“ICE out of Kern” Protest tomorrow, Saturday 7/12
Ridgecrest & China Lake BLVD, 9-11am
One of our own has been taken by ICE! John Caravello, a professor from the California State University Channel Islands, was protesting when he was detained. One of our members knows him. Now it’s personal 🤬
If you are able to donate, SLO Bail Fund helps people with legal fees where John is from.
DHS is trying to label everyone who opposes Trump as a criminal.
Protesters on bicycles, skateboards, or even “on foot” are framed as potential “scouts” conducting reconnaissance or searching for “items to be used as weapons.
“The DHS report repeatedly conflates basic protest, organizing, and journalism with terroristic violence, thereby justifying ever more authoritarian measures by law enforcement,” says Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People
July 10, 2025, Wired.
We are speaking up because we are living in dark times. Please take the time to watch this video on the Manzanar internment camp near Lone Pine. It draws many parallels to how people are being portrayed and treated. Our duty as American’s is to build a more perfect union, not repeat the mistakes of our past.
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