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Downtown protesters oppose violence in Minnesota

Published 3:30 pm Sunday, January 25, 2026

By Matthew Nash

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Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Locals hold signs up at the corners of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue during a peaceful protest on Sunday, Jan. 25.
Beth Pahl of Sequim with Elvis the dog participates in a Jan. 25 rally in downtown Sequim. Pahl said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have a “complete disregard for proper procedure” following the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ A majority of the signs at a peaceful protest on Jan. 25 expressed frustration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its agents’ actions in Minnesota in recent weeks.
Roger Slagle of Sequim participates with Ingrid Carmean at a peaceful protest. Slagle said he’s been at several protests in Sequim and he was there opposed to the shooting of Pretti. He said it’s important to participate and be counted, as it gives people hope. “If people don’t stand up and say something, everyone gets despondent,” he said.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Locals hold signs up at the corners of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue during a peaceful protest on Jan. 25.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Retired former coworkers, from left, Pam Edens, Leanne Jenkins, Ann Seiter, and Lyn Muench participate in a peaceful protest on Jan. 25 in downtown Sequim. Jenkins said she and her friends have attended multiple rallies. “I think when Americans see something wrong they have a responsibility to voice their dissent,” she said.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Locals hold signs up at the corners of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue during a peaceful protest on Jan. 25.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Kathie Wilkinson of Port Townsend alongside Dora Whittaker of Sequim holds a sign opposed to the U.S. taking over Greenland. Wilkinson said she’s attended multiple protests on the Olympic Peninsula. “If you don’t like something you have to speak up,” Wilkinson said.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Locals hold signs up at the corners of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue during a peaceful protest on Jan. 25.

Community members rallied on Sunday, Jan. 25 in downtown Sequim to express their opposition to violence following the shooting death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti a day prior in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pretti, an ICU nurse, was killed around 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 by a Border Patrol agent while Pretti was protesting and filming the arrest of an undocumented worker, according to national media sources.

This incident follows the controversial shooting death of Renée Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

Sequim’s peaceful protest on Sunday was organized by Sequim Indivisible and drew more than 400 people, many of them holding signs, to the corners of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue.

Messages on signs included pictures and the names of Pretti and Good, and opposition to ICE and President Donald Trump’s policies.

Leanne Jenkins of Sequim said she and her friends have attended multiple rallies.

“I think when Americans see something wrong they have a responsibility to voice their dissent,” she said.

Lyn Muench of Port Angeles said the protests help her feel good when she’s unsure what she can do. Her hope is that more frequent protests will continue to draw more people and make a larger impact.

Roger Slagle of Sequim said he’s been at several protests in Sequim and was there opposed to the shooting of Pretti.

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