People power in the streets, jazz music on the sheets.
“We actually had this protest planned before everything that went down in L.A…National Guard should never, ever, ever be called on people that are just protesting for a just and sane society,” said Flores.
“Where is justice? We were promised justice, but we have not received what we were promised.” Clements finished his remarks with a call to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, which passed the US House, but died in the Senate.
“Our great and esteemed president,” he paused and sighed, looking to the ceiling, “I can’t even say his name, it's so wonderful,” he admitted, to an outburst of laughter from both sides of the room.
“These parents who are scared and worried, they should know that no matter what, we’re going to stand up with them and show up...When trans kids are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back. Or we stand in the back and watch a school board meeting.”
According to one woman: “I like Jan Schakowsky, and I like the work that she’s done, particularly the work of her staff…but, I would also like her to be able to retire and have younger, more representative voices.”
“The fight - it is in the [Chicago City] Council, it is in the courts, but it’s in the streets. It is in our neighborhoods to make sure that we don’t allow these cowards to come and terrorize us.”
"[ICE is] targeting warehouses…‘Oh they’re just supporting criminals!’ But that’s very on the contrary…they’re also deporting a lot of families in very unjust ways."
Blue Collar Jazz 