TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The message behind the speedy response protest Monday in entrance of Tampa Metropolis Corridor was clear: No extra ice raids. Not in Florida. Not wherever.
The protest in Tampa was in response to the anti-ICE protest going down in Los Angeles, which has rapidly escalated to chaos and violence.
President Trump deployed a whole lot of Nationwide Guard troops to L.A., with extra prepared, regardless of California Governor Gavin Newsom not requesting federal help.
“We’re gonna have troops all over the place. We’re not gonna let this occur to our nation. We’re not gonna let our nation be torn aside,” President Trump mentioned.
A digital flyer asserting Monday’s anti-ICE protest in Tampa said they have been anticipating regulation enforcement to be current and couldn’t assure anybody’s security.
In L.A., Mayor Karen Bass denounced the violence and destruction as raids continued with greater than 150 immigrants being detained across the metropolis.
“Once you raid House Depot and workplaces, whenever you tear dad and mom and kids aside, and whenever you run armored caravans via our streets, you trigger concern and also you trigger panic. And deploying federalized troops is a harmful escalation. However we should be actual about this. That is about one other agenda. It isn’t about public security. There’s clearly no plan, and there is clearly no coverage,” mentioned Bass.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonald echoed Mayor Bass’s message of peace as L.A. probably braces for day 4 of unrest.
“This violence that I’ve seen is disgusting. It is escalated now, because the starting of this incident, what we noticed the primary night time was dangerous. What we have seen subsequent to that’s getting more and more worse and extra violent,” mentioned McDonald.
Organizers with Monday’s Tampa protest emphatically said that their motion was rooted in non-violence. The protest started at 3 p.m.
