"Maybe they asked you about the frog. Or the chicken. Or the pajama party. Or the "Operation Inflation" project delivering inflatable costumes to the protests each night, now that the frog has become an unofficial mascot. Or the dance parties. Or the Emergency Naked Bike Ride on Sunday night, where hundreds of intrepid souls who usually do this in the summertime under far more congenial weather conditions rode past the ICE building to join the fun."
"Oriana, who plays the clarinet for the Unpresidented Brass Band, a group of musicians who came together during the first Trump administration to play at protests, appears from videos posted on social media to have been collateral damage in officers' pursuit of someone else. Witnesses say agents from the Department of Homeland Security were chasing a suspect across the street, charged directly into the middle of the band, and Oriana was knocked to the ground."
Nightly protests outside the ICE detention center on South Macadam feature costumes, inflatable mascots, dance parties, and organized performances such as brass bands and themed rides. A clarinetist for the Unpresidented Brass Band, Oriana Kobol, spent three nights in Clark County Jail after being charged with felony assault. Videos on social media show her apparently struck down amid officers pursuing another person. Witnesses report Department of Homeland Security agents charged directly into the middle of the band during the chase and knocked her to the ground. Law enforcement alleges she interfered with an arrest and kicked and bit a federal officer while detained. The charge carries a possible federal sentence of eight years.
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