On Friday, April 7, groups of protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles to demonstrate against the United States’ recent preemptive strike against Syria. The attack, which occurred the night before, saw some 59 cruise missiles strike a Syrian air force base near the city of Homs.

Last week, an American Muslim police officer was told to “go back to your country” while walking with her son in Brooklyn, New York. The NYPD officer had previously saved a baby from a fire and won a medal in 2014.