After a weekend of demonstrations on Monday, hundreds of people flocked to downtown Los Angeles for another round of matches on Monday – supporting loved ones detained in recent immigration protests or ice attacks and confronting the National Guard deployed by President Donald Trump.
Helicopters hovered during a union-led event in protest against Friday’s arrest of Labor leader David Huerta, who was ordered to release on $50,000 bail as protesters marched. Speakers on the stage lead prayers and hymns: “Freed now” and “sísepuede.” In the shadow of Los Angeles City Hall, participants raised their signatures with the words “Ice in Los Angeles,” “Let the Los Angeles family be together,” “ducucaciónnodevortación.”
When the morning rally ended, more protesters arrived and the parade began to cross downtown toward the detention center in Los Angeles. Organizers on the microphone shouted “Peaceful protest, no label!” When young hoodies pulled tightly around their faces, spraying “Fuck Ice” on buildings on the streets.
“Join us! Do you think Elon Musk is fucking?” a blonde woman in a pink turban yelled at a group of officers, her voice shattering.
A band parades next to an open flatbed truck, dancing crowds singing in Spanish, fucking ice on the band leader’s neon yellow shirt. Stopped at Los Angeles Plaza Park, the parade turned into an impromptu ball with demonstrators.
Tensions have intensified several blocks as demonstrators marched into the detention center. Outside the federal building behind the detention center, the California National Guard lined up with police in front of a row of windows marked “Fuck Trump.” The protesters faced them, blocked the streets with cars, motorcycles and their bodies, chanting the same phrases. They called for the release of detainees – “Take them home!”
On the roof of a shopping mall across the street, two young teenagers or adolescents dropped their Mexican and American flag bikes and sat down to watch their legs hang down from the ledge.
Trump carried out a shocking and carnival military campaign in Los Angeles. As the march continued, news came out that hundreds of Marines were deploying to protect federal property. He regarded protesters as invaders and “insurrectors.” But in Monday’s action, protesters edge Talking to the Great Park at the Great Park is fighting for the future of America.
When some protesters and other media members start wearing gas masks later in the afternoon, it’s time for us to leave.
“David Huerta is a mentor. He is a dear friend. He is someone I have worked for many years and someone who works very closely with me. I call him. He talks with him every day, he talks with him every day… I can only imagine that in this way, the highest ranking Latino leader in the workforce is like that – what kind of treatment do immigration workers receive at work every day? Still can’t let him free. – Christian Ramirez, political director, United Services West
“I got a higher education because my family gave all the sacrifices. As the daughter of the first generation immigrants, I really understood that. When I was in high school, I also had a parent taken away by parents on the ice, which would have an incredible impact during such a critical period of your life, and the only thing you can do through your life through the only thing you can do through your life. That.” – Violation of the participant at the Tiempo Artivist Theater, who was granted anonymity to protect his family
“Our students are scared. We know that our community is being attacked by a lot of problems. As we approach the summer vacation, I’m a little scared because they don’t have classrooms because they don’t have that safe space. The joy I find is reminding them of the next presidential election that they think of our next grade. They will be in our next grade. When we vote. When they vote, they are told the voters’ right way.” – Gina Gray, a high school English teacher at United Teachers in Los Angeles.
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