WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Local bicyclists’ Alex Pretti Memorial Ride

12:27 PM: Thanks to Al for the photos. As previewed here, Alki Bike and Board proprietor Stu Hennessey organized a memorial ride for local riders to pay tribute to Alex Pretti, the community advocate, nurse, and rider killed by federal agents in Minnesota. Al’s photos show that the riders staging near the shop stretched around the corner in both directions, along Admiral and California.

This was one of more than 200 memorial rides planned around the U.S. and beyond.

12:35 PM: Moments after we published this, Al reported in from the end of the ride, and sent this additional photo:

He says the riders numbered almost 200: “Some came from as far as Shoreline, Greenwood, Capitol Hill, and even Lowman Beach!”

Felix Grounds January 31, 2026 (1:11 pm)

Nice turnout, Thanks to Stu for organizing the ride and everyone that came out, and also the drivers that patiently waited for the pack, and gave support honks!!

Patrick January 31, 2026 (5:35 pm)

Thank you Stu for organizing this event! Sorry that I couldn’t make it.

Alki Stu January 31, 2026 (6:25 pm)

Thanks to all who attended this memorial. Also gratitude to the car drivers who cooperated and cheered us on.

Scarlett February 1, 2026 (2:54 pm)

The ICE agents involved in the death of Pretti have been identified. https://www.propublica.org/

anonyme February 2, 2026 (4:35 am)

Trump threatens to attack Iran for persecuting or killing protesters in that country, while his agents do the same thing on our own soil. He has to be stopped. Now.

Scarlett February 2, 2026 (9:49 am)

When this moment passes, we need to have a frank discussion about immigration. Everyone wants to sweep unfavorable facts under the rug, facts that don’t align with their cherished political beliefs. Both Republican and Democrat corpos support the unrestricted flow of immigration because it depresses real wage growth by distortion of the supply-demand curve; this is also driving up housing costs, in particular for the low-income. Frankly, I don’t trust either Repubs or Democrats to come up with an immigration plan that is in the interests of American born, lower income citizens.

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