Activist 'not afraid' of National Guard plans to protest again today
I have spoken to one of the protesters in Los Angeles, a Mexican activist named Kuali Linda Aleman, who’s lived in the city for most of her life.
On Friday, Kuali was protesting in downtown Los Angeles, using a megaphone and shouting, “stop the arrests”.
On Saturday, she joined a protest in the Paramount district, where she says there were helicopters overhead and hundreds of police on the ground.
“We did not provoke anything,” she says. “They were continually spraying us with tear gas, but we were able to wash our faces and get on with it.”
“The police were very organised and there were tonnes of vehicles,” she adds.
Kuali plans to protest again today outside City Hall. She says the National Guard won’t stop her and she’s “not afraid”.
“We want ICE to stop the arrests, and we want innocent families to come home,” she says. “Even though Trump is making these threats, we won’t back down.”
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