Protesters flood Downtown Fresno on National Day of Action

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Friday night, the streets of Downtown Fresno became a section signifier for a nationwide demonstration.

Protesters gathered extracurricular the ICE bureau connected L street, condemning the Trump administration's migration crackdown amid escalating tensions passim the country.

"To fto them cognize that their conflict is besides our struggle, and conscionable due to the fact that successful the moment, it's not happening to us, doesn't mean it can't and it won't," said Alfred Aldrete from Fresno Resistance.

Aldrete took complaint successful starring the assemblage of much than 100 people.

The radical stood, chanted and yet marched done Downtown Fresno until they arrived astatine the superior courthouse.

"We person radical of each taste assemblage that makes Fresno great, truly present letting their dependable beryllium heard and it's a beauteous happening to beryllium a portion of," Aldrete said.

This show served arsenic Fresno's relation successful a National Day of Action successful the United States, motivated successful ample portion by the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti successful Minnesota.

Fresno High School students were immoderate of the galore to retreat themselves from schools Friday.

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Some businesses besides opted to adjacent their doors. Others operated portion simultaneously supporting the occasion.

"As a tiny business, we can't spend to unopen down. We can't spend to adjacent our doors, but that doesn't mean that we don't basal with them, truthful it's important for america to get that connection out," said Joy Alvarado, proprietor of Joy's Velitas and Lumiere Sober Bar successful Downtown Fresno.

As a girl of migrant parents, Alvarado's made it a constituent for her businesses to besides service arsenic a harmless haven for her community.

"We're taking that measurement up to beryllium leaders successful our community, to archer you, hey we attraction astir you, we privation you to consciousness harmless and this is wherever you tin come, and we're ever going to beryllium present for you," she said.

Aldrete called Friday nighttime a premier illustration of what needs to beryllium done going forward.

"All we tin bash is proceed to basal with them, proceed to amended and pass the masses, and our neighbors, and our communities. How to basal together, however to instrumentality attraction of 1 another, due to the fact that successful the precise extremity emotion is important," Aldrete said.

The protestation remained preaceful throughout, with Fresno Police contiguous to escort them done the entirety of the march.