Seven arrested at Bay Ridge protest to free deliveryman detained by ICE
“No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.”
That was the message at a Wednesday, June 6 protest hosted by Bay Ridge for Social Justice in the wake of the detention of 35-year-old Pablo Villavicencio, a pizza deliveryman and father of two who now faces deportation to Ecuador after attempting to make a delivery to the Fort Hamilton Army Base.
The protest – with empty pizza boxes serving as signage – kicked off at John Paul Jones “Cannonball” Park but, according to protesters, seemingly spontaneously morphed into a march through the Ridge. It ultimately made its way to Fifth Avenue where seven demonstrators were arrested for blocking traffic.