Norwalk & Westport Join Nationwide Memorial Bike Rides Today To Honor Alex Pretti
Story by J.C. Martin, Photo and posters via Instagram, link below:
As daily protests in sub-freezing temperatures, some numbering many thousands continue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, YouTube CBS News WCCO Minneapolis continue in response to the killing of Alex Pretti who was shot dead by ICE agents on January 24, 2026, more than 100 memorial bike rides have been planned for this weekend. The killing of Pretti followed the killing by ICE agents of Renee Good, which is reported upon by ABC News in their minute-by-minute timeline.
An Instagram post with the headline “We Ride In Unity” provides the details of the bike ride which will begin at Calf Pasture beach in Norwalk at 2:15 pm and will head toward Compo Beach. Details from the post, “The Ride for Alex” say that this is happening Saturday, January 31st. Post continues, “Looks like there will be over 100 rides in the US. It will be a defining moment in US bike culture and the resistance movement in the US. Bikes are tools for many things but at their core they are anti-fascist. Riding a bike connects people to their communities and each other. “
Pretti was an avid bike rider, well known in the Minneapolis biking community. The website Pinkbike also has a post on both the nationwide rides and Pretti, who was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and was only 37 years old when his life was cut short by ICE agents. ABC News provided a minute-by-minute timeline of Pretti’s death reporting that he suffered 10 bullet wounds in 5 seconds. ICE and the DOJ claimed that he approached them with a handgun, which he was licensed to carry, however multiple videos seen so far show nothing of the kind.