Why we rallied

Why we rallied

To the Editor:

As one of the organizers of the “No Kings” rally in Petersburg, I want to share some of the reasons why your friends and neighbors took time out of their lives to gather as part of the largest single day of peaceful protest in American history.

When I spoke at the rally, I told the story of one of the more than 15 people known to have died in ICE detention. Do you know someone who’s had a DUI? Do they deserve to die? Ismael Ayala-Uribe, who was 4 when he came to the United States and 39 when he died, was in a cell for 5 weeks after being stolen from the job he had...