ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — One person was arrested during the second day of protests at a hiring event for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said a protester entered the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park hotel and was arrested after refusing to leave.
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“They were told where they could be. All of this is private property. The hotel has told them that they’re not allowed to come any further this way,” Gualtieri said. “He decided that he was going to push the limits and violate what they were told, and he said he was coming in anyway, so he was arrested for trespassing.”
Gualtieri clarified that although the protesters are opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the deadly shooting of a Minneapolis driver on January 7, ICE was not at the hiring event.
A driver was stopped by deputies after “fishtailing” and driving fast near the protesters, but was not cited and was asked to leave the area…