Freedom of Speech supporters will stage a rally in front of the Santa Barbara Press-News on Martin Luther King Day.
"The vandalism and January 8th protest of the Santa Barbara News-Press targeted freedom of the press," former candidate for Conejo Valley Unified Scholl District Board Member Tony Dolz said. http://www.dolz.com/ The graffiti vandalism at the Santa Barbara News-Press cost $1,500 to repair.
A rally in support of the Santa Barbara News-Press will feature Talk Show Host Jamiel Shaw, Sr., the father of high school football star Jamiel Shaw, Jr., who was gunned down by an illegal alien gang member in Los Angeles in 2008.
http://isupportjamielslaw.com/
A letter of support to the newspaper will be available for attendees to sign.
"Open border extremists are making content demands on the Santa Barbara News-Press at the same time the global spotlight is focused upon the French publication Charlie Hebdo. They extremists are calling for a boycott of the Santa Barbara News-Press. Coalitions and concerned citizens will stage this event in support of the newspaper and will encourage the public to subscribe to the newspaper," Robin Hvidston Executive Director of We The People Rising said. http://wethepeoplerising.com . "In support, I ordered a one year subscription online."
FREEDOM OF SPEECH RALLY
VISUAL: FREEDOM OF SPEECH & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS SIGNS
SPEAKER: JAMIEL SHAW, SR.
DATE:
Monday, January 19
Martin Luther King Day
TIME:
2:00PM
LOCATION:
in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press
mailing address: 715 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
The rally will be held in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press and that address is:
750 De La Guerra PLAZA, SANTA BARBARA, CA
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According to the Santa Barbara News-Press:
News-Press office vandalized
Effort to stifle speech has open-borders overtone
As the French took Thursday to mourn the slaughter of a dozen people in retaliation for cartoons published in Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine poking fun at the Prophet Muhammad, someone with apparent open-border sentiments lobbed paint bombs and sprayed graffiti at the headquarters of the Santa Barbara News-Press over the paper using the word "illegals" to describe people in this country illegally.
At issue is the word "illegals" in a Jan. 3 headline accompanying a story about the state of California granting driving privileges to people who entered the U.S. illegally.
The incident happened in the run-up to a Thursday night protest over the headline in De la Guerra Plaza. About  100 people turned out, including members of the group People Organizing for the Defense and Equal Rights of Santa Barbara Youth. They seek to assert editorial control by demanding the paper "retract" the headline, apologize and adopt Associated Press style, which, since 2013, has sanctioned variations on the word illegal, including "living in or entering a country illegally or without legal permission."
At one point, they marched on State Street, and then held a sit-in, stopping traffic.
News-Press editorial columnist Andy Caldwell wrote Thursday that there's more to the protest than a word some might find offensive.
"Understand that the ultimate goal of the activists involved is to do away with the concept of immigration law altogether in favor of open borders and universal citizenry. They are attacking the use of the term illegal, not because they are offended, but because they seek to affect the outcome of a national debate by controlling language in order to stifle dissent."
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