There were at least three consecutive days of protests in San Diego County against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis over this past weekend.
On Friday, Jan. 30, nearly 1,000 people gathered at a large rally at Teralta Park in City Heights, followed by a march. Initially protesters met at the park between Orange and Polk avenues around 2 p.m. on Friday, calling for an end to the Trump administration’s federal immigration crackdown across the country.
The day before on Thursday, people of faith rallied at the Federal Building in downtown San Diego.
The nationwide rallies, called a “National Shutdown” by organizers, called for people to not go to school, work or businesses to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of communities. It came after federal actions in Minnesota that led to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both 37 years old.
On the 30th, a few local museums expressed on social media that they would remain open on Friday but offered free admission to the public as a way to support the nationwide strike.
National Nurses United, which represents more than 225,000 nurses across the country, also announced a week of events to remember Pretti and others killed by federal agents during the last two years of immigration enforcement.
Similar protests were scheduled in Barrio Logan, Carlsbad, Coronado, San Marcos and National City. News source: Fox 5
On Saturday, first day of February, local photographer Byron Morton attended another protest in Balboa Park event on the corner of 6th and Laurel from 2:00 and 3 pm. He reported roughly 50 people were at the demonstration. Cars honked their support continuously, but one vehicle gave the crowd the “finger.”
Worker support was expressed when a Waste Management sanitation truck honked their very loud support in passing. Additionally, multiple groups of cyclists cheered their support.
