Thousands join Minneapolis bike ride to honor Alex Pretti
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Thousands 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.
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In Minneapolis, cyclists rode past a memorial to Pretti on Nicollet Avenue, where dozens of others gathered on a sunny afternoon, and ended near 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.
“All of us are finding ways to plug in and stand up and show the community that we care, that we're here to support one another,” said Gigi DiGiacomo, a Minnetonka resident. “And this was just for me another way I could participate, doing something that I love, doing something Alex loved.”
— Feven Gerezgiher, MPR News
Correction (Feb. 1, 2026): The headline and body of this story have been updated to more accurately reflect the attendance of the bike ride.
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