LISTEN | Full interview with Portland activist Brooks Brown: As It Happens 6:33 This man gives out inflatable costumes at anti-ICE rallies
It started with a few people in inflatable frog costumes protesting outside an immigration detention centre in Portland, Ore.
Then, the frogs multiplied . And pretty soon, they were joined in solidarity by all manner of inflatable creatures, both real and mythical.
Now, whether it’s the ongoing protests against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Portland and Los Angeles, or the massive No Kings rallies that swept across the U.S. this weekend, the crowds are full of cutesy, cartoonish and colourful chickens, lobsters, dinosaurs, axolotls, unicorns and more.
The photographs paint a stark contrast to the picture paint