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Isn't it messier because these "protests" are occurring where ICE are in the middle of raiding? From what I can see of tactics it looks like groups of anti-ICE activists follow ICE around and then make shit loads of noise to agitate the local population out of their houses and into the street to counter them. This would generally pull several hundred people outside.
Organised marches can have thousands at a dedicated and planned location but those events aren't like the actions where Renee got shot in the face. Here's one from Minneapolis a few days ago:
I think one thing to keep in mind too is that it is below freezing temperatures. Are you going to get thousands out to a march in Spain in sub-zero temps? The weather matters for turnouts and I think these turnouts are very large for these weather conditions. Here's another angle of that event: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT3qRxdEsTq/
Thanks for the reply. I didn't mean to be 'Spain better' — just trying to get a handle on what's actually going on
I'm not there either so anyone present can give a better take. I'm parsing from outside as well and understand where you're coming from.
Trump talking about the lady shouting "SHAME" and "the noise" she was making and calling her a "professional agitator" seems to be a badly worded and unhinged way to describe the basic premise of following ICE around and beeping horns/making noise that is pulling people outside to counter them.
These things are mostly happening in suburbs from what I can tell, wherever ICE is trying to raid housing or workplaces that might have migrants.