I attended a protest at Mill Creek Park on the Country Club Plaza on Jan. 10. It was organized by a coalition of groups as a part of a nationwide day of action in response to the shooting death of Renee Good in an altercation with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis the previous week.
I wanted to be supportive. I do not like what I am observing and hearing in the United States right now. I’ve done my study of history. I know what I’m seeing. It’s vile. It’s dehumanizing.
As I approached the gathering, one of the first signs that was readable to me from a distance declared, “F*** ICE.” As I began to mingle into what was observed to be a growing crowd of participants, I viewed a couple of other signs with the same message. That said, much of the signage that I encountered struck me as reasonable, meaningful, focused…