FINNEAS. Photo by Chiaki Nozu/WireImage.
Finneas was one of the thousands of protestors who took to the streets of Los Angeles this weekend in solidarity with immigrants targeted by recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids ordered by President Donald Trump. On Sunday, the same day Trump ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, Finneas described being tear-gassed at a protest in an Instagram post.
“Tear-gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown — they’re inciting this,” Finneas wrote in the caption of a story. Other stories he posted included a caption reading "Fuck ICE," a video of an Australian reporter being shot in the leg by a less-lethal bullet, and a post from comedian and musician Tim Heidecker: "If you are into this fascist shit you are small and weak and will lose."
Trump ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to quell the gatherings, a move condemned by local officials and described as "not warranted" by a former vice chief of the Guard. California Governor Gavin Newsom has said purpose of the order was to create "a manufactured crisis" and has announced his intention to sue the administration.
