On Saturday, people gathered on bikes around the world to ride in solidarity with each other and honor the life of Alex Pretti. Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed by federal ICE agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an avid cyclist himself.
The idea for a solidarity ride came from the folks at Pretti’s local bike shop in Minneapolis, the Angry Catfish. Their Instagram post on Jan. 26 honored Pretti as “one of us” and served as a call for action for other shops and clubs to organize their own rides. According to some sources, there were over 200 rides across the globe on Saturday, including two in Carbondale and Basalt.
