Protesters took down the U.S. flag, the Colorado and GEO flags and and replaced them with a Mexican flag, a defaced upside down U.S. flag and a third flag of unknown description at a GEO contractor-run ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado Friday.
ICE photo of standard flag display at the GEO Aurora detention center.
Numerous photos were posted online of the flags.
#LightsforLiberty Protesters taking down the flags at Aurora Detention Center. pic.twitter.com/aTWVMU3yi3
— Leslee Broersma 📷 (@LesleeBroersma) July 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/JennaMckellips/status/1149862673745612800
The Mexican flag raised over GEO @ICEgov #Aurora #LightsforLiberty #copolitics #DontLookAway pic.twitter.com/3gpR9wOXC4
— Kathy B (@KathyBoyer73) July 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/LesleeBroersma/status/1149866511181451265
Protesters raise and replace 3 flags over Aurora #ICE Processing Center. #immigration @CBSDenver #immigrationraids #immigrationrally pic.twitter.com/JYcE6nrJuQ
— Mark Neitro (@CBS4Mark) July 13, 2019
Video clips:
Protestors on @ICEgov property just pulled down the American flag and replaced it with the Mexican flag. The group by the doors is growing. Though most protestors are still on the street. pic.twitter.com/X2waaFMEOW
— Matt Mauro (@mattmauronews) July 13, 2019
Now flying outside @ICEgov detention center in Aurora – an upside down and dirty American flag, Mexican flag and one with foul language. Protestors still here. pic.twitter.com/eXdnbdBXVi
— Matt Mauro (@mattmauronews) July 13, 2019
KCNC-TV reported the American flag was taken down, spray-painted with the words Abolish ICE and then flown upside down next to the Mexican flag.
Excerpt from Westword on plans for the protest.
A large protest set to take place Friday, July 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. outside the immigrant detention facility in Aurora is expected to draw more than a thousand people.
“We want to close down the detention center, and we want them to release these immigrants to their families or sponsors,” says protest organizer Patty Lampman. The facility in Aurora is run by private prison company GEO Group through a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The demonstration is tied to a worldwide call to action known as Lights for Liberty; as of July 8, 626 Lights for Liberty protests have been planned across the globe, including hundreds in the U.S. and in at least 25 countries. At 9 p.m. at each location, protesters will simultaneously light candles or shine their cell phones.
End excerpt. Please read complete Westword report at this link.
H/t Michelle Malkin.
This happened in Colorado tonight. #OpenBorders #WCS19 #EndSanctuaryCities https://t.co/nbJcjvryiS
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 13, 2019
UPDATE: The Mexican and defaced U.S. flags were taken down after dark Friday.
Police take down Mexican flag and defaced American flag outside ICE immigration facility. pic.twitter.com/CfDmYDtzxv
— Jaclyn Allen (@jaclynreporting) July 13, 2019
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