Immigrant Child Detention Protest
Tuesday morning I received a Move-on email announcing a protest against the Child Detention Centers at the local office of U.S. Representative Kathy Castor. I decided to attend.
News stories estimated the crowd at a few dozen, I’d put it a little higher, but it was not a huge crowd. It seemed somewhat hastily called, so that may account for it. As you might expect, our cowardly representative was no where to be seen, but she did provide a statement to be read. While I think she’s on the right side of the issue, she is, as usual, not being a leader, just someone signing onto the correct bills.
Speakers included two Lutheran ministers (I didn’t see anyone else there with a clerical collar) and a few local activists. I did appreciate the opportunity to be there, and the efforts of the organizers to keep the issue front and center with Rep. Kastor.
I screwed up the sound, so I just cut the video I took down a few shots. I’ll do better next time.
