JUST IN: The family of Alex Pretti has retained the lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case. The development comes as new footage appears to show Pretti spitting on federal officers and kicking their car last week. The parents of Pretti have retained Steve Schleicher, who served as a special prosecutor for Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, helping secure the conviction of Derek Chauvin. “Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital,” Pretti’s family said in a previous statement. “Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.”