LA reverend on the 'emotional terror' driving protestors to the streets

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

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Rev. Zachary Hoover explains what's motivating protesters to go out and oppose the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles. And, in 2016, the Mississippi River punched a hole in the Len Small levee, built in 1943 to protect farmland along an S-shaped curve in the river known as Dogtooth Bend. That hole was never repaired. Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports on how some farmers in the area have had to give up their land. Then, Brian Wilson, the visionary force behind the Beach Boys, died at 82. Host Robin Young reflects on his life, legacy and musical impact.

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0:00.0	Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for
0:06.2	technical computing and model-based design. MathWorks accelerating the pace of discovery in engineering and
0:13.0	science. Learn more at MathWorks.com. WBUR Podcasts, Boston. We're talking about people who've been members of our communities and our families, in our churches, working alongside us for decades.
0:31.6	President Trump described demonstrations against his immigration agenda as, quote, third world lawlessness.
0:38.9	But people protesting peacefully on the streets say they won't be silenced.
0:52.1	It's Thursday, June 12, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBR.
0:57.5	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:01.9	Today on the show, flooding on the Mississippi River has forced farmers in southern Illinois to give their land back to nature.
1:09.6	It's sad. I remember when all this was excellent farm ground, the best of the best,
1:15.6	and to see it slowly dissipate and disappear, it's kind of heartbreaking.
1:21.5	Also, remembering Brian Wilson.
1:24.7	I was feeling very, very full of love. I had a lot of love to express in my voice and in my heart.
1:30.3	It came out in Carolina, no.
1:31.9	I expressed love because I was beaten up a lot by my dad.
1:35.5	It made me want to express love.
1:38.0	But first, protests that began nearly a week ago in Los Angeles
1:42.8	over immigration arrests continue to spread across the country.
1:46.9	There was a curfew in parts of Spokane, Washington last night, as there was in L.A.
1:51.4	Police have arrested hundreds of protesters this week, but far more are taking to the streets.
1:57.1	We wanted to better understand why so many are coming out.
2:00.4	So we called up the Reverend Zachary Hoover.
2:03.4	He runs L.A. voice, a network of 70 churches, mosques, synagogues, and other houses of worship.
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