Something is happening here

[nadinbrzezinski]

I know that I have never seen this before, and neither have the rest of our local reporters. We have bridges being built across, not just communities of color, but all communities. This is what police brutality is doing...

(And that is the surface issue, since people are realizing this goes well beyond just that)

Activists Talk Community Action Regarding Police at Church of the Brethren

May 12, 2015 (San Diego) Over 100 people came to the Church of the Brethren on the 11, to talk police brutality and community. They came from a multitude of groups, ranging from the Nation of Islam to comUNIDAD and Union del Barrio.

They came to listen to people speak about their contacts with law enforcement, some lethal. Others came to talk strategy on how to act when the community is under attack.

The first speaker was Shakina Ortega, who’s husband Victor, died in 2012 at the hands of San Diego Police Officer Jonathan McCarthy. Doubts have been raised in the official story two years on. She told the crowd that “we should be concerned that the police investigate their own.” She also said that San Diego “needs a major change to the police department.”

Her case, sadly is not the only one. Pedro Rios, Director for the American Friends Service Committee’s US-Mexico Border Program spoke about United States Border Patrol abuses along the border. These abuses are not just limited to migrant workers, but one third, according to Rios, involve United States nationals.

http://reportingsandiego.com/2015/05/12/activists-talk-community-action-regarding-police-at-church-of-the-brethren/

There is a song that keeps rattling in my head, a 1960s song

And now to the other story of the morning... but first I need to go get groceries



That wil require a lot of translation.

[ananda]

1. Kick

This is good.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yeah it is. I was rather impressed yesterday

Though I have not stopped running, This morning the protest was in front of the Mexican Consulate over San Quintin. That will require LOTS of translation.

[spanone]

3. k&r...

[ChiciB1]

4. Have Thought About This Song TOO, TOO Many Times...

So much so that it makes me cry! Where's America??? Seems we've lost a whole country in the span of about 30+ years!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

15. I've always had a problem with losing things.

I never thought i'd lose a whole country, though.

[ChiciB1]

20. Well, It Does Seem We Have Lost It!

Haven't been happy in many a year. Kinda makes me want to AND feel

[malthaussen]

27. Well, where did you have it last? n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

28. I think I last saw it in about 1963.

I had it in this box of childhood illusions I kept under my bed.

I know for sure I haven't seen that whole box it was in since I got back from Vietnam in 1968 and went looking for it.

[rhett o rick]

5. The capitalist oligarch rulers are going to push the masses too far. We are starting to see

repercussions around the world. The Oligarch-Media is trying their best to suppress this information but that won't stop the Movement.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Funny that you mention that.

Two TV channels were present from their reports I would have never known any of what I witnessed.

[woo me with science]

60. +1000000

[Solomon]

6. I was telling my wife a couple of weeks ago during the

Baltimore incident that the thing that the media was not reporting on, and the thing that tv watchers were not seeing is the new organization and leadership being developed in response to the assault by police. The media would have you think that everyone out there were thugs and looters but there were many people starting to organize to do something concrete about the problem. That's the thing nobody sees except those involved. For every action there is a reaction.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Here we are more than aware

Of the new leaders and the at times too much inside baseball. (Internal conflict)

[chknltl]

7. KnR. nt

[Aerows]

8. Glad to k & R n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. A young kid on "The Voice" knocked that song out of the park last night.

k&r

[Lochloosa]

35. Sawyer Fredericks. And he might just win. 16 Years Old. An old soul.

&list=PLlYqpJ9JE-J9EI1ezcBkd7pfulYFvEBFI&index=5

[ScreamingMeemie]

36. He's been my favorite since he did "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" in the battle rounds.

I'm actually voting this year for the first time ever. He's terrific, but I really wish they would stop with the judges' input if they have nothing to say.

He also seems like an incredibly well-raised kid.

[Lochloosa]

45. Koryn Hawthorne won me over last night with this

https://m.

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. She was amazing.

I didn't think Joshua was his best last night.

[Lochloosa]

49. I agree. We'll know soon

[bigwillq]

43. You watch The Voice AND dislike beer?

And we're friends because?

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. ...

Hey, I overlook the fact you're a Yankees fan every day.

[bigwillq]

48. Touche

Touche.

[ellennelle]

10. thx for the song

but the visuals are confusing. not one pic of anyone in the buffalo springfield that i could see; mostly jefferson airplane. what's that about?

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. That was the best sold quality

I could find.

[seveneyes]

11. And mister Jones doesn't know what it is

[Enthusiast]

18. Yay, Bob!

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Living proof that not all Zimmermans are bad news.

I was gonna try to work in something about "Home on the Range" but gave it up.

[Brickbat]

16. Cross-community organizing is a major force throughout history.

Any good organizing campaign depends on it.

[Enthusiast]

17. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Thank you, nadinbrzezinski. I loves me some Buffalo Springfield!

[Jackpine Radical]

19. Absolutely, Nadin.

Things have been afoot for more than 4 years now. What happened in Madison (we share some memories of that time), at Zucatti Park, in Ferguson, in Baltimore, in so many places--none of that stopped happening. The mainstream media, driven by their wishful thinking and their instructions from On High, declared the boat sunk when it disappeared from view. They failed to notice that it was a submarine. It merely submerged, only to pop up again and again, in places and shapes where it was not recognized.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. And it is continuing to take more forms

this is a shape shifter...



And indeed we do. The joke in this house is, we are in the middle of fire and riot season.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. I've used that term myself.

Hey--now that I think about it, I think you stole it from me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Perhaps we did

[Jackpine Radical]

25. We have now

ascended to the Royal WE, have we?

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. Indeed

right now writing the second article of the day from things we have directly covered.

The demonstration in front of the consulate was small, but loud... and of course, racism is involved in this too. IN the case of Mexico, well, let's just say native americans are not seen as truly fully human.

I also got an update on the events from Saturday.

[polichick]

24. Dig it. k&r

[murielm99]

30. Do not underestimate the Church of the Brethren.

They are a small, but good denomination. Traditionally, they are a peace church. They believe in living simply. They do things by example, and do not proselytize. I belonged to that church years ago. My husband was raised in that church.

It is typical of them that they would start this dialogue. I hope it gets all the support and publicity it needs. I hope that the people here who are not believers will be willing to have an open mind about them and work with them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. The community has meetings at their hall often

they rent it for fairly cheap from what I understand. Yes, the wicker basket was passed.

I should add, these bridge building exercises have been taking part for a while now

The first we really, truly noticed, was within communities.

[Warpy]

32. It happened here

but our cops were equal opportunity killers. All you had to do was start acting weird, most of the carnage was against the mentally ill.

It was bad enough to attract the attention of the DOJ.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. DOJ came and went here, over sexual abuse under the color of authority

[asjr]

34. Fifty years and it's still "going down." Sometimes I think

we have learned nothing.

[McKim]

37. Let's Go for It, Brothers and Sisters

Here in my town I am getting together to support black activists on police issues. Our mayor does not want to go along with a federal judge's ruling to report to the federal govt. on the progress of our police training. Can you believe it? And this is not Birmingham Alabama, it is Portland Oregon!

Get together and make it a fair world.

[McKim]

38. Let's Go for It, Brothers and Sisters

Here in my town I am getting together to support black activists on police issues. Our mayor does not want to go along with a federal judge's ruling to report to the federal govt. on the progress of our police training. Can you believe it? And this is not Birmingham Alabama, it is Portland Oregon!

Get together and make it a fair world.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Yes, I can believe that

mayors are rather protective of their PDs

[malaise]

40. Excellent

Rec

[bvar22]

41. When the Working Class & The Poor realize...

...that we have more in common with each other
than we have in common with the 1%, their mouth pieces in Washington, and their protectors in the Squad Cars,
THEN we can have "change".

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. And I think it is happening

the problem is that if you watch usual coverage, they will not make those observations I did. I swear if I only watched either of the news crews coverage from last night I would have not learned a thing.

This is part of the problem.

[BrotherIvan]

44. Excellent. This is how it starts

People need to get involved and say enough!

[demtenjeep]

50. social protest has been a part of American Fabric since the dawn of America

there will always be something or someone that feels change is needed

[libdem4life]

51. Cell Phone Neighborhood Watch n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. Get the ACLU app if possible

it uploads as it records.

[libdem4life]

56. Yes, I can't remember which state...or does it matter...it's a big step.

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. Each state goes to state ACLU

mine is already installed

[sheshe2]

53. KnR

Thanks, nadin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. You welcome, we are keeping on this story

[sheshe2]

57. Good.

Just home from work and was to tired for more than KnR.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. Not a problem, yesterday

I came from that, to get sound and photos off cards recorders. for the 7 in the morning demonstration at the Mexican consulate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6662102

Now that took a quite since I had to do a lot of translation.

[woo me with science]

55. Huge K&R. Bringing people together rather than dividing.

This is how we insist on something better. This is how we end police militarization and corrupt policies that grow impoverished communities; police militarization; exploitative systems of government and prisons; and the targeting of minority groups, the poor, and the marginalized.

This is an important OP, Nadin.

Thank you.

[Quayblue]

61. as a 15 year old teenager, I had the opportunity to work with Grace Boggs

I was initially volunteering for high school credits, but the experience changed my life. La Raza, NOI, Japanese exchange, us kids from the hood were all in solidarity... even though we didn't know we could be.

That's how things happen.

Thank you. Your work is great and looking forward to your transcriptions.