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Finneas said on Sunday that he was in the “peaceful protest” in the Downtown of Los Angeles was shot at with tear gas. He divided the news shortly after President Donald Trump sent the national guard to Los Angeles. In response to protests against arrests by civil servants from the immigration and customs authority (ICE), which, according to the federal government, had supposedly undocumented immigrants.
Instagram stories with a political message
“If almost immediately, the very peaceful protest in the city center with tear gas – they provoke that,” he wrote around 7 p.m. It is unclear whether he was injured. A spokesman for Finneas did not immediately respond to a request from Rolling Stone for comment.
This post was part of a number of its Instagram stories. In a story from the previous day, Finneas wrote: “Fuck Ice.” In another story, he shared a contribution with the following text. “If you belong to the national guard or active military service and get the command to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens, this is the number of the Gi Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through. Tel: 1-877-4487”, underlined with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “I Won’t Back Down”.
The telephone number is operated by Gi Rights Network. An association of non -profit organizations that offer free support for veterans and their families.
Support from artists and activists
Finneas also shared contributions from others. Including one of the musician and comedian Tim Heecker, who expressed his support for LA and criticized ICE and “Weekend Gi-Joe loser”. Among other things, the contribution contained the sentence: “If you like this fascist shit, you are small and weak. And you will lose.”
Trump mobilizes the national guard in California
On Saturday evening, Trump released a memo that federized the National Guard units in California for 60 days. He also indicated that he could also send members of the “regular armed forces” through his minister Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth apparently supported this project. And wrote on Twitter, among other things: “And when violence continues, active Marines from Camp Pendleton are also mobilized. They are highly alert.” The National Guard arrived in the city on Sunday.
Background of the protests and arrests
The protests began on Friday, while ICE performed raids in several jobs in the Los Angeles area. Including in the city of Paramount, where at least 44 people were arrested due to alleged violations of immigration laws. The police arrested more than a dozen demonstrators. And claimed that they had hindered federal officials.
A separate protest took place near a federal building, where demonstrators believed that imprisoned people were recorded there after they had appeared for their ICE appointments. The lawyers of those affected explained that immigrants who had appeared on their dates were escorted into the basement and captured there.