US EditionDodgers Star Kike Hernández on Unrest in L.A.: ‘I Cannot Stand Our Community Being Violated’
- Los Angeles Dodgers utility player Kiké Hernández publicly condemned ongoing ICE raids and protests in a June 15 Instagram post, urging respect for the community.
- The raids, directed by President Trump since June 6, triggered mass protests and increased police presence across Los Angeles, while the Dodgers have stayed silent.
- Though Angel City FC and LAFC expressed solidarity with the immigrant community on June 7 and June 8, the Dodgers have not issued any official statement amid the unrest.
- Hernández expressed that although he wasn’t born and raised in the city, Los Angeles embraced him as a member of the community, and he condemned the raids as unconstitutional and unjust for targeting families and engaging in racial profiling.
- Hernández’s criticism highlights a view that the Dodgers exploit their 40% Latino fan base financially but fail to support them during crises, which many feel is damaging fan loyalty.
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Dodgers' Enrique Hernandez Claims ICE Agents 'Abused and Ripped' Los Angeles Apart
L.A. Dodgers player Enrique Hernandez took aim at U.S. immigration policy and blasted the U.S. for "violating" the "human rights" of illegals The post Dodgers’ Enrique Hernandez Claims ICE Agents ‘Abused and Ripped’ Los Angeles Apart appeared first on Breitbart.
What LA's professional sports teams have said about recent ICE raids and protests
Two of Los Angeles‘ 12 major professional sport franchises have issued public statements on ICE raids and protests over the immigration enforcement operations in the city with a vast and diverse immigrant population and sports fan base. The ICE operations, part of a mass deportation goal promised by the Trump administration, sparked a week of community unrest that included protests last week in downtown Los Angeles. President Trump said Sunday i…
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