Wednesday morning, about 9:37am in Minneapolis, an ICE agent shot to death a 37-year old mother of three. It was the kind of situation that is immediately polarizing, and within minutes people we talking sides, comparing videos, and voicing their opinions.
After 48 hours the shock of witnessing the killing via several video feeds wore off, and the outrage began. Friday morning, Indivisible Healdsburg called for an “Ice Out for Good” rally in the downtown Plaza, from 11am to 12:30pm, posting on Facebook and other social media sites. They joined several other Indivisible chapters nearby who also held rallies at staggered times on Saturday.
In Healdsburg, the rally could not use loudspeakers or amplified music, as it was a non-permitted, free speech event instead of an “event” by the city’s new rules governing use of the downtown Plaza are.
It was allowed to run for 90 minutes, but that was enough time for about 200 people to show up at the corners of Matheson and Healdsburg Avenue, bearing signs they had made for the occasion or left over from the last No Kings march, and changing well-used slogans…