In today's newscast, roughly 2,000 people gathered around the Santa Cruz courthouse Sunday. This was one of at least 1,000 nationwide ICE Out for Good protests.
Many signs honored Renee Good, who was killed by a masked ICE—Immigration and Customs Enforcement—agent last week.
"We asked people to wear all black," said Kelly Menehan, who is on the leadership team for Indivisible Santa Cruz County. "It seemed appropriate for this particular incident as a time of mourning.”
Indivisible Santa Cruz County organized the event. More than two dozen volunteers were stationed throughout the busiest blocks of the protest to direct the flow of cars and people.
“We do these events because it's important for people to know that they're not alone," said Menehan, "and also to remind everybody that there is a resistance."
Kids like Liana, a 10-year-old from Santa Cruz County, are part of the resistance. She came to the protest with her mom, Amanda Smith, and some friends.
"I think it's right to stand up to wrong," said Liana. "This way people will know that people care and it's not right."
Meg King is a nurse who moved to Santa Cruz in the 1980s and is "disturbed" by the killing of Renee Good and lack of government accountability in the wake of her death.
“The worst part is how our government is portraying this whole thing. They're just lying," said King. She’s protested the Trump administration before but says this is the first time she’s found herself in tears.
" I'm usually just frustrated, angry. Now—I'm emotional," she said. "It's just so sad. It doesn't have to be (like this), we do not have to treat each other like this.”
