The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40865607
Richard LuscombeFri 26 Dec 2025 11.00 EST
It is a ritual that began in August, a month after the opening of the remote detention camp celebrated by Donald Trump for its harsh conditions, and hailed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, as a model for the president’s aggressive detention and deportation agenda.
The open air vigils continued, and grew in size, through the brutal heat and torrential rains of the south Florida summer. They endured through a federal judge’s order in August that “Alligator Alcatraz” should close, and a subsequent reversal by an appeals court; the protesters’ voices grew louder at alleged human rights abuses and violence inflicted on detainees.