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Ed. note: On Friday, a caller asked us if there was a protest planned for the Courthouse the next day. We couldn’t immediately find evidence of it. But then your correspondent drove by on Saturday and there the protesters were. Apologies to our caller.

Fortunately, Friends o’ the LoCO Ted Pease and Jamie Blatter sent us dispatches from actions in Arcata and Trinidad over the weekend.

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Trinidad Indivisible
Trinidad Protest: ‘Few, But Fierce’

By Ted Pease

More than 75 people (and six dogs) turned out for Trinidad Indivisible’s protest on Sunday against the killing of a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman by a masked ICE agent,

“ICE Out for Good” was the theme of nationwide weekend protests decrying the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot three times in the head by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Wednesday as she tried to drive away from a confrontation.

Photo: Pease.

At Trinidad’s rally and in other marches from Seattle to Miami, protesters called for abolishment of ICE — the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that has been scouring communities for suspected illegal immigrants on orders from the Trump White House.

Trinidad protesters waved signs at passing motorists, the vast majority of whom honked and waved back in support. Spirits were high, but the demonstrators’ purpose and determination were deadly serious, participants said. “Trump is evil,” one woman said. “He has to go.”

Singing and chanting, the group marched through Trinidad to the Harbor overlook and back, waving signs against President Donald Trump’s “Evil, Authoritarian Agenda” and “Keep Us Safe and Free from the Dictator DT.”

Trinidad Indivisible founder Tina Freeland said she was gratified by the turnout, especially at short notice. “We want to send a message to Renee’s family, to the Portland couple shot on Thursday by federal agents, to all those who have been targeted/terrorized by ICE and especially to our elected lawmakers that this cannot continue!” Indivisible Trinidad said online. When Freeland created the group last fall, she was told it was the smallest Indivisible chapter in the country.

The group grew out of efforts by Barbara Snell, 94, who flew the American flag upside down — a signal of distress — outside her Main Street home, and held a solo anti-Trump rally on Main Street in April 2025. That grew to a dozen or so for a first “No Kings” rally last summer to nearly 50 in October.

Among the signs at Sunday’s “ICE Out for Good” rally:

• “Fight Fascism”
• “Remember Renee”
• “This is What a Domestic Terrorist Looks Like”
• “No Tax Cut for Billionaires”
• “Melt Ice”
• “Hate Will Not Make Us Great”
• “When Masked Goons Rule Our Streets, We Have Domestic Terrorism by Secret Police”
• “Make America Sane Again”
• “Stay Peaceful. It Confuses Them”

As the demonstrators broke up, one man commented: “I didn’t see any ICE thugs. I think it worked.”

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From Jamie Blatter, in Arcata:

Dozens of protesters gathered to protest the increase of ICE presence and violence across the country, voicing their outrage over the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier this week. Protestors had homemade signs and upside-down US flags. Signs read messages such as “melt ice,” “do you not see the suffering?”, and ” we are allowing murder.” Protestors gathered on the corner of 8th and G and did several laps around the Plaza, waving signs and chanting phrases such as “no hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.”

This protest is one of many happening all across the country this week. The event was organized by community member Jacob Sonye, a first-time organizer who felt called to action. 

“We felt compelled to gather, reinforce, and stand up for rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution and by law. We feel that ICE’s actions not only violate constitutional and human freedoms, but also diminishes trust and cohesion within our communities and our government. Our aim is to help people realize that they can be a part of rebuilding and reinvigorating for change” said Sonye.