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COULD TAKE SOME TIME FOR STATES
TO GET REIMBURSED. HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE MARCHED TODAY IN THE
EAST BAY AGAINST ICE AND FLOCK
CAMERAS AND CONCORD. THE MARCH
WAS CALLED LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
IN OAKLAND IT WAS CALLED NO
LOVE FOR ICE, NO LOVE FOR FLOCK.
ABC SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ANSER HASSAN HAS A
LOOK AT BOTH EVENTS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DRESSED
IN RED, WHITE AND PINK HAD A
MESSAGE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY TO
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE
EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY
DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE.
CONCORD MAYOR LAURA NAKAMURA
WAS AMONG THOSE STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES, FACING HEIGHTENED
FEARS OVER IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT. ORGANIZERS CLAIM
CONCORD COULD COME UNDER MORE
PRESSURE, SINCE MANY CASES FROM
THE SAN FRANCISCO IMMIGRATION
COURT ARE BEING REDIRECTED TO
THE CONCORD IMMIGRATION COURT.
SOME RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED
THAT COULD RESULT IN INCREASED
ICE PRESENCE AND DETENTIONS IN
THE AREA.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE THE
NEWS, THE NATIONAL NEWS, AND
WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN OTHER CITIES. AND THIS IS A
COMMUNITY THAT'S GETTING
PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF EACH
OTHER.
US CONGRESSMAN MARK TANZANIA
ALSO TOOK PART, SAYING HE
ENCOURAGES MORE PEOPLE TO COME
OUT AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAWS
AND REMEMBER THAT SLAVERY USED
TO BE USED TO BE LEGAL. SO
IMMIGRATION IS RIGHT NOW BEING
USED TO DIVIDE PEOPLE BASED ON
RACISM. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN
THIS COUNTRY.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN
OAKLAND, MORE THAN 100 MARCHED
NEAR LAKE MERRITT OVER CONCERNS
WITH ICE AND SURVEILLANCE,
MARCHING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS
WITH CAMERAS.
YEAH, I DON'T LIKE BEING
WATCHED.
PROTESTERS CONDEMNED THE
CITY FOR RENEWING ITS FLOCK
SAFETY LICENSE PLATE READER
CONTRACT, EVEN THOUGH MANY
RESIDENTS SUPPORT THE
TECHNOLOGY, SAYING IT'S ANOTHER
TOOL FOR THE UNDERSTAFFED
OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. CODY
SAYS SHE'S CONCERNED THAT MORE
PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA ARE NOT
SPEAKING OUT.
CALIFORNIA IS SO LIBERAL AND
PROGRESSIVE IN A LOT OF WAYS,
AND I THINK THAT THAT FEELS
LIKE INSULATION TO A LOT OF
FOLKS AND CREATES A SENSE OF
DETACHMENT FROM WHAT'S
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OAKLAND ORGANIZERS ARE
PLANNING MORE EVENTS FOR