Kansas City Activists March On Country Club Plaza Against ICE

Follow-up on our morning conversation . . . 

Kansas City activists dominated the embattled entertainment district yet again and hopefully made a few purchases in the last remaining area shops as they flexed on local streets.

Here's a bit of lovingly crafted prose from the newspaper along with better reporting . . .  

Demonstrators took to Mill Creek Park, W. 47th St. and Broadway Boulevard, for a peaceful vigil and rally to remember Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday.

People held signs and gathered in a large circle next to a fountain on the south side of the park. There, loudspeakers amplified the passionate voices of people in opposition of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement initiatives. The roundabout of chanting voices cheered at the proclamation, “We honor Renee (Good) today and say clearly, ‘Her life mattered.’”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . . 

People gather at Mill Creek Park for peaceful vigil and 'ICE Out for Good' rally

On Saturday afternoon, people gathered for a peaceful vigil and "ICE Out for Good" rally at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.


'Her life mattered': Kansas Citians march to remember Renee Good, ICE victims

The vigil for Renee Good drew large crowds at Mill Creek Park Saturday. People held signs rallying against ICE enforcement operations.


'ICE Out for Good': About 1,000 demonstrators attend vigil, protest against ICE

Around a thousand Kansas City community members gathered at a vigil and a peaceful protest, days after the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis. KSHB 41 reporter Braden Bates spoke to some attendees.


ICE protestors rally at Mill Creek Park in KCMO Saturday

ICE protests are taking place all over the country this weekend in response to the recent killing of former Kansas City resident Renne Good in Minneapolis.

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