Berkeley Copwatch extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Alex Pretti who was murdered by ICE on Jan. 24, 2026. He was clearly a righteous defender of community and a person who was willing to take risks to hold law enforcement accountable. As the videos of his murder make their way online, a couple of things become clear. (1) It is clear that he was non-violently recording ICE activity. (2) We only know that he was murdered because of the courageous act
In what would later be described by Senior District Judge Edward M. Chen as “a violation of the due process rights of the people living in tents there,” Berkeley police (BPD) woke everyone up around 6AM and shouted that they had “20 minutes” to remove whatever they could before the bulldozers moved in on their camps.
