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This press release just came in from our friends at “Take Back Anaheim,” who are rallying on the steps of Anaheim City Hall tomorrow, in the wake of NOW TWO fatal police shootings in less than 36 hours. It’s plain to see how these three issues are closely interrelated: The need to bring this rogue police force under control, the drive for by-district elections so that all of the vast city’s communities get representation, and the obvious necessity of bringing decisions like the recent huge bed-tax giveaway to the popular vote so that the city’s people actually get something out of it – local jobs and investment!
Here’s the press release:
For Immediate Release
Contact: Joanne Sosa, “Take Back Anaheim”
T: (714) 715-8798
joanne@takebackanaheim.com
Take Back Anaheim Rallies on Steps of City Hall for Justice and True Representation!
When: Tuesday July 24, 2012; 4:00 PM
Where: 200 South Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim.
In the wake of yet another questionable fatal police shooting of a fleeing minority youth, Take Back Anaheim – joined by residents of Anna Street and fighters for justice across the county – will rally in support of THREE closely related demands, two of which will be voted on at the City Council meeting directly following:
- Accountability and reform in a Police Department that seems to have gone out of control;
- Reform of our City Council to a ward elections system, as the ACLU has been demanding, so that neighborhoods like Anna Street will have as much representation on Council as the wealthy Anaheim Hills area;
- and allowing the people of Anaheim a voice on the “Let the People Vote” initiative, to ensure that any future corporate subsidies will be attached to guarantees of LOCAL JOBS and INVESTMENT in the COMMUNITY.
Our second and third demands will be voted on shortly after this rally by the Council, as Council decides whether to put on November’s ballot both the Let the People Vote initiative and the question of changing to Ward Elections. It is also easy to see how accountability for the Police Department is much more likely to follow from better representation of all Anaheim neighborhoods.
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Make sure Marlena has all her shots before she bites someone.
Marlena – that’s the shouting blonde, eh? CBS Local has another nice picture of her, with Bushala. This movement is starting to get BIG..
The blonde shouting at the cop in the unmarked car was Renee. I think that that’s Marlena. She has lots of video from Fullerton Council meetings. (Finally met Tony in person, after all these months.)
When Diamond met Bushala … wish i coulda seen
Pretty low key. It’s nice to be on the same side this time.
I think that the comparison of apparent police culpability here vs. in Fullerton is instructive. These guys don’t look like Barney Fife.
Don’t cross the beams! Don’t cross the beams!
What are you talking about? The APD, has been brazenly killing your fellow citizens, where have you been? I have personally been to a funeral or two in Anaheim,and never have I seen anyone on the current council at the funerals. If they gave a rats-ass about anyone aside from your Disney sponsor, you would show up and stop this maddness…start with that ass suck lori galloway,you have people protesting in front of your shop for years, and you have done nothing, shame on you…..and anyone who supports any suck ass on city council.Its all about photo op’s for you isnt it.
“You” here being … Vern? I understand your need to rant, but I don’t quite get your (meaning yours personally) point. If Vern could “show up and stop this madness” I think that he could. And he doesn’t have a shop and he hasn’t been in any of these photos. Do you want to start your comment over?
Klanaheim has ALWAYS been out of control. The only acceptable solution is Citizen Oversight of the Police!
Angel said:
EVERYONE GO TO KTLA’s Page and PUT THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THEIR PAGE AND TELL THEM TO GET THEIR STORY STRAIGHT!! THEY JUST REPORTED THAT RESIDENTS STARTED THE VIOLENCE FIRST AND THAT IS WHY THE POLICE DID WHAT THEY DID!! https://www.facebook.com/ktla5morningnews
Voters of all OC cities, please remember Fullerton and Anaheim when you get all those pretty mailers from the cops and their inside cliques this November. The way we change the culture is to stop electing leaders who simply do the police bidding. WE need leaders who will stand up for the residents.
These out-of-control police departments are a function of culture, and the leadership of the department has the biggest impact on the culture. But once that culture is set, the unions become a huge defender because it is their job to back every single cop in every single instance, regardless of right or wrong.
Did Ron Thomas give Kelly’s Rabble permission to be there? Didn’t see him there.
Why does anyone need permission? Do you have a problem with neighbors showing solidarity and support with the people of Anaheim?
Exactly . Tell that to Ron.
Be careful.
That Anna street is NO PLACE anybody reading this blog would be hanging around.
That’s not to say the shooting death of the suspect was justified. But, This is a far different situation than that of the Kelly Thomas incident last year.
Without pulling Diamonds cord, It should be noted this is a NASTY, DANGEROUS place. These are not “working class” people they are laborers (exploited) who subsitence is that of a HUGE underground (albeit illegal) economy.
DISCLOSURE: I have more than once bought Disneyland tickets, HOB passes and other duckets from the hotel/service workers around there (You can save 50% in August if you have good spanish).
Unfortunately, the reality is this: If APD rolled a couple of Immigration vans down that street. The protests would end in about thirty minutes. That would also save a lot of families grief.
From your description, it sounds like a “working poor” area. If lots of people live there illegally, well, it’s an interesting question as to why they haven’t rolled down la migra’s van down the street. Cui bono, huh?
As I’ve said elsewhere, I canvassed just north of La Palma in this area, both sides of Acacia St. (which turns into Anna Rd.) I can believe that it’s more dangerous south of La Palma. If so, the question is whether we want police acting this way. Seems to me that they’re increasing the degree of danger.
Good for you for being such a wise shopper, though.
I think to the benefit of the Police. to speak in clear understandable english.
But, satisdo (thats Latin for “I Guarentee”) this is not a safe, nor desirable place on most days and certainly nights.
For the safe (but cheap among you), the Anaheim Hilton Kitchen offers similar values in Late summer. The Austrailans (remember it’s winter there) typically wait for a 2:1 ratio and buy packages, which generally include 5 day Disney passes. Most Aussies are smart enough to go to Yosemite, SF, Las Vegas on the trip, leaving 3 days left on the five day pass. These are commonly given as tips to the waitstaff and house maids.
There was a time when you could score 12 park hoppers for $100. cash in the laundry.
My story is more interesting, I traded CHIVAS tickets for passes to the MAINE, the hottest teen band at the time, but thats another story.
Most people tell thier kids “Don’t talk to strangers”, We talk and strike deals with them, sometimes in their own language and are richer for the experience.
I was there last night. You’re pretty safe as long as your not a cop…
*Mayor Tait…does not suffer fools gladly. This will be a very interesting story to follow.
Not sure exactly what you’re saying. But Mayor Tait is ON OUR SIDE, on both these issues. He agendized them both. Republican Tait and Democrat Galloway, both in favor of democracy. The “Three Clogged Sinks” RINOs Sidhu, Eastman and Murray wanting the status quo and the ability to dole out corporate welfare. Probably protecting the police as well.
I am with y’all on the Resort petition, I worked my butt off for SOAR in an effort to keep housing from pushing out TOT producing hotels, and I did not do that to put TOT into the pockets of the developers. But I cannot side with you on the Council Ward elections. Right now we have the ability to get rid of ALL Council members if we don’t like them. If the Council member you detest does not represent your District, they can make decisions that affect your neighborhood, but you have no power to vote them out of office! Bad, bad, bad idea!
Hm… Interesting point, but I think it’s balanced off by the two benefits of having someone from each area AND making it 1/5 or 1/6 as expensive for someone to run.
Nice to have you commenting here, Ms Rabble – keep coming back!
Let me add – making it 1/5 or 1/6 as expensive to run – meaning a good independent person can run and focus on what’s doing best for the city and their constituents, without being beholden to either the local big corporations and/or the unions.
Just like when we passed Measure H for the Capistrano School District in 2010. This blog fought for that.
And people thought that Occupy Died. No. It just took this long to become locally focused.
Why do you call those three RINOS Vern? Are they pretending to not be corrupt Dems. or pretending to not be soul sucking, kiss ass Corporate Zombie NAZIs?
I put thought into using the word “RINOs.” The three characters I’m describing – Kris Murray, Harry Sidhu, and Gail Eastman – in their love of corporate welfare and disdain for democracy, are not living up to what I think are Republican ideals. (Gail Eastman we have a bit of hope for – she could be a swing vote.)
This makes them similar to the “Three Bald Tires” Bushala’s crowd recalled in Fullerton. And distinguishes them from Republican Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait, who is a champion (along with Dem Lorri Galloway) of the reforms we’re fighting for.
There are also “DINOS” in Anaheim – they’re not in power right now but they often are – such as former Mayor and soon-to-be Assemblyman Tom Daly, and council candidate Jordan Brandman. On the important economic issues, their votes are indistinguishable from the RINOS, and they’re bought and paid for by Disney, the big hotels, the developers, SOAR.
I’m discerning more and more common ground between Occupiers and good Democrats on the left, with Tea Partiers and good Republicans on the right. We come together against corporate welfare and its attendant corruption, and out-of-control police forces, and always for more democracy.
I’m thinking of Joe Moreno (“the OTHER Joe Moreno”), the Anaheim Republican running against Daly. His first reaction to the hotel bed tax giveaway was positive, as he generally supports ANY tax break. But after he thought about it for a few minutes, he realized that letting these huge, profitable corporations off the hook for paying hundreds of millions to help out the people of the city that’s hosting them – the regular citizens like you and me are just gonna have to pick up the tab to keep basic services going.
Another good Tea-Party Republican on our side in Anaheim is Tim Whitacre, the former OJ blogger and Marine who is constantly trying to take over and reform the OC GOP. He’s also helping us out behind the scenes with the fight against Toll Lanes on the 405 – another good issue good conservatives and progressives can come together on, against corrupt insiders of both Parties.
take back Anaheim from the lowlife gang members while you are at it. Some deportations would definitely help but these are potential Democrat voters so won’t happen.
A guarantee of local jobs – which SHOULD have been part of the price for the $200 million bed tax giveaway – would have gone some distance toward making the gang life less attractive.
I agree with deporting undocumented people who commit serious crimes. But of course that’s Whack-a-Mole, they always come right back if they want to.
BTW, deadwhitemale, has the news caught up to you yet over the last couple years – immigration from Mexico, legal AND illegal, has ZEROED OUT? Not that rousing of a cause any more, i’d think…
If you can deport them, then they aren’t citizens, so they can’t vote anyway.
Meanwhile, Obama has been going after deportations of those engaged in criminal activity. So much for your theory.
DWM however probably believes that illegals vote. How else to explain the Loretta phenomenon?
A propos of not exactly this — it’s my wife’s birthday so in the interest of being a good husband I’m skipping the rally and meeting and instead taking her out. I’ll aim for the next one. If our night out is done early and the meeting runs late, I’ll stop by. Hold the fort!
DWM oh you are so correct dwm… the scholars on this site dont think anything should happened to those illegals they cant vote . they arent citizens , forget the law , by the way lets wait for the whole story to come . once again crazy lonney diamond and ocupoo getting into this .. on one of the protest the police fired rubber bullets into the crowd to make them move , since they would not , and some of the SO CALLED PROTESTERS got mad . one brain surgeon woman and others BROUGHT THEIR KIDS TO THE PROTEST AND WAS OUTRAGED THAT ONE OF HER KIDS IN A STROLLER GOT HIT BY A RUBBER PELOT .. MEMO TO STUPID MOM . DONT BRING YOUR KIDS OR BABIES IN STROLLERS TO PROTEST ..
what a fool, they were on their lawns, what is wrong with YOU people, you think the cops didnt roll up into the neighborhood, a kid was killed, murdered by cops in broad day light, they were asking each other what do we do, and the cops let the dog loose and all hell broke loose, who cares what the charge, he was unarmed,they had him handcuffed and split his head, open, I know you r think great another illegal, NO SIREE YOU ARE CHEERING THE DEATH OF AN UNARMED AMERICAN, shame on those who lie about stuff, beacuse why?
You want to tell yourself its someone else’s problem, well it isnt, your kids life hasnt been snuffed out yet, but when it does, I wont ever tell you I told you so,nor will I cower in the shadow of the badge……I will stand with you against the unjustice you are forced to hold, shame on those who for one second thinks this is fine.
Take the fight to where it matters:
Harbor and Katella. Crush Disney visitors and watch the change happen. It may not be the kind of change you want, but 1,000 protesters along Harbor Blvd,. entrance will shake thinks up in ways 10,000 at police HQ couldn’t.
Like many movements, the objective remains undefined. So it looks to the outsider like an angry mob. The “FUCK POLICE” signs really convey a message of change.
That is not a measure of first resort.
yes this great peacefull crowd was so kind to welcome the police with rocks and fire crackers and bottles and of course shoot me and fuck the police signs A NICE REAL PEACEFULL OCUPOO LOOKING CROWD
You’re one of the worst sources around for that sort of allegation. I’m sure that you believe it, but that’s mostly because you want to.
my eyes dont lie mr so called lawyer
As I don’t think that you were present personally, please post the link to the video you saw with the time markers that shows the crowd throwing rocks and firecrackers and bottles. I don’t think you’re eyes are lying; I think it’s your brain and your mouth and your typing fingers.
OH CHANNEL 9 NEWS EVER HEARD OFTHEM MR SO CALLED LOSER LAWYER .. PHOTOS OF ROCKS , PEOPLE KICKING COP CARS AS THEY GO BYE .. KEEP LIVING IN LA LA LAND DIAMOND 4 VOTES FOR HUFF AT OUR HOUSE AND YES I VOTE AND HELL YES ITS IN MY VOTING AREA ,, your the type of clown who tells people dont belive your eyes just what i tell you is the truth .. ok pinochio .
Are you talking about just yesterday — or before? I thought you were talking about the first or second day. I know that some things happened yesterday, though I haven’t seen video. Is it online?
Given your usual credibility, I’ll assume that there are maybe 1-2 votes in your house and that you live somewhere in OC, that’s about it. I hope that Huff makes you his campaign spokesman.
OH KEEP THINKING THAT THE MARGIN ON ELECTION NIGHT WILL BE MUCH BIGGER .. HEY DIAMOND I DO LIVE IN THE AREA . IM NOT GOING TO LOSE SLEEP WHETER YOU THINK SO OR NOT . 4 VOTES FOR HUFF COMING FOR SURE .. HAVE YOU SEEN PHOTOS OF THE EVENTS YET OR DID MY TYPING FINGERS MAKE THAT ONE UP TOO . PERHAPS IT DIDNT HAPPENED I WAS WATCHING DIAMOND TV ..
Vern I guess I didn’t get the memo about 12 million illegal aliens having left USA. Zeroed out illegal immigration does not take care of past illegals does it? “Stomper” RIP. legal or illegal, very sad.