The Roll 4 Justice ride stopped to hold space at Alex Pretti's memorial near 28th and Nicollet. Pretti, a nurse, lost his life at the hands of immigration agents on January 24, 2026. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal
Dozens of riders meet near the Say Their Names memorial at Geogre Floyd Square for a rolling protest on July 25, 2026. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal

Dozens of people on bikes, skateboards, rollerblades and even a wheelchair turned out Saturday for a rolling social justice tour to highlight violent actions by local police and federal immigration agents. 

The Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC)’s Roll for Justice was first held in the summer of 2020, in response to the murder of George Floyd. Six years later, the event has added new stops along the route, places where Operation Metro Surge left scars across south Minneapolis this past winter.

“We should not have had to fight to keep our neighbors from being kidnapped, we should not have had to fight to keep our neighbors housed, we should not have had to fight to keep our neighbors fed,” activist and archivist Jeanelle Austin says, as riders listen to speakers before the ride across south Minneapolis began. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal
The group makes its way from George Floyd Square at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue to Las Cuatro Milpas at Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street, as marshals blocked streets and alleyways to keep the ride safe. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal

A short time later, riders began their procession, heading toward Las Cuatro Milpas, one of the first flashpoints where Minneapolis residents clashed with local police and federal agents during a sting at the Lake Street taqueria last summer.

Riders fill the streets at Lake and Bloomington. One of the first large operations by federal agents took place at the intersection, when agents conducted a raid at Las Cuatro Milpas. The incident served as a preamble to enforcement actions that would reverberate across the Twin Cities during the winter. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal
Isabel Lopez, who faced federal charges in the aftermath of the clash outside Las Cuatro Milpas, speaks to protesters about the significance of the federal government’s attempts to prosecute protesters standing against aggressive tactics employed during Operation Metro Surge. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal
The ride stopped to hold space at Alex Pretti’s memorial near 28th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Pretti, a nurse, lost his life at the hands of immigration agents on Jan. 24, 2026. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal

Riders also headed to memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both shot by immigration agents last winter.

A visit to 35th and Portland brought the assembled riders to the memorial of Renee Good who was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal
The ride reaches the end, near the grave markers of the Say Their Names memorial. The markers standing as a silent reminder of a city and state working to make sense of past violence. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal

Tiffany Dunlap, one of 39 people charged over an anti-ICE protest at Cities Church, spoke shortly before the ride set off. 

“Where is the justice for our community and those who have decided to stand?” she asked.

Aaron Nesheim is a photojournalist at Sahan Journal. Prior to joining Sahan Journal he documented the police killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright and subsequent trials of Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter...