{"id":122622,"date":"2026-02-04T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122622\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:09:41","slug":"protest-attracts-hundreds-to-manhattan-beach-pier-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122622\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest attracts hundreds to Manhattan Beach Pier \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of demonstrators came out to the Manhattan Beach Pier and the Strand on Sunday, Feb. 1, to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an event hosted by the organization South Bay Takes a Stand.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators voiced their anger at the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policies and enforcement actions, joining nationwide protests over the weekend that were spurred by the recent shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The marchers started at the Manhattan Beach Pier, then made their way to the Hermosa Beach Pier, and back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration\u2019s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-4.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration\u2019s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-2.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration\u2019s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBR-L-MB-PROTEST-0203-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration\u2019s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration\u2019s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of those demonstrating held signs, including those reading \u201cLA Melts Ice,\u201d \u201cWe Need Regime Change in the USA,\u201d \u201cDemocracy Needs Your Courage,\u201d \u201cWhen Cruelty is Normalized Compassion is the Answer\u201d and \u201cBelieve Your Eyes Not Their Lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Bay Takes a Stand is a \u201cSouth Bay community effort in support of immigrant rights and democracy,\u201d according to its Instagram page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of demonstrators came out to the Manhattan Beach Pier and the Strand on Sunday, Feb. 1, to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9965,2136,31881,9966,75,84,83,9,24,63,6986,31883,9216,32476,4863,4862,88],"class_list":["post-122622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-beach-cities","tag-california","tag-hermosa-beach","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-protest","tag-redondo-beach","tag-south-bay","tag-tbr-manhattan-beach","tag-tbr-news","tag-the-beach-reporter","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}