Anti-ICE Protesters' Goals: Overturning the System, Not Just Due Process

Protestors' Stated Goals

• 🎯 Ami Horowitz attended an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles to investigate the protestors' motivations.
• 🗣️ When asked about due process versus overturning the system, multiple individuals explicitly stated their goal was to overturn the system.

Systemic Overhaul Demands

• ✊ Protestors identified the capitalist system, the white system, and the political system as problems that need to be dismantled.
• ❓ When questioned about what would replace the current system, some expressed uncertainty, suggesting it might evolve into something else or adopt elements from systems in countries like Haiti, Yemen, or Afghanistan.

Stance on Violence

• 🚫 When asked to condemn violence, individuals stated they do not condemn violence when people are fighting for what they believe is right.
• 🤝 The sentiment was that violence might be necessary to get a point across or to stand up against perceived oppression.
• 🔥 Some participants expressed a belief that the current system needs to be broken down before it can be rebuilt, with one individual stating, "Burn it down."
• ⚠️ Ami Horowitz noted that no one she spoke to at the protest deviated from these opinions throughout the day.