Thousands take part in May Day rallies, marches across L.A.
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[{'start': '1.834', 'end': '8.641', 'text': "BEING ASKED TO CALL SANTA   MONICA COLLEGE POLICE.   >> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE A DAY   TO PROTEST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S   IMMIGRATION POLICIES. THE   DEMONSTRATORS SAY UNDOCUMENTED   IMMIGRANTS ARE THE BACKBONE OF   THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WHO CIVIL   RIGHTS MUST BE PROTECTED.   >> KTLA ANGELICA TO JOINS US   LIVE FROM THE WEST LAKE   DISTRICT WITH DETAILS AND ALI.   >> WE'LL SHARE MY GOT CROWDS   STARTED GATHERING THIS   AFTERNOON ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK ON   THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK,   BUT ORGANIZERS TELL ME BASED   ON THE THE THE EVENT THAT THEY   SAW HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE   DAY THEY'RE REALLY EXPECTING   RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS.   THOUSANDS OF UNION AND   IMMIGRANT RIGHTS SUPPORTERS   ARE RALLYING IN LOS ANGELES   TODAY TO MARK INTERNATIONAL   WORKERS DAY IT'S A PLACE WHERE   WE FIGHT BACK AND AND MANY   COUNTRIES ARE TAKING ON MAY   DAY.   >> IT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN   FIGHT FOR WHAT WE NEED MAY   FIRST ALSO KNOWN AS MAY DAY   HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A   DAY TO SHOW UP FOR WORKERS   RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY AMONG   IMMIGRANT PROTESTING AGAINST   EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP IS DOING   BASICALLY EVERYTHING THE   TARIFFS THE. THE DEPORTATIONS   MARCHES AND RALLIES HAVE BEEN   HAPPENING SINCE THIS MORNING   STARTING IN DOWNTOWN LOS   ANGELES WHERE ORGANIZERS SAY   THEY SAW HISTORIC CROWDS   MARCHING TO THE FEDERAL   DETENTION CENTER FOCUSING ON   THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S   CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL   IMMIGRATION SUCH A FASCIST   MANNER BY SOMEONE WHO SAYS   THAT THEY'RE GOING AFTER   CRIMINALS. BUT WE KNOW THAT   THAT'S NOT TRUE, WE KNOW   THEY'RE GOING OUT TO WORKERS   AND WE KNOW IF IF THEY REALLY   WANT TO GO AFTER CRIMINAL.   WELL THE TRUMP IS THE BIGGEST   FELON THAT'S THAT'S NOT RIGHT   HERE THIS AFTERNOON CROWDS FOR   MORE THAN 60 ORGANIZATIONS   INCLUDING LABOR UNIONS AND   ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE GATHERING   IN MACARTHUR PARK AND ALSO AT   MARRIOTT SHE PLAZA IN BOYLE   HEIGHTS AND HOPES THEIR   MESSAGE IS HEARD, LOUD AND   >> NOW JUST A DAY IS ALMOST   OVER OVER ORGANIZERS TELL ME   THEY'RE NOT DONE YET THEIR   NEXT PROTEST AS AS SOON AS"}]