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Deitra Lied; Las Cruces, New Mexico & El Paso, Texas
Recent Drug War news items from New Mexico
Recent Drug War news items from Texas
The Razor Wire, Vol. 7 No. 2, Winter 2003/Spring 2004
Evidence of Failure
A review of Charles Bowden's book, Down By The River
Many different worlds collide in the dusty, sprawling metropolis of El Paso/Juarez, igniting a culture of chaos. This conflagration is fueled to levels of heroic proportions by economic opportunity. The biggest opportunities arise from the official American goals of stopping the illegal drug trade, the so-called War on Drugs.
Profits previously unimaginable are within reach for the daring; profits in a black market created by drug prohibition laws. Consequently, 'greed' violently governs lives on both sides of the border with the protection, or camouflage, of law enforcement and government on both sides of the border. In Down by the River, Charles Bowden investigates and records for history a collage of bizarre events at the frontlines of a war that can never be won.
I'm from El Paso. I have encouraged people for many years to open their minds to the murderous results of this war on drugs - but with limited success and much frustration. Now others comment readily because this eye-popping book is available as credible social research. Charles Bowden has provided facts, names, dates, researchable footnotes, and irrefutable grounds to support what we already know and feel.
Most everyone around here remembers the story of the Jordan family, around whom the book centers. Many people agree with Phillip Jordan, the eldest brother of this local family, who believes his youngest brother Bruno was killed with an Uzi in a carjacking as a warning from the Juarez cartel to 'back off.'
Was this a nasty hint for Phil to drop his announced plans to increase DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) success in his hometown? Anyone who has heard the story has an opinion similar to mine, and I feel it was a dire warning. His brother's murder occurred as Phillip Jordan was in the process of filling his promotion with the DEA to head the El Paso Intelligence Center, or EPIC.
Seeing in print the details of local daily newspaper stories supported with what I've only heard in whispers is at the same time affirming yet even more frightening. With so much documentation available to so many, why aren't we approaching these issues with more realism? Why are so many people paying so dearly with their lives or time in prison?
The borderland that surrounds the Rio Grande is like a test tube for corruption. What happens here can happen anywhere if left unchecked. We cannot continue on our current path and expect to achieve any success, nor can we abruptly legalize the most popular illegal drugs without major global repercussions. We need to see the truth and deal with it.
According to Bowden, pragmatic patriotism may be at the heart of many of the sophisticated and driven businessmen, narcocorridos, when they employ thousands and build roads, churches, schools and more. Ironically, here in the United States public funds continue to be routed away from education and public health and towards law enforcement and harsher punishments. Our leaders must be plagued with self-protective amnesia or hysterical blindness to allow a system of honor and integrity to be replaced with practices of conspiracy and deceit. The snitch culture of coercion and lies, undercover agents, and entrapment prevalent in our law enforcement and judicial system today is a far cry from "protect and serve" slogans of most police departments.
The drug economy has grown so powerful that human lives are often a business expense, where torture and murder are 'business tools.' The drug trafficking business represents 20% of the American economy and over 60% of the Mexican economy, tying the hands of presidents, law enforcement, and politicians to payoffs and bank transactions of unprecedented scale. Who can dispute that when an entire nation depends on a profitable enterprise, legal or not, there will be no real effort to curb it? In Down by the River Bowden introduces policy makers and US operatives who know and accept this reality. The balance of blood lost in this clash of public policy and real life is monumental.
Relentlessly, Charles Bowden compels the reader to see the true colors of the growing economic force of a global black market. He took great personal risks to be involved within the shadowy collision of trafficking and enforcement groups. Down by the River is a documentary illuminating the bloody reality of a 30-year war, and a feat of unparalleled journalism.
Down by the River may be a difficult book to read for some, yet Bowden's unyielding prose hammers out new consciousness, making it difficult to put down. He captures the diversity of the Mexican/US borderland with all its contradictions and magic in lustrous vivid imagery. It is a complete exposé of government propaganda and its mystification of rampant mind-numbing corruption.
Telling the truth in a time of universal deceit is an act of revolution. Thank you, Charles Bowden.
The Razor Wire, Vol. 5 No. 5, Oct/Nov/Dec 2001
Seattle Hempfest - 2001
150,000 attended 10th year anniversary two day event
This year's 2-day Hempfest in Seattle on August 18-19 was attended by at least 150,000 people. Deitra Lied from El Paso joined Diane Fornbacher from Philadelphia, and we 'tabled and talked.' Tyree Callahan came from Bellingham on Sunday; Consuello and Espie from Colville were there; Kevin Black and Gloria serve with the core Hempfest volunteers. All of us shared our own reform experiences with so many citizens of the Northwest - some from various stages, and from our table and display - America's Dirty War.
Congratulations to Vivian McPeak and Dominic Holden who led a group of 1,000 volunteers (that is right-it is not a typo- one thousand volunteers) who put on an amazing two day event. It was a fitting 10th anniversary celebration for 150,000 or so of their closest friends!
The Razor Wire, July/Aug/Sept 2001, Vol. 5 No. 4
Border Notes: Living in a war zone
Mexico has provided the United States with a drug-supply market for many years. With a significant amount of Colombian trafficking now moving to Mexican dealers, a real concern is growing in the Southwest about the "Colombianization of Mexico." The elimination of many Colombian organizations has allowed Mexican dealers to gain influence in the industry, dictating terms with their Colombian providers and taking over distribution in many U.S. regions.
About 70 percent of the cocaine market flows through the shared 3,200-kilometer border with the U.S., multiplying by the mile the potential for corruption and violence. Murders, kidnappings, theft and assault are more frequent in recent years; so much that both sides of the border have support groups for victims of "druglord crimes."
Just as in the U.S. and perhaps more, drug corruption reaches the highest branches of Mexican government. It has grown such deep roots that political imbalances resulting from the elimination of that corruption can have effects in Washington D.C. Mutual agreement about drug policy matters is still secondary in Mexico and U.S. relations, mostly dominated by immigration and commerce issues.
Most Mexicans and many U.S. citizens contend from experience that U.S. customs agents are also "on the take" and permit some vehicles to cruise through border inspection stations in exchange for money. If relatively well-paid U.S. agents aren't immune to the seduction of easy money, how can we expect ordinary citizens to be immune? If you have ever visited the U.S./Mexico border area, you would remember the long wait at the entry point coming back into the country. In order to eliminate these epic waits, businessmen from both sides of the border fought for and won a "fast lane" for U.S. and Mexican citizens who are "pre-cleared" by U.S. law enforcement agencies. How easy will it be for traffickers to use that "fast lane" for illegal drug shipments?
Historically, border natives have been a law unto themselves. Such lawlessness developed from both countries struggling over the border for being neither American nor Mexican enough. Alienation and resentment grows as border security employs police-state tactics. Intensified interdiction efforts along the border in the name of security are fragmenting the people even more, keeping them too frightened to speak out against intrusions of privacy.
The Mexican Highway Department randomly stops vehicles to check documentation. El Paso police followed suit by initiating a 'zero tolerance operation' establishing traffic checkpoints throughout the city to ensure "proper documentation." In both departments the officers have expanded their checks to include searches of the vehicles. Currently, the El Paso City Council is discussing a program called TIP - Targeting Intoxicated Patrons - that allows police officers to enter local bars to make arrests for public intoxication based only on their individual judgements. These measures are intended to be preventive, but are they only preventing individual rights and freedom?
The Juárez-El Paso population of 2 million makes up the largest border community anywhere in the world, expanding more than 5 percent a year. Juárez is now Mexico's fourth largest city with a population of 1.3 million and 50,000 more arriving each year. Two countries with very different economic, civic and cultural rules govern this single metropolis. This is where the 1st world meets the 3rd world. These people breathe the same air, drink the same water and share the same destiny.
By next year, Hispanics will be the dominant ethnic growth in the U.S. with at least 15 additional House districts. Every state slated for a new seat in Congress has a growing Hispanic population to thank for it. Hispanics have become the largest, so-called minority group in the U.S. Isn't it time now for all minority groups to flex their muscles in unity through the power of the vote? Run for office. Repeal laws against our freedoms. End this unjust drug war. Stand up and be heard.
The Razor Wire, Vol. 5 No. 3, May/June 2001
Online support within TNC
Editor's note: TNC Regional Leader Deitra Lied posted the following message to the November Coalition's november-d list. The response she received from Alisa Knickerbocker follows. This type of online exchange is activism in the Internet Age. This exchange of emails often begins contacts between individuals which leads to more interest and the possibility of adding one more voice of resistance to our growing numbers.
I attended a meeting last night of the Texas Inmates' Families Assn., or TIFA. I keep looking for sister organizations to link up with and was wondering if other states had such organizations. I went to the meeting armed with Razor Wires and flyers about the BOP phone restrictions. They were very excited about the CANpaign, but I found out that they talk to their loved ones every couple of months for just a few (3-5) minutes! Is it this way with other states? Visiting for them is almost as bad. Texas is a BIG state, and we have prisons all over. Their main topic, after me, covered raising funds for travel expenses. They welcome my participation and will join me in our endeavors. Together we stand!
Alisa Knickerbocker replied:
My brother Michael is in Florida State Prison. They do not have ANY PHONES AT ALL. The inmates have no phone privileges. He has been there for over 4 years without a phone call yet. He gets a one-hour visit every 90 days behind glass, and only one person is allowed to go. They are in their cells 24/7, and there is no heat, air conditioning or televisions or windows. They are behind steel doors with no human contact at all, similar to being buried alive.
Now that makes you want to stop and think about life in the BOP huh? My husband was released last month from federal prison; he is in the halfway house now but gets to come home on weekends. We are always talking about how lucky we are and think about Michael and the conditions in which he lives.
The Razor Wire, May/June 2001, Vol. 5 No. 3
Border Notes
Howdy, Folks! An update on far west Texas & southern New Mexico, the borderland, and a few observations.
The first official meeting for the El Paso chapter of November Coalition convened at 6:30 Tuesday April 17 at 3500 Montana. Questions and enthusiasm were abundant. When the meeting was adjourned, all of the 20 people gathered promised to mail their sardine can to someone (one label free just for attending!).
The vigil was scheduled for Sat. April 21 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the First International Boundary Monument.The low turnout was compensated in some ways by the three Border Patrol vehicles that kept driving in an out of the area and the Policia from Juarez who also made an appearance. The local chapter is considering the adoption of the space in an effort to get involved with the community in a slightly different fashion. Responsibilities will consist of cleaning litter and reporting any theft or physical damage several times a year. The area holds a special interest. The next meeting will be held after the next vigil to be held at the First Amendment Space at the Chamizal National Park, Sat. May 19, from 9 to 11 a.m.
Newspaper coverage in this region boasts more drugs seized than most, I would imagine. Recently Louie Gilot, reporter for the El Paso Times, made an enormous effort to find the bottom line for the cost of the War on Drugs in our area. In a series of articles in the Sunday April 5 issue Gilot found that almost $140 million a year is spent in local, state, and federal money fighting the war in this major corridor of international drug trafficking. At least 2,700 locals are drug-fighting professionals, enforcing drug laws and supporting drug warriors, according to her research. Ms Gilot also found that the police officers took 32,748 pounds of marijuana off the streets last year while the DEA took another 96,060 pounds. In Gilot's story my picture and a short story focusing on conspiracy and mandatory minimum issues featured my husband, Leonard, and I as examples of the human cost of this war.
The timing of the OpenTheCan CANpaign helps to illustrate the urgency of stopping the madness generated from the WOD. The current growth rate for the Federal Bureau of Prisons is 9.3% annually. Working from a round number of approximately 150,000 inmates in the system, that would mean a growth of about 23,000 new prisoners over the coming year. The prisons are already overcrowded. Constant new construction seems imminent, as President Bush' $4.66 billion for new federal prisons promotes. That would call for at least 23 new prisons this year with an average of 1,000 inmates per prison, with the number increasing every year.
A lawsuit has been filed (EP01CA0024) in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, regarding the BOP's violation of their own Program statement, PS 1060.11 (issued June 30, 1997), which states specific dimensions for rated capacities. We await response from ACLU about possible involvement. So far the real overcrowding affects only the low security facilities. The potential for problems with the inmates in the medium and high security is too great to risk. It makes me wonder why TV specials on prisons always seem to focus on the maximum facilities with the lowest number of inmates? The majority of America's prisoners are in low security, suffering and enduring.
The Razor Wire, March/April 2001, Vol. 5 No. 2
Border Notes: El Paso vigil
Long before the holidays we had an election in this country, remember? Cantina La Tuya, at 1731 Lee Trevino Street in El Paso was the sight of a Third Party Party on Saturday, Nov 4th. Several local musicians and favorite groups donated their time and talents to help raise awareness for the public and money for the local chapter of the November Coalition. About 250 people showed up to revel in anticipation of the vote. Tables were set up for the Green Party, the Libertarian Party and Jubilee Justice Petitions with information about the November Coalition. Thanks a million, Rich, Melani, and everyone else who helped out!
The unveiling of the T-shirts spread enthusiasm and helped raise much needed funds. A private collection of American flags were the theme of this patriotic evening with flags on stage, draped from the ceiling, used as tablecloths, with some placed in frames of honor. One such flag dated back to when there were only 38 stars!
The movie TRAFFIC has opened the hearts and minds of many to the possibilities of change. Much of the filming was actually done in the Las Cruces/El Paso/Juarez region, but the story has been going on for some time. From the first weekend the movie showed at local theaters, I took advantage of people's new awareness by giving them Razor Wires or brochures as they left the theater. Most people seem to be grateful it's finally out in the open; and are eager to find out more about what is really happening.
Last year the November Coalition held vigils all across the country in observance of the passage of the benchmark number two million Americans in our prisons. This year, I held a Valentines Day Vigil in observance of this sad reality. My Valentine is part of the prison system in our country. The numbers continue to grow on a daily basis. The El Paso winds howled across the First Amendment Space at the Chamizal National Theater. The turnout was low due to the uncooperative weather, but a local reporter from the newspaper showed up to hear and print our story!
Between 4:00 & 5:00 a.m. almost every Sunday, cars begin to line up on a country road. I've counted over 30 cars going up the hill at 7:30 when parking on the FCI grounds is allowed. We get in line again to wait for the forms we need to fill out to be processed inside. After we get our forms, we retire to our cars to fill them out and wait for the final call to begin processing. Sometime between 8:00 & 8:30 the guards begin to let us in, one family at a time. Sign in, go through the metal detector, get stamped, & then we wait again. This 3-5 hour wait outside gives families lots of time to nap, read, put on make up, get the kids ready, or get acquainted. I use part of the time to hand out Razor Wires, and other pertinent information. I am continually inspired by the love and devotion of the women and men I meet while waiting for my visit. Perseverance, diligence & faith I see in abundance. We need more courage!
The back of my vehicle always has a box of reading material; Razor Wires, copies of Shattered Lives, information from DPFT & NORML, and an assortment of books. I've added the t-shirts to the assortment, and my posters and banners are always ready to hang. I'm a walking vigil, ready to happen whenever & wherever people are ready to listen. This spring will see an increase in the number of scheduled vigils and locations. Students at UTEP are considering initiating a chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. Together we can make a difference.
The Razor Wire, Sept/Oct/Nov 2000, Vol. 4 No. 5
El Paso vigil cooks
The vigil in El Paso was quite a success! Perhaps differing from other places, we held forth off the beaten path. Citizens here are somewhat reluctant to speak out about controversial issues, and rightfully so, due to the high concentration of law enforcement manning the front lines of the war zone. Our area 'boasts' an inordinate number of Border Patrol agents, Customs agents, policemen, sheriffs, DEA, FBI, "Hold the Line" mentalities, police dogs on school campuses - you get the picture.
The vigil was held at a space set aside for the exercise of our First Amendment rights at the Chamizal National Memorial. This 55-acre park - created in 1963 to end a boundary dispute, dedicated now to the spirit of cooperation - bordering the Rio Grande river sits next to one of the busiest bridges crossing into Mexico. We hung laminates of POWDs from the trees. Candles outlined the circle of our special area.
The weather was perfect and the sunset gorgeous. People felt safe and comfortable as they read Razor Wires and looked through displays of information, flyers, photos, books. People who joined us included friends, family members of POWDs, representatives from the Green and Libertarian Parties, college students, plus a few folks walking through the park. All present were first-time
vigilers.Two TV stations, one English speaking (KVIA, Channel 7), and one Spanish speaking (Univision, Channel 26) sent cameramen. Between 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. there were 3-5 people with me at any given time. Altogether, about 20 individual supporters gave their time and spirits to the cause. Thank you!
If you are anywhere near El Paso on Saturday night, November 4th, stop by and say "Hello" at a Third Party party at La Tuya, 1731 Lee Trevino. Several local musicians and favorite groups have promised to play and help raise awareness of the people and money for the local chapter of the November Coalition. Thanks a million, Rich, and everyone else who's helping out. Join us!
The Razor Wire, May/June 2000, Vol. 4 No. 3
From involvement to commitment
I joined the November Coalition about a year and a half ago after my husband suggested I look up their web site. What I found was a family - as well as a large and informative site. I soon had the great privilege of attending a Coalition retreat at Beaver Lodge Resort near Spokane, Washington with other regional leaders last September. I smile whenever I think of them or that weekend. People from all over the country gathered in cabins on a beautiful mountain lake to lay plans for resisting the drug war.
We recognized ourselves as casualties of this war. Some of us have loved ones in prison now, but others had served time inside prison. Some individuals came to the retreat simply because they care about this country and the ideal of freedom. They have my deepest admiration for their involvement. Through their eyes I learned how to adopt a more critical and objective view. They made me realize how uninformed I really was, even though I was personally involved with having a loved one in prison.
This involvement and now a new commitment urged me to Albuquerque, New Mexico last November to hear and meet Governor Gary Johnson (left) and a host of other inspired speakers at a series of Drug Policy Reform (DPF) Forums presented by the New Mexico Drug Policy Foundation. Governor Johnson has won the admiration and respect of many people throughout the nation and world for his courage to speak out while holding public office about the failure of current drug policies.
Whether or not you agree with Johnson, New Mexicans should be angry that federal Drug Czar General Barry McCaffrey flew to Albuquerque to label our Governor "Puff Daddy." This is typical of the chief drug warrior's 'demonization' of anyone who opposes drug policy. Bullies always resort to name calling.
Susan Rush, an active member of the Libertarian party, also attended the DPF Forums. Her next step was to create a forum in her hometown. I was excited and honored when she asked me to speak at that event last March. What follows is a report on what each speaker taught at the forum.
The "Just Say Now" Forum on Thursday, March 23rd, was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Cree Meadows Country Club in Ruidoso. The keynote speaker was New Mexico Secretary of Public Safety, Nicholas Bakas. Supporting Bakas was a panel that included Steve Bunch of the New Mexico Drug Policy Foundation, Bryan Krumm, RN, Dr. Ray Seidel, Dusty Mathis from the Delta 9 Coalition, Katherine Huffman from the Lindesmith Center, and me, Deitra Lied. Tony Seno, policy analyst for the Lincoln County Libertarian Party, moderated the three-hour forum. His welcoming style put everyone at ease.
Bryan Krumb from Albuquerque was the first speaker. He discussed medical use for marijuana. He stated that even Czar Mcaffery agrees marijuana is therapeutically effective and safe. If you have a medical problem that might be helped by marijuana use, Krumb suggests you contact Steve Jennison of the New Mexico Department of Health to get involved in the reopening of the Lynn Pierson Therapeutic Research Group.
Dr. Ray Seidel spoke next. He is a local physician in Lincoln County and has prescribed THC (marijuana's active chemical) to assist patients in overcoming their appetite loss during long-term illnesses. When patients ask if they can use marijuana, he leaves the choice up to them. He reminded the audience that smoking anything would be harmful to the respiratory system. He also added that in all of his emergency room experience, he never once saw a patient for a marijuana-related incident.
Steve Bunch created a resource for accurate information when he established the New Mexico Drug Policy Foundation. Thanks to the financial generosity of the Lindesmith Center, Bunch was able to organize and provide the forums in Albuquerque free to the public. In Ruidoso, Bunch spoke of the phenomenal amounts of money needed to maintain prohibition. Sadly, more money for prisons means less money for health-care and education. He cited examples of compassionate and rational drug policies that are effective in other countries such as England and the Netherlands.
As a parent, Bunch is very concerned about the safety and education of our children. Thanks to prohibition policies, the black market makes access to banned drugs easier for children to obtain, Bunch contended, and if we cannot even keep illegal drugs out of our prisons (which is true), how can we expect to keep them out of our schools?
Nicholas Bakas, retired chief of police for Albuquerque, spent many years as a drug warrior. He said the recognition or test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police actions dealing with crime and disorder, i.e. so-called 'trophy busts'. The trend is for police to train as military in combat where everyone else is the enemy.
Bakas contended there would never be enough manpower, equipment, or money to remove drugs from the public. How can we expect to keep illegal drugs from a free society when they create billions of dollars in profit. He spoke openly about the accepted policy of financing the police department's budget with hundreds of thousands of dollars gained from seizure proceeds. He is uneasy about the Constitutional question in the issue of forfeitures, but he is more uneasy about disclosure that television networks are submitting scripts for prior approval of anti-drug messages to the office of National Drug Control Policy.
Secretary Bakas discussed the widespread police corruption spawned by current drug war policies. There is now evidence of murder, armed robberies, beatings, falsification of reports and manipulation of evidence in too many police departments. Cops are committing these crimes undeterred even by police chiefs and sheriffs who are already convicted and sentenced. This should be a wake up call for law enforcement. Secretary Bakas closed by referring to the ways of the warrior - the sword or the pen. He suggests that it is time to pick up the pen.
Dusty Mathis gave an emotional plea to the audience to continue seeking the truth and challenging the media. The personal use and cultivation of marijuana is a simple level of freedom. "When the people lead, the leaders follow," he reminded us. Dusty also addressed the horror of the subliminal suggestions in network media paid for by our tax money and reinforced by commercial advertising.
Katherine Huffman from the Lindesmith Center is a soft-spoken woman who delivered a big punch. Her remarks emphasized the disproportionate impact of the current drug policies on women, children, and people of color. Every statistic she quoted weighed heavier and heavier on our hearts. It is overwhelming how this drug war impacts the poor and desperate. It is deplorable that Americans allow this to continue. Huffman described an official drug courier profile that is commonly used. It seemed from her description that every type of traveler could fit this profile.
Next was my turn to put my two cents into the dialogue. I chose to present the name and story of someone nearest and dearest to me who has been persecuted in the name of this drug war. The government charged my husband Leonard (and 32 others) with conspiracy to sell and distribute marijuana, cocaine and money laundering. It was impossible for Leonard to defend himself properly in a mass trial. This one lasted four weeks. There was no physical evidence against my husband, only the testimony of a paid witness.
Leonard was sentenced to 12 years, 7 months. (You can read Leonard's story here.)
My experience teaches me that most people already know that drug war practices are unconstitutional. But this majority is living in a kind of prison, afraid to speak out; afraid even to vote their mind on unpopular issues, scared silent. Way too many citizens have chosen to become accustomed to the wear and tear on the Bill of Rights and their personal freedoms.
The community of Ruidoso, a small tourist town, should feel proud to collect a knowledgeable active group of this size. If this audience were recreated and multiplied in small towns throughout the country, and they in turn inspired others to become active, change will happen. There is a lot of work to be done, but we are gaining ground.
Courage is contagious!
The Razor Wire, Vol. 4 No. 2, March/April 2000
El Paso Protests Drug War
Congratulations and thanks to everyone! The El Paso area is a front line of the drug war. The continued escalation of this senseless war and opportunistic pursuit of federal money and jobs results in keeping people on the sidelines waiting to see what will happen next.
I set up my table on February 15th to offer Razor Wire newspapers, brochures and flyers. The banner which reads 'There is No Justice On the War on Drugs' was displayed prominently as we pulled out our posters which included those saying, "2,000,000's too many for U.S." and "Build Schools Not Jails".
We 'vigilized' in front of the county courthouse, across the street from the federal courthouse and the county jail. I had one helper, Frank, who was a Godsend! He's very active for the handicapped folks. Despite his own blindness, he chanted and held posters for the hour and one half.Mark Balsiger stopped by to hand out information on Amy. One other friend, Duncan, stopped by to take pictures. We may have distributed about thirty 'Razor Wires', but most folks just kept on walking, sometimes making a huge circle to avoid us. All was definitely not lost however.
During the time I faxed or emailed all TV, newspaper and radio businesses in El Paso, I also stopped by many local 'watering holes' with loads of literature. I'm sure I made a good impression on the news-producer for local NBC News, Channel 9.
The day after the vigil I was interviewed 'live' on 'News at Noon' and then taped another interview to air on the evening news. They seem to be very excited to find someone who will speak out for the "other" side. I think we may have broken the ice!
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