1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Your statement that the killing of Alex Pretti “underscores the importance of training and body cameras” is an evasion, not an answer. Federal agents already receive training. Body cameras already exist. In both the Pretti killing and the killing of Renée Goode, video evidence is available. None of this prevented lethal violence, and none of it has stopped the administration from defending the shooters and vilifying the victims. So what, exactly, do you think will change with “more training”? This is not a technical problem. It is a moral and political one. When federal agents kill civilians and the government reflexively justifies it, the issue is not procedure—it is policy and permission. You are not naïve. You know that calling for training is a way to avoid confronting the real problem: a federal enforcement apparatus that is being encouraged to act with impunity. If you truly believe these deaths are unacceptable, then say so clearly.  If you do not, then stop pretending that body cameras are the solution. People are being killed.  “Training” is not leadership.