Whittier Remembers: Free food and solidarity after Pretti shooting
TL;DR
After Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents on Nicollet Avenue, the Whittier/“Eat Street” block in Minneapolis became a living memorial and community aid hub: residents and immigrant-owned businesses provide free food and handwarmers, volunteers offer medical help, and vigils, performances, and acts of solidarity unfold daily as authorities deploy teargas and arrests, transforming the neighborhood’s daily life into collective mourning and mutual support.
- Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed The Guardian
- An Ocean of Frozen Flowers Grows Where Alex Pretti Was Killed The New York Times
- Minneapolis Restaurant Owner Opened Her Doors for Protesters Seeking Refuge: ‘Come In, Come In’ TODAY.com
- Support comes in waves for restaurant owner who opened doors for protestors to seek refuge kare11.com
- Glam Doll Donuts reopens to long lines days after employees filmed Alex Pretti’s killing Star Tribune
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