Thread: Live updates: May Day rallies in Los Angeles

MAY 1 2016, 1:01 PM

Two marches are scheduled for today.

The International Workers May Day march and rally, organized by the May Day Coalition of Los Angeles, was set to begin at noon but was moved to 1 p.m. Its route begins at 11th and Figueroa streets and will end at Aliso and Los Angeles streets.

The Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition march and rally was set to begin at 12:30 p.m. at Broadway and Olympic Boulevard, ending at Grand Park.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has a map of street closures .

1:37 P.M. GARRETT THEROLF
Trump is front and center at small immigration march

The May Day immigration march made its way down Broadway on Sunday with a much smaller crowd than in earlier years.

The truck leading the parade carried organizers chanting "Stop Donald Trump!" The crowd trailing behind stretched half a block.

"It's disappointing. Where is everyone?" asked Elmer Deleon, a 37-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who has settled in Huntington Park and works as a mechanic.


1:30 P.M. BRITTNY MEJIA
For immigrant rights, a small but passionate crowd
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For the immigrant rights march, a small crowd had gathered shortly before 1 p.m. at Broadway and Olympic Boulevard, waving American and Mexican flags and carrying signs that read "Rise up" and "Full rights for all immigrants."

Eydee Rivera had dressed up her 1-year-old daughter, Arlette Martinez, in the colors of the Mexican flag. Rivera is from Puerto Rico, but her husband is from Mexico. Her daughter has "sangre Mexicana," she said, explaining the dress.

Rivera, whose husband is in the country illegally, came out to demand immigration reform.

Even little children shouted expletives about Donald Trump on the march down Broadway.

"He's ignorant," Rivera said of Trump. "We're human beings."


12:04 pm
MayDay2016
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Steve Saldivar ✔ ‎@stevesaldivar
Chants of "Si Se Puede" start at #MayDay March



Brittny Mejia ‎@brittny_mejia
Artemio Castañeda is a recent citizen, but his four brothers still aren't. He's here for them #MayDay2016
1:10 PM - 1 May 2016


1:37 P.M. GARRETT THEROLF
Trump is front and center at small immigration march


Garrett Therolf ✔ ‎@gtherolf
Trump is front and center at gathering crowd for #maydayla immigration march.
12:55 PM - 1 May 2016


The May Day immigration march made its way down Broadway on Sunday with a much smaller crowd than in earlier years.

The truck leading the parade carried organizers chanting "Stop Donald Trump!" The crowd trailing behind stretched half a block.

"It's disappointing. Where is everyone?" asked Elmer Deleon, a 37-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who has settled in Huntington Park and works as a mechanic.


1:30 P.M. BRITTNY MEJIA
For immigrant rights, a small but passionate crowd


Brittny Mejia ‎@brittny_mejia
Eydee Rivera dressed her daughter up in a dress in the colors of the Mexican flag. #MayDay2016
1:03 PM - 1 May 2016


For the immigrant rights march, a small crowd had gathered shortly before 1 p.m. at Broadway and Olympic Boulevard, waving American and Mexican flags and carrying signs that read "Rise up" and "Full rights for all immigrants."

Eydee Rivera had dressed up her 1-year-old daughter, Arlette Martinez, in the colors of the Mexican flag. Rivera is from Puerto Rico, but her husband is from Mexico. Her daughter has "sangre Mexicana," she said, explaining the dress.

Rivera, whose husband is in the country illegally, came out to demand immigration reform.

Even little children shouted expletives about Donald Trump on the march down Broadway.

"He's ignorant," Rivera said of Trump. "We're human beings."



Garrett Therolf ✔ ‎@gtherolf
Lots of kids here for the #MayDay2016 immigration march in #dtla.
1:02 PM - 1 May 2016



Angel Jennings ✔ ‎@AngelJennings
There is a common denominator. We are all challenging injustices, oppression & inequality. -Jub Sankofa #MayDay2016
12:47 PM - 1 May 2016



Rick Loomis ‎@RickLoomis
A blow up #trump holds Klan hood as #MayDayLA set to begin in #dtla. Follow @LATimes for more.
12:26 PM - 1 May 2016


http://www.latimes.com/local/califor...htmlstory.html

do you do this in your country I don't think so you don't like trump why he know to much about your country . & you have our job's & now he want to get our country back & work for us
& you don't like him well get your head out of the sand . you are not a Citizen yet . another thing the mayor of this town should lock every one of you up . but again this is obama doing
good luck trump

Their revolution may be here, but we are going to put down their invasion and revolution and set things right very soon by whatever means necessary.

W

Why doesn't their President allow them to be "human beings" on THEIR soil. Take your march and your mouth back to Mexico and Central America!