SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Demonstrators lined the sidewalk a block away from Camp Pendleton, holding signs and waving flags to send a message to the troops inside. The protest comes as tensions rise over the possibility that marines could be sent to Los Angeles to respond to ongoing anti-ICE protests.
Air Force veteran Patrick Saunders helped organize the protest, saying their goal was to be peaceful and make their voices heard.
“We want them to see the citizens that they could potentially be ordered to march against. Um, they’re everyday people just like the families that they come from, and we don’t think that it’s right that they would be put into a situation that they’re forced to, uh, potentially cause harm to us,” Saunders said…