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What will happen to volunteers who escorted students protesting ICE?
Story by Lynn La
After students walked out of school to protest ICE back in February, the Clovis and Los Angeles Police Department threatened to arrest adults who helped them leave. No charges have been filed yet, but Alfred Aldrete expects a call from the police any day.On Feb. 10, students across California protested federal immigration enforcement after agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. In Clovis, roughly 50 students from Buchanan High School walked out of school that day, escorted by a group of community members including Aldrete, one of the co-founders of the anti-ICE grassroots organizing group Fresno Resistance. Counterprotesters also descended on the school that day, including livestreamer Josh Fulfer, who was present during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
The Clovis Police Department said that they are considering charging up to six adults for inducing students into truancy, and Aldrete thinks he’s on the list because police officers asked for his name, date of birth and phone number during the mile-long walk.
Aldrete: “And they weren’t stopping any of these (counterprotesters) who were driving by, smogging, throwing water or yelling s—. But they did stop me and two of the other adults.”
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Let’s all hope Mr. Aldrete and friend aren’t disappointed by the Clovis PD. Perhaps the “counterprotesters” were not actively contributing to the delinquency of minors, sunshine.
It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
— Justice Robert H. Jackson
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