Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton led thousands from across the country Thursday for March on Wall Street in protest of the Trump administration's withdrawal from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs three values that the president and his followers have eschewed. The massive Lower Manhattan march, coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous March on Washington in 1963, kicked off from Foley Square on the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington.
Collier stated, 'I will not agree to be in DPS custody. I am not a criminal. I am exercising my right to resist and oppose the decisions of our government.'
The protest comes after a leaked version of the EHRC's finalised guidance - published by The Times - will allegedly urge service providers to ban trans people from all single-sex facilities and services.
The people of Ireland stand with the people of Palestine. We stand for human rights, for international law, for a two state solution, for aid to flow, for hostages to be released. We stand for peace. We stand for an end to genocide.
This season feels especially urgent because the escalation of the genocide is happening at the same time that there's less and less attention being paid to it - even as the violence increases.
During the television interview with ARD on Sunday, Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, appeared at times to struggle to hear the questions being asked of her as protesters gathered below the provisional stage for the interview in Berlin. The speakers of a bus used as part of the demonstration blared the anti-AfD song Schei AfD Jodler, which hindered the interview's audio quality significantly for viewers at home.
"We believe that part of making good trouble is community building and getting organized so that when the time comes to make some kind of good trouble, you have people on your side," said Tal Karsten, an organizer with 50501 San Jose.
Video footage shared on social media shows a woman in a gray Jeep drive through protestors in North Bergen, New Jersey. As the Jeep approaches the exit of Noches De Columbia, a group of protestors stands in front of the vehicle during an organized protest against ICE raids. The driver strikes a protestor and continues driving through the intersection, injuring three people, one of whom sustained a knee injury. No arrests have been made and the driver has not yet been identified.