LAFC Followers Protest ICE Throughout Match, Unfurl Banners, Chant ‘F*** ICE’

Protests over immigration raids spilled into an MLS stadium on Sunday … with LAFC followers making their anti-ICE stances identified loud and clear throughout the center of the Los Angeles membership’s sport towards Kansas Metropolis.

A number of individuals hit BMO Stadium close to downtown L.A. — the place chaos has erupted for the final three days as police and protesters have clashed on roadways — to voice their displeasure with the ICE raids which have occurred within the metropolis.

Earlier than the sport, some unfurled an enormous black banner that learn “Abolish ICE.” Others wrote indicators to make their emotions identified.

LAFC ahead Jeremy Ebobisse — who signed a three-year deal final 12 months — mentioned after the match he totally helps the followers’ protest, calling the scenes unfolding across the metropolis heartbreaking.

“I stay downtown,” Ebobisse mentioned, “and I have been seeing and listening to all the things that is occurring. It actually breaks the guts to see the callous actions that we’re seeing in our streets.”

“Undoubtedly needed to acknowledge the scenario as a result of it is not regular. We won’t deal with it as regular.”