An important message
Greetings Patriots!
Below is an important message from Indivisible regarding events in Los Angeles.
These events change nothing about our goals. We remain steadfast in our determined, nonviolent response. What we will be asking tomorrow is how we adjust our strategy.
At our Tuesday 4 pm rally we are going to poll the group on whether they prefer schedule 1 or schedule 2 for future Tuesdays below:
1. Present our message to Westfield traffic for 30 minutes and Gather in Park Square for future planning for 30 minutes.
2. Present our message for 60 minutes and gather in the square afterwards.
We noted the need for more folding chairs. If able would you please bring some?
What we are doing is more important than ever. Hope to see you Tuesday at 4:00 and Saturday at noon!
The No Kings Westfield team
Last night, the Trump regime activated the National Guard to crush peaceful protests against brutal ICE raids that’ve been taking place throughout Los Angeles County.
“Peaceful protests” is not just our phrasing. The Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement last night commending protesters for remaining nonviolent. That stands in stark contrast to the behavior of ICE, which has marauded through the streets in full tactical gear, launching gas at protesters, disappearing community members, and injuring California SEIU President David Huerta as he exercised his right to record them. Huerta remains in detention as we write this.
Clearly, the deployment of military forces was an unnecessary abuse of power by this regime intended to chill dissent against its attacks on our rights, our families, and our communities. They want to sow fear, to escalate, to provoke an emergency that will justify the exercise of ever-greater authoritarian powers.
But we will not cower. On June 14, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
If you haven’t found a protest to join yet, please visit the No Kings map here.
No Kings Mass Protests June 14
More than ever, it is critical that we come together to show we will not submit to Trump’s fear tactics. He can roll tanks through DC, he can deploy the military to LA, but we can mobilize millions in large cities and small towns from sea to shining sea.
If you have friends who’ve been alarmed about the events unfolding in LA, urge them to join you next Saturday.
But knowing that tyrants aim to provoke violence as a pretense for enacting emergency powers and further crackdown, it’s essential we all commit to a central tenet of the No Kings mass mobilization: Non-violence.
We strongly encourage all No Kings participants to attend the ACLU’s Know Your Rights Training, this Tuesday at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, which will prepare you to handle any encounter with law enforcement and de-escalate tense situations at marches and protests (en Español a las 5:15pm PT).
And for folks in LA, please know we’ve been in touch with No Kings event organizers and offered additional resources to keep these events -- which are going forward as planned -- peaceful and productive.
Let’s all draw inspiration from the folks who bravely showed up to peacefully protest heavily armed ICE officers this weekend. People who came out to defend their neighbors, their communities, and their sense of what this country is supposed to stand for.
See you on June 14.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team