This White Guy Protesting ICE Somehow Gave The National Guard The Most Humbling Speech You’ve Ever Heard, And It’s Just So, Soooo Good
By now, you’ve certainly seen some of the powerful (and oftentimes horrifying) images coming out of the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
In the face of continued ICE raids, escalation by law enforcement, and displays of police violence at protests, the people of LA continue to show up to defend the immigrant communities that truly define the city. One protester in particular has gone ultra-viral for his brave confrontation of a group of California National Guard officers stationed outside the Los Angeles VA Clinic. The clinic is part of the complex that houses the LA Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center, one of the focal points of the protests.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who is against President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to the city, said that the troops are only protecting federal property. “They’re guarding the federal building here in downtown, and they’re guarding the federal building in Westwood. That’s what they’re doing,” she said at a news conference.
“You’re tough with your assault rifles and your sticks,” he starts out. “You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“We know you got a job to do,” he says. “But you took an oath to the Constitution, not to the fascists in the White House.”
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