Utahns gathered in downtown Salt Lake City Friday afternoon to support a "National Shutdown" against tactics used by the federal government in an immigration crackdown.

Anti-ICE rallies are planned in Utah on Friday as part of a nationwide demonstration and strike amid debates over protesters' rights. The big picture: The rights to assemble, speak and petition the government are covered by the First Amendment,

Police say four protestors were arrested after blocking downtown State Street and refusing to leave the road Friday afternoon.

In other news, new technology helped find previously unmapped fault lines in central Utah. And, a former Utah meteorologist died in a plane crash on Tuesday.

Anti-ICE protests continued Tuesday in Salt Lake and Utah counties following the fatal United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Saturday.More than a hundred Kearns High School students walked out of class shortly before 1 p.

Hundreds of Utah nurses and others joined together Thursday evening to honor Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis while protesting immigration enforcement.

Utahns across the state are planning to gather Friday afternoon for a nationwide shutdown in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Students walked out of school, people demonstrated and some businesses shut their doors Friday as part of national protesting against the federal immigration crackdown.

The bill's sponsor argues it will protect innocent bystanders, while opponents argue it infringes on the right to protest. In other news, Utah athletes are headed to the Olympics next week.

A bill introduced in the Utah State Legislature would crack down on spontaneous demonstrations that could block emergency vehicle responses to a life-threatening issue.