[GPSCC-chat] Justice For Andy Lopez Anyone?

[John Thielking]

In case you haven't yet heard, Andy Lopez, a 13 year old Mexican-American boy, was gunned down by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy on October 22, 2013.  The deputy thought that the toy bb gun that Lopez was carrying was a real assault rifle. According to testimony on kpfa.org Flashpoints radio program tonight, the entire incident from the time the Sheriff's deputy stopped his car to shooting the boy and handcuffing him and then returning to the car to report shots fired took 10 seconds (other accounts say that it took 10 seconds from stopping the car to firing the first shot).  In any event, it is difficult to justify this shooting of a young boy, especially since there was an active Air-Soft bb gun sporting movement in the Santa Rosa area that the Sheriff's deputy should have been aware of since he is a self described firearms expert. The mostly passive teenagers in Santa Rosa (think of San Jose teens just waking up in the morning) are now all fired
 up and have been having protests almost every day since October 22. 


There are two possible protests that I'm interested in going to on Saturday, November 9, 2013. One is at 1PM at 24th and Mission in SF. The other is in Santa Rosa from 1PM to 5PM.  The details are viewable by visiting:


http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/justice-for-andy-lopez-national-day-of-protest.html

Is anyone on this list interested in going to either one of these protests? The one in SF would have the best known parking situation, with the best course of action to park at Daly City BART and take BART to 24th and Mission st.  Thanks.

Sincerely,

John Thielking

Or does anyone know of a protest planned for San Jose?
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