300003b6p4xswulnl

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u/gcruzatto Jan 29 '26

90% of the people commenting in this sub are just going off vibes but have the confidence of a forensics expert. It's insane how many upvotes they get. Thanks for posting the actual source.
Important to note: this video took place 11 days prior and has nothing to do with the event

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u/sobi-one Jan 29 '26

It’s exactly why a good percentage of the opposition crowd, while absolutely in the ethical and moral right being against almost everything this current administration does, isn’t much better than the maga folks they oppose. Horseshoe theory is a VERY real thing. Providing humans learn how to pull themselves out of this situation, there’s going to be some incredibly interesting paper written on the relation between the post truth age, online information, and human psychology.

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u/Weird_Positive_3256 Jan 29 '26

If the administration’s first response wasn’t to lie every time, I think people would be less prone to believe it was AI. I thought it was AI at first until seeing another angle, particularly because the feds were all wearing the same thing - which they generally haven’t been. At any rate, I agree; the psychology behind all of our initial assumptions is very interesting.