Cornyn Protest Won't Accept Attacks & Dangerous Acts From The Right-None Of Us Should

Someone has thrown a lit cigar butt at the John Cornyn Houston Office Protest Team four times in the past seven or eight weeks. It happened again today. The cigar has been tossed from a balcony above where we stand on the sidewalk at Memorial & Detering. We think it is from one of the lower floors of the nine story building.

We've twice before today told HPD officers who watch us it was happening. They said they informed building management. Building management does not like us.

Today one of our team had had enough of having a lit cigar tossed at us. She spoke with clarity about the matter to a building security employee. That conversation was to little avail. Our colleague then went over to one of the three HPD units watching us today to voice her concerns.

To his credit, the HPD officer, who was a sergeant, went up to the first three floors of the portion of the building that has the balconies overhead. He said he asked if anybody knew anything about it & said he took a look at the people in the offices.

What the sergeant did not do was blame us. We appreciated that and thanked him. HPD in the past has blamed us for having softballs and eggs thrown at us & for other aggressive reactions to our protest. But we are not the ones who support a court-determined rapist and a traitor to be President. The public safety danger is people who support Trump & Republicans.

Last week our team had a big hand in getting a misdemeanor conviction in Houston City Court against a very angry man who threw eggs at us from a moving car. An HPD sergeant & a city prosecutor also helped make it happen. It took a lot of work to get the conviction.

I say all this for the following reasons:

1. We don't have to take it. The right wants us to be afraid. We will not give in to that.

2. Demand the justice you deserve. We are told law enforcement and the courts are there for justice to be done. The Cornyn Team will always insist that justice be done. Hold the right accountable for violence and aggression.

3. Please refer back to the 1st point. Be ready for whatever is ahead. The Cornyn Team stands up for democracy each week in an open & exposed place. It is important for people to see others like themselves willing to stand up.

​The John Cornyn Houston Office Protest is each Tuesday, 11;30-1, 5300 Memorial Drive. please join us next Tuesday, 4/16, for Week 375.

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