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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm in Los Angeles
There are protests everywhere.
Ive been getting nonstop messages from Nextdoor, Ring, etc that ICE and Natl Guard are showing up. Pics of ICE agents running in several directions down quiet neighborhood streets. Empty, except for ICE agents. One post said ICE was at a neighborhood church. This is all just in my area.
All of this going on today, and I turn the tv on. Nothing. No local network LBN. Just golf, tennis, swimming.
I I have to go to TikTok for live coverage.
FirstLight
(15,771 posts)Have you tried calling any of your local news stations and actually asking them where the hell they are? I don't know it just seems so fucked up that of course only freelance and gorilla media are covering this.. then again we all have phones, so we're all filming!
Bayard
(30,275 posts)DET
(2,600 posts)A swarm of National Guard appear to be pushing a sparse crowd of peaceful protestors. No idea why. A bunch of Government vehicles passing by now. Looks like backup.
EarthAbides
(465 posts)Corporate media wants us to think news only happens Monday through Friday.
Your comments were exceptional due to the fact that we just watched the NG push back the protesters in order to allow dozens of ICE vehicles drive into the detention center.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,035 posts)eShirl
(20,432 posts)LoisB
(13,483 posts)a kennedy
(36,348 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)We are on our way north to Santa Barbara just visiting friends for the afternoon. I expect there may be some references to real life but on the whole this group of older people, while very aware of the collapse outside, tries to keep some semblance of sanity for a small social sphere.
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)PufPuf23
(9,945 posts)Needs to change or the ideals of the nation are over.
ZDU
(1,415 posts)Getting worse 3 pm Pacific
HeartsCanHope
(1,763 posts)Thinking of everyone in LA!
4catsmom
(667 posts)No coverage of anything Trump doesn't want covered.
tinrobot
(12,114 posts)But, if you want a protest, you can certainly find one.
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)They've been spray painting their "A" symbol on downtown Los Angeled federal buildings and random property.
The Blue Flower
(6,594 posts)And I don't use that word easily. They ruined peaceful marches in Seattle time after time when I lived there and was active politically.
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)They are not our friends and they did not vote for Harris, that is for sure.
electric_blue68
(27,322 posts)But they 're all for chaos, and breakdown... so yeah.
MIButterfly
(3,142 posts)Iamscrewed
(486 posts)The good guys don't need to wear masks.
Emile
(43,265 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(4,395 posts)Nigrum Cattus
(1,355 posts)Beyond bad
Shows us what we need to do to get the truth out
chowder66
(12,514 posts)I think they go on to other stories and come back to it.
LA Times, BBC, The Guardian and several newspapers have live reporting coverage.
There were 3 protests all around downtown L.A. One in Boyle Heights and the other two around the detention center and City Hall.
Boyle Heights was trying to merge with one of these other sites.
There are sightings all over Socal of ICE agents. Some confirmed, others not confirmed.
You can sign up for notifications or check online at https://www.stopice.net.
FWIW: I'm at the base of the Hollywood Hills.
C Moon
(13,737 posts)I stopped getting notifications from social media, but the protests are looking wild. LAPD is pushing hard today.
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AntiFascist
(13,756 posts)Clouds Passing
(8,192 posts)OrlandoDem2
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