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Sun Nov 1 2015 (Updated 11/27/15)
Calls for Removal of Salinas Police Chief Kelly McMillin Continue
National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality Marked with Rally at Salinas City Hall
To mark the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, community members in Salinas rallied in front of city hall on October 22, where the family members of Jose Velasco, Frank Alvarado, and Angel Ruiz all spoke. Ruiz and Alvarado were among five unarmed Latino men killed in separate incidents in 2014 during encounters with the Salinas Police Department. Velasco was severley beaten by a group of Salinas police officers in 2015.

Individuals held signs in front of city hall and joined in several group chants, including energetic repetitions of the phrase "Brown Lives Matter" and choruses of "Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Chief McMillin has got to go!" Calls for the removal of Salinas police chief Kelly McMillin have been consistently expressed at protests against police brutality in Salinas, which have been organized regularly since May of 2014 when a video of the killing of Carlos Mejia by two Salinas police officers went viral. Up to that point Mejia was the third person killed by Salinas police during the year.

"We demand an immediate removal of police chief McMillin just like you saw in Ferguson and you saw in Baltimore," Salinas resident Ana Barrera said at the October 22 rally. "He's negligent, he does not supervise his officers, he does not reprimand his officers. He does not even do any kind of work that would help bring peace to our city. Instead we see a spike in gang violence and we see these police officers continuing to beat on our people," Barrera said.

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Previous Coverage: Memorial Marks Salinas Police Killing of Frank Alvarado One Year Ago || Jose Velasco Files Legal Claim for Damages Resulting from Violent Arrest || Video Shows Salinas Police Hitting Man Already Pinned on Ground || Series of Vigils in Salinas Honors Victims of Police Violence in 2014 || National Police Brutality Day in Salinas (2014) || Frank Alvarado Sr. Speaks Out Against Salinas Police, Declares There Will Be Justice || Protesters Confront Salinas Police Chief at Bookstore Appearance in Santa Cruz || Rally in Salinas Demands Justice for Frank Alvarado, Killed by Salinas Police || Police Officers Kill Fourth Person in East Salinas: Frank Alvarado || Fight Against Prison Expansion Continues at Statewide Actions Opposing Gov's Budget Revise || Families, Residents and Statewide Supporters Fight for Justice in Salinas || Salinas Police Kill Three People in Last Three Months
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