A group of about 300 or so people peacefully rallied at Orlando City Hall on Sunday (with at least a couple dozen cops on standby) to denounce the killing of Minneapolis resident Renee Good by a federal immigration enforcement agent last week, and to demand state and local governments end their collaboration with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.
The rally in Orlando, organized by anti-Trump group Orlando 50501, was part of a coordinated weekend of peaceful protest actions and vigils across the U.S. in protest of the Trump administration’s deadly mass deportation agenda. According to Time magazine, at least 1,000 anti-ICE demonstrations across the U.S. happened over the weekend, from Orlando to New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, Tuscon and the not-exactly-bright-blue Treasure Coast city of Stuart, Florida.
Protesters in Orlando held signs and banners that read “ICE agents are paid agitators,” “Fuck ICE,” “ICE Out 4 Good” and “Public safety doesn’t require body bags.”…