Hundreds join Minneapolis bike ride to honor Alex Pretti
Source: MPR News/NPR
January 31, 2026 6:22 PM
Hundreds joined an 8.3-mile bike ride in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon in honor of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents on Jan. 24.
Angry Catfish Bicycle, a community-based bike shop on the citys south side, led the event. Organizer Jarrod Alder said Pretti was a cyclist and the biking community typically holds rides to memorialize a death.
Alder said the aim was to show the world that righteousness and good and moral value holds against the evil that's happening. He said around 250 similar rides for Pretti were planned in 14 countries this weekend.
In Minneapolis, cyclists rode past a memorial to Pretti on Nicollet Avenue, where dozens of others gathered on a sunny afternoon, and ended at the VA Hospital where Pretti had worked. They also passed by the memorial of Renee Macklin Good who was shot and killed by a federal agent on Jan. 7. Many wore yellow vests that read Peaceful observer, dont shoot on the back.
Read more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/31/hundreds-join-minneapolis-bike-ride-to-honor-alex-pretti
CTyankee
(67,886 posts)I hope this bike ride gets national attention and Trump wets his pants.
BumRushDaShow
(166,839 posts)CTyankee
(67,886 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,493 posts)They had me at Angry Catfish Bicycle.
I would also add wording on my vest: Im not mad at you