Man Yells He'll Shoot Cornyn Protest Team-We Stay Course

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Today at the John Cornyn Houston Office Protest, a man living nearby yelled “I’ll shoot you assholes” at our Protest team. He thought we were too loud.

We told the officers watching us what happened. We always tell the officer because we merit protection. They went up and talked to the man who denied to them what he said. An officer said she called the DA’s office and they declined to press charges. The officers were helpful. We have no illusions about anything. Today the officers were helpful.

We went on with our protest today. We keep saying that people must see others like themselves willing to stand up to the right no matter the aggression, that the challenge ahead will require more than voting & that confronting an authoritarian and white supremacist opponent will not be as safe as we'd like.

Essential to getting out this nightmare will be a broad-based movement of people willing to show up. Each of us are the main act. The John Cornyn Houston Office Protest will continue to show up. Please join us each Tuesday, 11:30-1, 5300 Memorial Dr. Next week will be Week 442.

Every single week we've been out, the favorable reactions have far exceeded the negative reactions. All 441 weeks so far.

Above is Mauri Lucas from our team talking to HPD today. Below is our full team today.

Things we’ve had thrown at us over the years are eggs, lit cigarettes, lit cigars, potatoes, a softball and batteries. We’ve been smoke-rolled by big nasty trucks 22 times. A man once came over with a gun in a holster. We got an egg-thrower convicted in city court of a class c misdemeanor.

We are going to stay the course. Please join us. Please be ready for the challenge ahead.

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