Hundreds join Minneapolis bike ride to honor Alex Pretti [View all]
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 city’s 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, don’t shoot” on the back.
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