May Day Immigration Protest
Today's protest was smaller compared to last years May Day protest. I would say roughly 10,000 people gathered beside City Hall at the end of the day. There were three groups, and photographed each of them, the first while it was gathering at Olympic and Broadway, the second from their rally point in MacArthur park to the intersection of 5th and Broadway where I met up with the Legalize LA group, which seemed to be the largest of the three.
Here are some of the photos from today:
Small Turnout for Minutemen / CAB Protest
The notification on the DLANC mailing list said the CAB protest was expecting 200 protesters and 200,000 spectators. I laughed when I read that and responded that I figured it would be more like 200 of each. I walked down to Broadway to check it out and as it turns out, 200 was probably a bit of a high estimate. There were roughly 100 protesters, surrounded by close to 200 police officers. The spectators maybe numbered 100 people, who were shouting and laughing and the very serious and likely racist group of mostly minutemen, with a few CAB folks thrown in for good measure.
Ted Hayes started the CAB, which stands for Crispus Attucks Brigade and according to their website their mission is to:
move American Blacks peoples to take their rightful and dutiful role to stop illegal immigration into the United States of America
Despite the racist placards the protesters were carrying:
The Minute Man Project is not racist, even as American Blacks citizens and the Crispus Attucks Brigade is not racist against the Brown/Bronze Indio Indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America.More photos can be found here.
Student Protest Photos
Today I walked with the student protesters through Downtown Los Angeles. I took some photos and wrote some words about what I saw.
April 10th Protest in Downtown LA
A few hours ago I attended the "Today We Act, Tomorrow We Vote" protest in Downtown Los Angeles. Once again, I took some photos and wrote some words about what I saw.
