Michelle Hackman
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We drove them out of our state.
I think it's going to be extensive.
You saw immigrants, even citizens of foreign descent, staying home, not working because they were afraid of ICE.
And when people don't go out, it means far fewer people are going to restaurants, going to bars that will take time to recover.
Thank you.
There was a huge protest on Friday.
Thousands of people peacefully going down the streets to protest ICE's involvement in the city.
And, you know, everybody was feeling pretty good about the response and how well managed the whole thing was.
They also closed down many businesses.
Hundreds of businesses were shuttered just for the day in sort of what they were calling a general strike.
And then Saturday morning, everybody woke up to another ICE shooting.
I mean, you know, people are angry.
They kind of feel like they've been saying something like this could happen.
I mean, two weeks ago, it was Renee Good, another person trying to observe ice who was shot in the head by an ice agent.
And now it happens again.
So, yeah, people are very upset.
Just sadness and anger.
I mean, I saw a lot of people in tears.
I spoke with people and it just doesn't take long for them to get to a real sense of hopelessness and sadness that somebody who had dedicated his life to helping other people and was, you know, a gun down in the street.