Locals gathered Saturday in Bend’s Drake Park to stand in solidarity with the protesters who stood Wednesday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Bend.
Several of the leaders at Saturday’s march discussed the everyday racism against the Latinx community, as well as other topics.
The Source captured some of the scene from the protests, seen in this slideshow. The event was a peaceful demonstration, with most participants sitting down throughout the warm afternoon. Some others stood near the street along Drake Park to rally passersby.
Luke Richter of Central Oregon Peacekeepers, one of the first to stand in front of the ICE bus carrying two Bend men, got a standing ovation for his work on Wednesday. Several leaders from Wednesday’s protest showed up to the event in Drake Park—and after it was over, headed to Prineville for another rally in support of Black Lives Matter. They included Richter, Morgan Schmidt of First Presbyterian Church, members of the Central Oregon Diversity Project, and others who spoke throughout the night Wednesday.
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Trying to figure out why it’s Black and White unless it was actually shot on film. Photojournalism doesn’t need a creative direction, just document the story with full clarity.
That is peaceful and meaningful activism / raising awareness of an issue or issues.
Good on those at Drake Park.
That said, it is hoped one of the issues was that of domestic violence, which both men are charged with. This based in part on their now known criminal records in Deschutes County.
It’s ironic that your protest happened in Drake park. The very same park that you kicked the homeless out of. You had the police and the the park manager unfairly target the homeless to get them out. To much crime and drugs and dirty homeless people. The irony is sharp
Im confused. If the men were/are illegal, should they not be detained and deported? Would this not happen to us if we were illegally living in a different country? Does it not benefit all of us to deport illegals? This deportation process stands true for Anyone, here illegally, regardless of the country of origin. My comment is purely about the legal standing of people that are here illegally.
If only they were there to protest against homelessness in their backyard and worked to do something about it.