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

LIST OF ROSE PARADE BANDFEST MARCHING BAND PARTICIPANTS Pasadena, California


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*Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets, from Montgomery, Alabama

*All-Izumo Honor Green Band, Izumo, Japan

*Banda Escolar de Guayanilla Puerto Rico, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

*Banda Municipal de Acosta, San JosΓ©, Costa Rica

*Calgary Stampede Showband, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

*Cavalcade of Bands Honor Band, Mid-Atlantic Region

*Florida A&M University's The Incomparable Marching 100, Tallahassee, Florida

*Flower Mound High School Band, Flower Mound, Texas

*Lincoln-Way Marching Band, Frankfort, Illinois

*Los Angeles Unified School District-All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles

*Mercer Island High School Marching Band, Mercer Island, Washington

*Munford High School Band, Munford, Tennessee

*Na Koa Ali`I Hawai`i All-State Marching Band, Kaneohe, Hawaii

*Pacific Crest Drum & Bugle Corps, Diamond Bar, California

*Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band & Herald Trumpets, Pasadena

*Pickerington Marching Band, Pickerington, Ohio

*Royal Swedish Cadet Band, Karlskrona, Sweden

*The Lassiter High School Marching Trojan Band, Marietta, Georgia

*The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Long Beach

*United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band, San Diego
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