More than 100 people turned out to a Tulsa vigil for two people killed in Minnesota.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot to death by federal agents this month in the city of Minneapolis. The Trump administration has deployed 3,000 officers there who have embarked on a campaign of what they call immigration enforcement.
Jonathan Gibbs, who organized the vigil at LaFortune Park and who created a large sign memorializing the last words of Good and Pretti, characterized it differently. He called federal agents fascists, meaning they adhere to a political ideology defined by extreme nationalism, usually headed by a dictatorial leader with a cult-like following.
“ICE is completely out of control. They’re executing Americans in the streets. They’re kidnapping children. They’re deporting people who have legal status. How they’re going about deportations is completely inhumane. It’s just a horrible situation,” said Gibbs.
Protestors sang songs and lit candles in freezing temperatures. Some gave short speeches encouraging the type of community action described in media reports about Minneapolis’ response.
Boosters of Trump immigration policies say problems created after a record number of migrants tried to cross the Southwest border under former President Joe Biden need to be aggressively resolved.
Several attendees were armed but the crowd remained peaceful.
