In Wisconsin Rapids, protestors remember Renee Good

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WFHR / WIRI) – Several dozen people gathered on the corner of Lincoln and the East Riverview Expressway on Saturday to protest in Wisconsin Rapids.

”We are out here protesting every week for the actions of the Trump administration,” says organizer Kris Dauenhauer. “We don’t agree with them, but we’re here, especially today, because of the brutal killing of Renee Good.”

Paula Klevene said what ICE agents are doing is awful and abhorrent.

“They’re thugs. They’re masked, so they can’t be identified. JD Vance said that they have complete immunity, and they do not,” says P. Klevene. “They’re still human beings. They need to take their masks off. They need to identify themselves, and they need to stop being so cruel.”

P. Klevene compared what is happening currently to what happened during WWII.

“Having read about what Germans did and they ignored things and let it be saying it’s not my business, well, it is our business,” P. Klevene said. “We have to stop. We have to at least voice our opinions.”

Paula’s husband Mark Klevene voiced concerns about politicians going along with the current administration.

“The fact that the GOP is not trying to slow this down all this stuff that Trump is pulling just proves that they are complicit in it with him and that they don’t care about the American people at all,” M. Klevene said.

He also commented on the situation in Venezuela.

“And then now they’re going to take over the oil there and then they’re going to sell it and then Trump is going to put it in off-shore accounts that only he has access to. Explain how that’s legal,” questioned M. Klevene. “I don’t get it.”

Several at the protest mentioned the positive response from people driving by and the people who attend every week. Pam Berg is a regular at the weekly protests.

“ The bond, all of us share here is incredible,” says Berg. “We come from all walks of life and yet anyone could walk up to us and we would greet them with open hands and arms. Where else can you do that in this country today? Yeah. I’m not sure. So it’s all love, it’s all hope and that’s what we’re trying to bring is love.”