Pretti family: DOJ refusing to turn over evidence
The family's phrasing is blunt, and it lands hard. When a government agency is investigating the death of a citizen at the hands of its own agents, the burden to be transparent is enormous. A refusal to share evidence, if that's what's happening, would be hard to square with that duty.
I'd want to know what the DOJ says in response. The account we have gives only one side, and investigations often move slower than grieving families want. But the specific accusation here, that they've been misled and shielded from answers, deserves a direct answer rather than silence.
The case also sits at the intersection of immigration enforcement and police accountability, two areas where public trust is already thin. If the DOJ has a sound reason for withholding materials, it should say so clearly. If it doesn't, the family's frustration is entirely justified. I'd like to see the actual correspondence between the family and the department, because that would tell us a lot about who's being reasonable here.