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).

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KEEPING AN EYE ON PASADENA PD: WHAT THEY SAY VERSUS WHAT THEY DO

"Pasadena’s Fuller Seminary Wants to Profit from Gentrification. City Officials Should Say “No”"

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City officials should not be allowed to roll over for Fuller Seminary, a non-profit institution that pays no property taxes but receives many city services. Fuller's president, Mark Labberton, earned $337,700 in compensation in 2014 [wow!], the most recent figure available from its 990 form filed with the federal Internal Revenue Service. (Four other Fuller executives earned over $200,000 that year). According to public records, Labberton lives in the Montana condominium complex on Colorado Boulevard in a 3,560 square foot unit valued by Zillow at $3.2 million.
There is absolutely no reason for the Planning Commission or the City Council to renege on the ...
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