FREE SPEECHIn 1967, President Lyndon Johnson’s administration appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate riots in American cities. That re…
On Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 16, the city of Marina is hosting a celebration of the civil rights leader and what he achieved – and also hol…
FALSE EQUIVALENCY… Like all good people, Squid is outraged over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Note, Squid said “all good people.” The not-so-g…
Holding a Back the Blue rally outside of Salinas City Hall on the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Of…
On May 25, 2020, then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck. “I can’t breathe. My neck hurts,” were Floyd’s la…
FREE SPEECHIt’s a “clear infringement” on freedom of the press. So states an editorial in the Des Moines Register, about the arrest and prosec…
Years after Michael Kowalczuk suffered lasting damage in an alleged excessive use of force incident at the hands of the same Mount Pleasant officer who usde deadly force against Ty'Rese West, his family is still struggling to heal and find closure.
The Kowalczuks say they have suffered long-term trauma after seeing their son and brother Michael Kowalczuk be arrested and suffer debilitatin…