San Francisco, ICE and protests
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A message of peaceful resistance rang through the streets of San Francisco on Saturday as thousands marched for "No Kings Day."
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KTVU FOX 2 on MSN'We are prepared': SF businesses boarded up as leaders call for peaceful 'No Kings' protestsPeter Hosey is the organizer of the San Francisco "No Kings" protest. He's gathering people to the grass at Mission Dolores Park on Saturday. "We want to give people a chance to show up in the streets, in mass and great numbers, and take our message to the people," he said.
The protest remained overwhelmingly peaceful, with music filling the air as people marched and danced down Dolores and Market streets.
Following a week of protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump administration, more action is planned for this weekend across the
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DPA International on MSNArrests after protest in San Francisco sparks violenceProtests against the deportation of migrants without residence permits have also led to riots in San Francisco. Around 60 people were detained after an initially peaceful demonstration in front of a building belonging to the US immigration authority ICE,
Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday rallied in nearly 2,000 locations across the country, with thousands demonstrating in Northern California.
The “No Kings” protests are set to take place to counter what organizers say are Trump’s plans to feed his ego on what is also his 79th birthday and Flag Day.
The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Trump ordering National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire.