"Crowds in Oakland joined demonstrators across the country on Sunday to protest the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign and the fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent of an unarmed woman, Renee Good, in Minneapolis. Sunday's protests - which took place in more than 1,000 locations, according to NPR - were designed to call out a "broader pattern of unchecked violence and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against vulnerable and innocent people," said organizers with Indivisible."
"In Oakland, protesters rallied at Splash Pad Park, across from the Grand Lake Theater. One participant, who gave her name as AJ, brought along her two children. All three held handmade signs, the youngest's a colorful abstraction. "We are here protesting Trump's police state jeopardizing the lives and safety of our neighbors in the community," AJ said. "I am here on behalf of families that are too scared to appear in public to speak out.""
"Trump and members of his administration have defended Jonathan Ross, the agent who shot Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, as she was observing ICE operations from her car, calling her a "domestic terrorist" and a "professional agitator." Democratic officials have pushed back on those characterizations and said video of the shooting does not show that she tried to run over the agent, as the administration has claimed."
Protesters across the country, including crowds in Oakland, rallied to oppose federal immigration enforcement and to denounce the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Protests took place in more than 1,000 locations and aimed to call out a broader pattern of unchecked violence and abuse by federal immigration enforcement agencies against vulnerable and innocent people. In Oakland, demonstrators gathered at Splash Pad Park across from the Grand Lake Theater. A participant named AJ attended with two children, all holding handmade signs and representing families fearful of appearing in public. The administration defended agent Jonathan Ross and labeled Good a "domestic terrorist" and "professional agitator," while Democratic officials rejected those characterizations and said video does not show an attempt to run over the agent.
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