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I am still thinking about how Alex Pretti was out there directing traffic, waving cars through. A instinctive, quintessentially Dad Response to any kind of commotion happening on the block—to go out and help a little, in a small way. To make sure no one gets unnecessarily hurt.

taylr@taylordahlin.com

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

"I would have done the same" is sticking with me because basically everyone I know would have done the same. He wasn't "protesting," in any meaningful sense. The secret police came to him, to his neighborhood, and he was just out there trying to help others get through it.

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