About 20 people demonstrated Saturday at the Lincoln Courthouse, joining protests in other parts of the country against ICE, following the fatal shooting of an anti-ICE disrupter in Minneapolis, Minn.
The North Platte demonstration lasted about an hour, organized by an action committee of the Lincoln County Democrats. Jan Knight, one of the demonstrators, said as many as 30 attended.
Knight said the White House says ICE is there to protect people from crime, but instead they are instigating violence.
“They are going into communities, high schools, businesses, places where people work and dragging them out if they have dark skin,” Knight said, adding that she believes the officers are indiscriminate as to who they round up.”
Knight maintains that ICE consists of criminals with records, individuals who were pardoned by Trump from the Jan. 6 demonstration in 2021, and wear masks to hide their identity, and have relatively little training.
Knight urges people “to call your representatives.”
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Nothing wrong with actual protests. I respect their right to do so.
True,Chuck,but you would think they would protest something important rather than some dipstick that had to FAFO.
Ms.Knight,
It is obvious that you drank WAY too much kool-aid over the holidays. Your post is so full of Bull Sh..!! Almost every sentence is so wrong. So wrong. I would be ashamed to have posted that drivel.
I’m even more surprised George posted it as is.
Weldon, it’s easy to try to shame someone for expressing their opinion. It’s typically perceived as lazy and snobbish.
if you think what Jan Knight said is incorrect, you can correct it.
What happened was an avoidable tragedy all around. They were illegally interfering in law enforcement action, on purpose, with intent. The shooting seems like it may have been legal but also may have been unnecessary. I don’t know because I wasn’t there. I don’t know if he felt his life was in danger. I don’t know what her intent was with her car. And I don’t have to know. And I don’t have to side with anyone. Some kids are without a mom today. That’s a tragedy. Someone else is living through the pain of taking a life and the fear of life ruined by it. That’s sad too.
Also – because I can’t NOT point it out…the girls in the photo should have asked the guy for a free fact check of their sign spelling…