Civic protests on the rise in KELOLAND
KELOLAND News
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At this gathering, they'}, {'start': '6.480', 'end': '11.440', 'text': 'are protesting people being rounded up'}, {'start': '8.559', 'end': '13.679', 'text': 'and deported by ICE without due process.'}, {'start': '11.440', 'end': '15.679', 'text': "But as Kelland's Tom Hansen found out"}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '18.560', 'text': 'today, there are a lot of reasons people'}, {'start': '15.679', 'end': '20.240', 'text': 'are exercising their right to protest.'}, {'start': '18.560', 'end': '22.240', 'text': 'The first amendment of the US'}, {'start': '20.240', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'Constitution protects the right to'}, {'start': '22.240', 'end': '27.119', 'text': 'protest, guaranteeing freedom of speech'}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '30.480', 'text': 'and the right to assemble. People in'}, {'start': '27.119', 'end': '32.719', 'text': 'Kelland are making their voices heard.'}, {'start': '30.480', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'Marlon Mullet attended several protests'}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'and says his main objective is speaking'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '39.040', 'text': 'up for workers and seniors. And we want'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '41.440', 'text': 'to make sure that our benefits are'}, {'start': '39.040', 'end': '43.239', 'text': 'protected such as Medicare and Social'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '45.840', 'text': "Security. And if we don't have a"}, {'start': '43.239', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'voice, what they could do, could they'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '49.760', 'text': "take it away? I don't know. Hopefully,"}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.160', 'text': "they wouldn't. But I think we need keep"}, {'start': '49.760', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'let those people know that we are'}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '56.719', 'text': 'concerned about our benefits.'}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '60.160', 'text': 'Why do this?'}, {'start': '56.719', 'end': '61.840', 'text': "I think that if we don't do it, it's"}, {'start': '60.160', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'basically telling them to go ahead and'}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '66.240', 'text': 'do what they want. Like Mullet, Gaylord'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '68.400', 'text': "Hemrech served in the military and he's"}, {'start': '66.240', 'end': '70.400', 'text': 'concerned about the Doge cuts to the VA'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'system. I hate to see too many workers'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '74.640', 'text': "get let go. They're looking at letting"}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '76.799', 'text': 'possibly 80,000 workers go throughout'}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '78.320', 'text': "the VA system and we don't know how"}, {'start': '76.799', 'end': '80.240', 'text': "that's going to affect our healthcare."}, {'start': '78.320', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'Helre says letting our elected officials'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '84.640', 'text': 'know how we feel is important, too.'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'Sandra Khalis is also active in the'}, {'start': '84.640', 'end': '88.960', 'text': 'recent protest movement. She is an'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '90.720', 'text': "advocate for women's rights and she"}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '93.439', 'text': 'wants people to know that they can make'}, {'start': '90.720', 'end': '95.759', 'text': 'a difference. More people sort of'}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '97.200', 'text': "interested in saying um I don't like"}, {'start': '95.759', 'end': '100.479', 'text': "this. I don't like what's happening"}, {'start': '97.200', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'right now. When we were um out downtown'}, {'start': '100.479', 'end': '105.840', 'text': 'Sou Falls on April 5th, that was the'}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '108.960', 'text': "most people I've seen in Sou Falls or"}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'South Dakota, you know, since since'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '114.640', 'text': 'forever, right? And so it means that'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '115.920', 'text': "there's something wrong. One, and two,"}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'you know, what are we going to do about'}, {'start': '115.920', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'it? Now, Mayday protests like this one'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '123.920', 'text': 'were held around the world. There were'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '125.680', 'text': 'rallies in France, Italy, and even the'}, {'start': '123.920', 'end': '127.920', 'text': 'Philippines. Now, the group is currently'}, {'start': '125.680', 'end': '130.879', 'text': 'walking to the Ark of Dreams, then back'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '132.879', 'text': 'to the courthouse. Indivisible 605 is'}, {'start': '130.879', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'the group organizing the event that they'}, {'start': '132.879', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'prefer to call this a rally.'}]