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BumRushDaShow

(166,847 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:58 AM 14 hrs ago

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 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.

Read more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/31/hundreds-join-minneapolis-bike-ride-to-honor-alex-pretti

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Hundreds join Minneapolis bike ride to honor Alex Pretti (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP
What an exciting story! Thank you, cyclists of Minneapolis! CTyankee 14 hrs ago #1
The article mentioned that similar bike events in support of Alex Prett, were scheduled in 14 other countries! BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #2
wonderful! CTyankee 13 hrs ago #3
Love It! Roy Rolling 12 hrs ago #4

CTyankee

(67,889 posts)
1. What an exciting story! Thank you, cyclists of Minneapolis!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:19 AM
14 hrs ago

I hope this bike ride gets national attention and Trump wets his pants.

BumRushDaShow

(166,847 posts)
2. The article mentioned that similar bike events in support of Alex Prett, were scheduled in 14 other countries!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:32 AM
14 hrs ago

Roy Rolling

(7,497 posts)
4. Love It!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:50 AM
12 hrs ago

They had me at “Angry Catfish Bicycle”.

I would also add wording on my vest: “I’m not mad at you”

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