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[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.