When I was a student at Fuller Seminary I was involved in a minor traffic accident in Pasadena CA due to the other driver running a red light. I ended up face down with several police officers on my back, resulting in permanent injury & pain. They over-reacted, bullied, used excessive force, failed to “de-escalate” , & made several significant errors of judgment & discretion. And yet despite being a college graduate with honors & having never been in “trouble” before, all the blame was aimed at me, without apology. This was at the time that a guy named Melenkian was chief. As a Christian I do believe in “turning the other cheek” but also in appropriately addressing wrongs so that they don’t happen again. I took action against them, & I am fairly certain those specific police officers will never do what they did to me to anybody else again. Nonetheless, the damage they caused to me was permanent (chronic pain for life, among other things).

4/17/17 AT THE ACADEMY THEATRE IN PASADENA I BOUGHT A TICKET FROM ALEX THE MANAGER

AND he gave me the ticket and said, "The entrance is to your right" as if I had never been there before, as if I was born yesterday, as if I hadn't been to Pasadena before, as if I was a spring chicken and he was the wise old man of pasadena. This is a demonic spirit in Pasadena...the need for those who work in Pasadena, especially Latinos, to think of themselves as the elderly owners of the land, who have been here "forever"...because, of course, this used to be Mexico right? When I first came to Pasadena, over 30 years ago, I figured I would be treated like the newcomer because I was, so I accepted the "initiation". I didn't think it would still be happening 30 years later. 

Lord, we pray for the demons of possession to be exorcised from Pasadena. 

Pasadena, set yourselves FREE from the TURF TYRANNY ! come to Christ, confess your sins, travel to other places, and chill out. This land is my land, this land is your land....!