Two anti-immigration enforcement protesters who blocked New York City traffic this week have been revealed as long-time activists, with one participating in protests since the 1980s.
The two activists were filmed on Tuesday morning blocking traffic on Houston Street in Lower Manhattan. One of the New Yorkers in the stopped traffic, a mother, pleaded with the activists to move out of the way so she could get to work. The activists instead told her there was nothing they could do, with one even laughing at the idea that she had a job to get to.
‘We were preventing the cars from driving into the marchers. There were at least 10,000 of them behind us.’
The two activists, who were part of a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting illegal immigrants, were identified by the Daily Mail as individuals who have been involved in left-wing activism for years.
One activist, identified as Karen Ramspacher, is a 60-year-old who has engaged in activism since at least 1989. As the Daily Mail noted, Ramspacher was quoted in a 1989 issue of OutWeek magazine about being arrested at an abortion rights protest.
In 2002, Ramspacher, then part of a group called ACT UP, was quoted in a report about a protest against the Coca-Cola Company. The ACT UP activists were described by the Nation as “an organization known for civil disobedience and surprise protests.”
In a 2020 article from the Cut, Ramspacher was quoted on her view of activism.
“What activism does is it focuses your attention and turns your fear into something good,” Ramspacher told the outlet.
Also according to the Daily Mail, Ramspacher was pictured at the 2017 25th Annual Dyke March for lesbian rights and the 2022 Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
Ramspacher justified impeding the NYC traffic this week in an interview with the Daily Mail, saying it was “a temporary, momentary interruption to the regular flow of traffic” in order to “bring attention and express people’s concerns about this dangerous situation we find ourselves in where the military and ICE agents are going into the communities and taking our friends and family members.”
The veteran activist said that she and the male protester were not necessarily blocking traffic, but rather “we were preventing the cars from driving into the marchers. There were at least 10,000 of them behind us.”
Ramspacher also said in the interview that she did not know the male protester, despite both holding onto the same bicycle when blocking traffic. That man was identified by the Daily Mail as Trevor Britvec, who also has a history of activism in the city.
The U.K. outlet cited public records showing that Britvec sued New York City over alleged civil rights violations by the NYPD in July 2020 at a Black Lives Matter protest.
Britvec was also allegedly arrested in September 2020 but had his charges dismissed. He was part of a subsequent lawsuit against New York City with other BLM protesters, resulting in a settlement with the city. Britvec was awarded $115,000, the Daily Mail reported.
Interestingly, in the video from earlier this week, Britvec mocked a desperate mother over having to go to work:
“Oh no, not work,” the male protester said sarcastically to reporter Savanah Hernandez, who filmed the ordeal. “I care so much,” Britvec joked, making a mockery of the mother’s situation.
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