"Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators gathered downtown Saturday for Boston's third protest since Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot Wednesday by a federal officer in Minneapolis. The protest was held by the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA at the JFK Federal Building in Government Center to "mourn the lives lost to ICE and denounce ICE violence in our neighborhoods," event organizers wrote in a flyer."
"Organizers read aloud names of people they said had been killed by federal immigration authorities and called for an end to people in the community being detained and deported, The Boston Globe reported. "Every day, more and more children are getting ripped out of the hands of their mothers, and grandparents are getting body slammed onto the pavement," Hector Soares, a speaker at the protest, said to the crowd. "It is becoming increasingly obvious that we can't sit and wait for this to resolve itself.""
"Saturday's protest follows a similar demonstration held Thursday by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, where nearly 1,000 people marched from Boston Common to City Hall Plaza in outrage at Good's death. Kojo Achaempong, a speaker at that rally, compared the incident to the death of George Floyd, who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, about a mile from where Good was shot."
Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators gathered in downtown Boston for the third protest after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis. The LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA held the protest at the JFK Federal Building in Government Center to mourn lives lost to ICE and denounce ICE violence in neighborhoods. Organizers read names of people killed by federal immigration authorities and demanded an end to detentions and deportations. Hector Soares addressed the crowd describing children separated from parents and elders being injured, and urged immediate action. Protesters from Massachusetts Peace Action joined and critics also denounced U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
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