Chris Kluwe, a former NFL bowler, made national headlines more than a decade ago as he was working for the Minnesota Vikings voice support.
This week, Orange County natives are paying more attention to their homes as they oppose the “magazine” acrobatic plaque, which will be placed outside the Huntington Beach Central Library to celebrate its 50th anniversary, calling the ideology “very corrupt” , undoubtedly against ideology-democracy, and most importantly… it is clearly the Nazi movement.”
Cruway, 43, told the board of directors at a meeting on Tuesday. Chambers burst into applause.
Then what Cruvier said was an act of “peaceful civil disobedience”, and he took several steps to the Council, where he was immediately surrounded by police. He said his plan was to stand near the daisies until he was removed from office. Cruve told The Times in an interview Thursday that the move was cited by misdemeanors for disturbing a parliament to bring him into the city jail.
“It’s my responsibility to step up something.” 15 years of Huntington Beach residents explain. “That’s what I want to see from other people who enjoy privilege and power status, too… They say with this example, ‘You know? I can do it too. I can help protect the oppressed.” Because it doesn’t It should be in the oppressed person who fights by themselves. ”
bronze medal, Later, the meeting was later unanimously approved by the city councilthe word “magic, seductive, galvanized, adventure” is placed vertically in the center. Together, it constitutes the abbreviation of “Making America Great” used by President Trump and his supporters.
City Councilman Gracey Van der Mark said it was really a matter of making a move when Kluwe walked to the platform in front of Dais, turned his hand and put it behind his back. People are afraid.
“He wants five minutes of fame, and that’s what he gets,” she said.
The plaque is the latest controversy in a city, whose conservative leaders have frequently been involved in separatist national issues over the past few years. Some long-term residents, many of whom are politically different from the Council majority, complain that the subjects adopted by the body Deviating from key local issues, instead increasing polarization between cities.
“The council is not interested in the listening community,” Cruway said. “They just want to do everything they can to build their visibility and strength in a way that will move higher people to Trump’s track. This is not how the city should The way to work.”
Huntington Beach over the past two years Created a comment panel to filter children’s books Provide sexual content in city libraries and propose local measures adopted by voters Voters identify in polls.
Last month, the commission voted to make Huntington Beach a “non-sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants.
“What you see in Huntington Beach is a microcosm of what is going on across the country,” Cruway told the Times. “That’s what happens when Margo gains power.”
Council member Chad Williams used abbreviation in an Instagram post to defend posts about Cruway’s arrest, saying the term “make America great again” is “very inherent and Pure meaning”.
“The meaning of these words does not fit people’s imagination. Those who pour personal and fictional meaning into objective words live in a fictional world that the rest of us adults do not function,” he wrote. “Ironically, people who tend to understand this are those who strive to define it [the] What is a woman? transparent
Kanan Durham, executive director of Pier Pride, is a nonprofit that aims to oppose what organizers say is the trend of hatred in the region – he is excited by Cruway’s move, adding that This is a good example. You can leverage your privileges to support marginalized communities. ”
“As a trans person, it’s much more complicated to be arrested for me than Chris,” Durham said. “I can’t even be angry publicly. I can be crafty. I can be passionate, but if I get angry, I’ll Will be promoted.”
Cruway said when he was handcuffed, he said he really didn’t want to do what he did there. He smiled, according to a video posted on social media, who took him out of Chambers while yelling and cheering.
“I want to show the council that in a normal council meeting, this shouldn’t happen,” Cruway said. “The council meeting should be boring. We should argue that the next street is paved. But, because of them It was hijacked for its own personal benefit, so we as citizens…we must let them know that this is inappropriate.”
Daily pilot writer Matt Szabo contributed to the report.
