so I want to say thank you to a barrel adios stole and Victor were being
adios stole and Victor were being
adios stole and Victor were being interested in my story and my message I
interested in my story and my message I
interested in my story and my message I never thought it was that important what
never thought it was that important what
never thought it was that important what we’re doing but people seem to be
we’re doing but people seem to be
we’re doing but people seem to be interested so after hearing all these
interested so after hearing all these
interested so after hearing all these great speakers I’m got to give it my
great speakers I’m got to give it my
great speakers I’m got to give it my best shot july first 2014 everything
best shot july first 2014 everything
best shot july first 2014 everything changed in my life the whole trajectory
changed in my life the whole trajectory
changed in my life the whole trajectory of what i was doing in the way I thought
of what i was doing in the way I thought
of what i was doing in the way I thought and I turned on the news and my
and I turned on the news and my
and I turned on the news and my five-year-old was sitting on my lap and
five-year-old was sitting on my lap and
five-year-old was sitting on my lap and this was going on this was screaming out
this was going on this was screaming out
this was going on this was screaming out of the TV three busloads of women and
of the TV three busloads of women and
of the TV three busloads of women and children refugees from central america
children refugees from central america
children refugees from central america were on their way to a Border Patrol
were on their way to a Border Patrol
were on their way to a Border Patrol processing center in Murrieta California
processing center in Murrieta California
processing center in Murrieta California and the police of Murrieta for whatever
and the police of Murrieta for whatever
and the police of Murrieta for whatever reason stop the buses on the freeway and
reason stop the buses on the freeway and
reason stop the buses on the freeway and then let white supremists protesters out
then let white supremists protesters out
then let white supremists protesters out on the road what was screaming out of
on the road what was screaming out of
on the road what was screaming out of the TV of me was one of the most vilest
demonstrations of hate that I’ve ever
demonstrations of hate that I’ve ever seen they were spitting on the bus full
seen they were spitting on the bus full
seen they were spitting on the bus full of women and children they were fleeing
of women and children they were fleeing
of women and children they were fleeing terror they were banging on the bus they
terror they were banging on the bus they
terror they were banging on the bus they were screaming at him make me tacos go
were screaming at him make me tacos go
were screaming at him make me tacos go back to Mexico they were from Central
back to Mexico they were from Central
back to Mexico they were from Central America they weren’t from Mexico but for
America they weren’t from Mexico but for
America they weren’t from Mexico but for them they were Brown and they spoke
them they were Brown and they spoke
them they were Brown and they spoke Spanish so they’re Mexican and at some
Spanish so they’re Mexican and at some
Spanish so they’re Mexican and at some point my son looked up at me and he said
point my son looked up at me and he said
point my son looked up at me and he said I’m water that’s what he calls me I
I’m water that’s what he calls me I
I’m water that’s what he calls me I don’t know why but both my sons think
don’t know why but both my sons think
don’t know why but both my sons think that’s my name they’ve never called me
that’s my name they’ve never called me
that’s my name they’ve never called me Dad it’s just dumb order which is
Dad it’s just dumb order which is
Dad it’s just dumb order which is beautiful so this innocent boy right
beautiful so this innocent boy right
beautiful so this innocent boy right there looked up and he said a motor why
there looked up and he said a motor why
there looked up and he said a motor why are they mad at the buses because that’s
are they mad at the buses because that’s
are they mad at the buses because that’s what his mind was digesting and when he
what his mind was digesting and when he
what his mind was digesting and when he said that I just immediately became so
said that I just immediately became so
said that I just immediately became so angry so incensed because now in 2014 I
angry so incensed because now in 2014 I
angry so incensed because now in 2014 I had to figure out a way to explain to
had to figure out a way to explain to
had to figure out a way to explain to his innocent mind that they’re not mad
his innocent mind that they’re not mad
his innocent mind that they’re not mad at the buses they’re mad at the brown
at the buses they’re mad at the brown
at the buses they’re mad at the brown people inside of the buses for no other
people inside of the buses for no other
people inside of the buses for no other reason than that they’re brown and
reason than that they’re brown and
reason than that they’re brown and they’re not from America which we know
they’re not from America which we know
they’re not from America which we know is everywhere but for them it’s just the
is everywhere but for them it’s just the
is everywhere but for them it’s just the United States
so for the next few days I watched the
so for the next few days I watched the protest unfold in marietta they got
protest unfold in marietta they got
protest unfold in marietta they got bigger they got more ugly uglier sorry
bigger they got more ugly uglier sorry
bigger they got more ugly uglier sorry they the two sides were polarized and
they the two sides were polarized and
they the two sides were polarized and for them at the issue open borders not
for them at the issue open borders not
for them at the issue open borders not open borders deport don’t support
open borders deport don’t support
open borders deport don’t support immigration as a right no immigration
immigration as a right no immigration
immigration as a right no immigration but for me a hundred miles away it was
but for me a hundred miles away it was
but for me a hundred miles away it was different my issue was totally different
different my issue was totally different
different my issue was totally different my issue was the complete and total lack
my issue was the complete and total lack
my issue was the complete and total lack of humanity and I just couldn’t wrap my
of humanity and I just couldn’t wrap my
of humanity and I just couldn’t wrap my arms around and I couldn’t figure out
arms around and I couldn’t figure out
arms around and I couldn’t figure out how to teach my son and on july 4th
how to teach my son and on july 4th
how to teach my son and on july 4th independence day for the United States I
independence day for the United States I
independence day for the United States I decided I had to do something so I
decided I had to do something so I
decided I had to do something so I created a page called boycott Marietta
created a page called boycott Marietta
created a page called boycott Marietta on facebook and it was my first real
on facebook and it was my first real
on facebook and it was my first real endeavor at real activism and I
endeavor at real activism and I
endeavor at real activism and I advocated for a complete and total
advocated for a complete and total
advocated for a complete and total boycott of all the businesses in
boycott of all the businesses in
boycott of all the businesses in Marietta which made some people angry
Marietta which made some people angry
Marietta which made some people angry but what I wanted to get from him was
but what I wanted to get from him was
but what I wanted to get from him was your mayor incited a hateful riot for no
your mayor incited a hateful riot for no
your mayor incited a hateful riot for no other reason that he just doesn’t like
other reason that he just doesn’t like
other reason that he just doesn’t like those people so we want him to resign we
those people so we want him to resign we
those people so we want him to resign we want him to apologize wanted the police
want him to apologize wanted the police
want him to apologize wanted the police department to be investigated by the
department to be investigated by the
department to be investigated by the Justice Department so I put that up
Justice Department so I put that up
Justice Department so I put that up there I made my statement and I put it
there I made my statement and I put it
there I made my statement and I put it on few of the news sites on facebook
on few of the news sites on facebook
on few of the news sites on facebook that I thought might be interested in on
that I thought might be interested in on
that I thought might be interested in on what’s a bit i was happy i slept good
what’s a bit i was happy i slept good
what’s a bit i was happy i slept good that night finally after three days of
that night finally after three days of
that night finally after three days of agonizing because i was an activist now
agonizing because i was an activist now
agonizing because i was an activist now and i woke up in the morning and there
and i woke up in the morning and there
and i woke up in the morning and there was over a thousand likes on the page
was over a thousand likes on the page
was over a thousand likes on the page and i said by the end of the day there
and i said by the end of the day there
and i said by the end of the day there was over 2,500 likes and i had messages
was over 2,500 likes and i had messages
was over 2,500 likes and i had messages what are we going to do what’s the
what are we going to do what’s the
what are we going to do what’s the action where do we protest and i was
action where do we protest and i was
action where do we protest and i was like i don’t know i don’t know what
like i don’t know i don’t know what
like i don’t know i don’t know what we’re going to do by the next day we had
we’re going to do by the next day we had
we’re going to do by the next day we had over 3500 likes i had messages from news
over 3500 likes i had messages from news
over 3500 likes i had messages from news media from all over wanting to talk to
media from all over wanting to talk to
media from all over wanting to talk to me and i did it anonymously because i
me and i did it anonymously because i
me and i did it anonymously because i know that a white supremists are not
know that a white supremists are not
know that a white supremists are not always the nicest people so by the end
always the nicest people so by the end
always the nicest people so by the end of the second week we were interacting
of the second week we were interacting
of the second week we were interacting with over 200,000 people in some way
with over 200,000 people in some way
with over 200,000 people in some way shape or form
shape or form
shape or form there were something on my page was
there were something on my page was
there were something on my page was touching them either they posted they
touching them either they posted they
touching them either they posted they read something someone shared something
read something someone shared something
read something someone shared something they saw a picture they like something
they saw a picture they like something
they saw a picture they like something 200,000 people i was getting messages
200,000 people i was getting messages
200,000 people i was getting messages now what do we do we want to help were
now what do we do we want to help were
now what do we do we want to help were in upstate New York were in Ohio were in
in upstate New York were in Ohio were in
in upstate New York were in Ohio were in Florida so I started finding charities
Florida so I started finding charities
Florida so I started finding charities that were near them they were helping
that were near them they were helping
that were near them they were helping the refugees and we started directing
the refugees and we started directing
the refugees and we started directing them to him I got a couple friends to
them to him I got a couple friends to
them to him I got a couple friends to help me administer the page because it
help me administer the page because it
help me administer the page because it was out of control between the white
was out of control between the white
was out of control between the white supremists between everybody wanted to
supremists between everybody wanted to
supremists between everybody wanted to help between the news and we just kept
help between the news and we just kept
help between the news and we just kept going at a certain point there’s a group
going at a certain point there’s a group
going at a certain point there’s a group in San Diego called border angels on
in San Diego called border angels on
in San Diego called border angels on Canada’s if link data and they put out a
Canada’s if link data and they put out a
Canada’s if link data and they put out a post that said all the shelters are full
post that said all the shelters are full
post that said all the shelters are full and we need host families there’s people
and we need host families there’s people
and we need host families there’s people sleeping on the floors of detention
sleeping on the floors of detention
sleeping on the floors of detention centers and in the floor on the floors
centers and in the floor on the floors
centers and in the floor on the floors of shelters if you can host a family
of shelters if you can host a family
of shelters if you can host a family please call us and I thought wow is
please call us and I thought wow is
please call us and I thought wow is there no better way to teach my three
there no better way to teach my three
there no better way to teach my three sons what to do in the face of what they
sons what to do in the face of what they
sons what to do in the face of what they saw on TV so I went home and I told my
saw on TV so I went home and I told my
saw on TV so I went home and I told my wife and I said hey I think this is a
wife and I said hey I think this is a
wife and I said hey I think this is a great time it’s a great chance for us to
great time it’s a great chance for us to
great time it’s a great chance for us to show our three boys the counter action
show our three boys the counter action
show our three boys the counter action what they saw and she said she’s from
what they saw and she said she’s from
what they saw and she said she’s from good at all and she said plus SI esta
good at all and she said plus SI esta
good at all and she said plus SI esta bien porque si por que donde call me
bien porque si por que donde call me
bien porque si por que donde call me unal call me those how was it was that
unal call me those how was it was that
unal call me those how was it was that simple there was no real hard thought
simple there was no real hard thought
simple there was no real hard thought process it was that simple I called
process it was that simple I called
process it was that simple I called border angels I said hey we got two
border angels I said hey we got two
border angels I said hey we got two rooms we can take a family of up to six
rooms we can take a family of up to six
rooms we can take a family of up to six people they vetted us out a few days
people they vetted us out a few days
people they vetted us out a few days later we got a phone call there was a
later we got a phone call there was a
later we got a phone call there was a particularly traumatized family a mother
particularly traumatized family a mother
particularly traumatized family a mother from Guatemala and her four children and
from Guatemala and her four children and
from Guatemala and her four children and they told me the story and I’m a shared
they told me the story and I’m a shared
they told me the story and I’m a shared a little to the story with you because
a little to the story with you because
a little to the story with you because one of the things we don’t understand
one of the things we don’t understand
one of the things we don’t understand what we see like right now and do you
what we see like right now and do you
what we see like right now and do you wanna you got 15,000 people from Haiti
wanna you got 15,000 people from Haiti
wanna you got 15,000 people from Haiti out here on the streets why are they
out here on the streets why are they
out here on the streets why are they here that’s always the question why
here that’s always the question why
here that’s always the question why don’t they stay where they’re at why do
don’t they stay where they’re at why do
don’t they stay where they’re at why do they come I’ll tell you a story the 23
they come I’ll tell you a story the 23
they come I’ll tell you a story the 23 year old daughter of this family never
year old daughter of this family never
year old daughter of this family never had regular sex she’d only been raped
had regular sex she’d only been raped
had regular sex she’d only been raped she was raped in Guatemala she was raped
she was raped in Guatemala she was raped
she was raped in Guatemala she was raped in the two month journey of coming
in the two month journey of coming
in the two month journey of coming across Mexico and she was raped her
across Mexico and she was raped her
across Mexico and she was raped her first night in a shelter in San Diego
first night in a shelter in San Diego
first night in a shelter in San Diego she never ever had normal regular sex
she never ever had normal regular sex
she never ever had normal regular sex the father was immediately deported back
the father was immediately deported back
the father was immediately deported back to Guatemala the mother and the two boys
to Guatemala the mother and the two boys
to Guatemala the mother and the two boys that were under 18 were put in a shelter
that were under 18 were put in a shelter
that were under 18 were put in a shelter in San Diego they had been subjected to
in San Diego they had been subjected to
in San Diego they had been subjected to their father who was the ex-husband who
their father who was the ex-husband who
their father who was the ex-husband who was a gang leader in their village and
was a gang leader in their village and
was a gang leader in their village and he was trying to force them to work for
he was trying to force them to work for
he was trying to force them to work for the gang he made them take drugs he had
the gang he made them take drugs he had
the gang he made them take drugs he had gang members beat them they had to stop
gang members beat them they had to stop
gang members beat them they had to stop going to school because they couldn’t go
going to school because they couldn’t go
going to school because they couldn’t go back and forth school not getting beat
back and forth school not getting beat
back and forth school not getting beat up this is the reason these people are
up this is the reason these people are
up this is the reason these people are fleeing wherever they’re coming from
fleeing wherever they’re coming from
fleeing wherever they’re coming from they can’t stay or they’ll die they
they can’t stay or they’ll die they
they can’t stay or they’ll die they don’t want to be here they’d rather be
don’t want to be here they’d rather be
don’t want to be here they’d rather be in their home so I went to pick these
in their home so I went to pick these
in their home so I went to pick these people up and I could see in their eyes
people up and I could see in their eyes
people up and I could see in their eyes just incredible sadness resignation fear
just incredible sadness resignation fear
just incredible sadness resignation fear hollowness empty and I tried to make
hollowness empty and I tried to make
hollowness empty and I tried to make small talk with them while I was driving
small talk with them while I was driving
small talk with them while I was driving him to the house and they just they’re
him to the house and they just they’re
him to the house and they just they’re staring you know this big giant gringo
staring you know this big giant gringo
staring you know this big giant gringo and they didn’t know what to expect and
and they didn’t know what to expect and
and they didn’t know what to expect and I’m sure that the mother and the
I’m sure that the mother and the
I’m sure that the mother and the daughter expected at some point I would
daughter expected at some point I would
daughter expected at some point I would do it every other Melek done along the
do it every other Melek done along the
do it every other Melek done along the journey so we got to the house I
journey so we got to the house I
journey so we got to the house I introduced them to my wife and I decided
introduced them to my wife and I decided
introduced them to my wife and I decided I was gonna have my wife deal with him
I was gonna have my wife deal with him
I was gonna have my wife deal with him more than me to get him comfortable over
more than me to get him comfortable over
more than me to get him comfortable over the next few days and I can see the same
the next few days and I can see the same
the next few days and I can see the same fear in her eyes the same sadness my two
fear in her eyes the same sadness my two
fear in her eyes the same sadness my two little boys my five-year-old in my four
little boys my five-year-old in my four
little boys my five-year-old in my four year old at the time they were Wow who
year old at the time they were Wow who
year old at the time they were Wow who are these people that are going in our
are these people that are going in our
are these people that are going in our room so we had two rooms available to
room so we had two rooms available to
room so we had two rooms available to him they were scared they didn’t want to
him they were scared they didn’t want to
him they were scared they didn’t want to be separated so they all piled into one
be separated so they all piled into one
be separated so they all piled into one room and my wife went to our bedroom I
room and my wife went to our bedroom I
room and my wife went to our bedroom I walked over the bedroom and she was
walked over the bedroom and she was
walked over the bedroom and she was sitting on the edge of the bench said
sitting on the edge of the bench said
sitting on the edge of the bench said well you know what do we do what are we
well you know what do we do what are we
well you know what do we do what are we supposed to do for these guys what do
supposed to do for these guys what do
supposed to do for these guys what do they eat and I said you I don’t know I
they eat and I said you I don’t know I
they eat and I said you I don’t know I have no idea what to eat I don’t I think
have no idea what to eat I don’t I think
have no idea what to eat I don’t I think all we have to do is just kind of
all we have to do is just kind of
all we have to do is just kind of provide a safe space for them and my
provide a safe space for them and my
provide a safe space for them and my wife said okay plus vamos
wife said okay plus vamos
wife said okay plus vamos and she walked out she’s the one that’s
and she walked out she’s the one that’s
and she walked out she’s the one that’s more than even louder I’m all over the
more than even louder I’m all over the
more than even louder I’m all over the place and she walked out to the living
place and she walked out to the living
place and she walked out to the living room and I SAT there on the edge of the
room and I SAT there on the edge of the
room and I SAT there on the edge of the bed and I just kind of looked at the
bed and I just kind of looked at the
bed and I just kind of looked at the universe and I thought everything
universe and I thought everything
universe and I thought everything changes today you know our life has
changes today you know our life has
changes today you know our life has changed our family their life has
changed our family their life has
changed our family their life has changed everything changes Midas hope
changed everything changes Midas hope
changed everything changes Midas hope you know we do the right thing I
immediately got on the computer because
immediately got on the computer because one of the things that really affected
one of the things that really affected
one of the things that really affected me was how dehumanized they were by
me was how dehumanized they were by
me was how dehumanized they were by these people and I wanted to blog about
these people and I wanted to blog about
these people and I wanted to blog about him and I did it anonymously because we
him and I did it anonymously because we
him and I did it anonymously because we were getting really restless and
were getting really restless and
were getting really restless and relentless white supremists after us
relentless white supremists after us
relentless white supremists after us they’re trying to ID me figure out who I
they’re trying to ID me figure out who I
they’re trying to ID me figure out who I was so day one with our Guatemalan
was so day one with our Guatemalan
was so day one with our Guatemalan family day two and I talked about the
family day two and I talked about the
family day two and I talked about the experiences things that we take for
experiences things that we take for
experiences things that we take for granted their first trip in an elevator
granted their first trip in an elevator
granted their first trip in an elevator I had no idea that they’d never been in
I had no idea that they’d never been in
I had no idea that they’d never been in an elevator before and they were scared
an elevator before and they were scared
an elevator before and they were scared and you know I had no idea we started
and you know I had no idea we started
and you know I had no idea we started having to pay attention to those things
having to pay attention to those things
having to pay attention to those things we took him to a chinese buffet and they
we took him to a chinese buffet and they
we took him to a chinese buffet and they were afraid to go get seconds to go get
were afraid to go get seconds to go get
were afraid to go get seconds to go get more food and my four-year-old grab the
more food and my four-year-old grab the
more food and my four-year-old grab the fourteen-year-old by the hand and he
fourteen-year-old by the hand and he
fourteen-year-old by the hand and he said don’t worry Miguel the police
said don’t worry Miguel the police
said don’t worry Miguel the police aren’t going to get you in trouble for
aren’t going to get you in trouble for
aren’t going to get you in trouble for getting more food you can eat as much as
getting more food you can eat as much as
getting more food you can eat as much as you want you know what else you can eat
you want you know what else you can eat
you want you know what else you can eat as much ice cream as you want come on
as much ice cream as you want come on
as much ice cream as you want come on and he’d let him by the hand and he took
and he’d let him by the hand and he took
and he’d let him by the hand and he took him over to get more food you know those
him over to get more food you know those
him over to get more food you know those things that we take for granted I was
things that we take for granted I was
things that we take for granted I was concerned bringing a family and we
concerned bringing a family and we
concerned bringing a family and we didn’t know was gonna happen were they
didn’t know was gonna happen were they
didn’t know was gonna happen were they crazy were they going to kill us but
crazy were they going to kill us but
crazy were they going to kill us but within a few days everybody was
within a few days everybody was
within a few days everybody was interacting like they’d always been
interacting like they’d always been
interacting like they’d always been there this little community we created
there this little community we created
there this little community we created in our house that went from five people
in our house that went from five people
in our house that went from five people to 10 people overnight i went from
to 10 people overnight i went from
to 10 people overnight i went from feeding one teenage son defeating for
feeding one teenage son defeating for
feeding one teenage son defeating for teenage boys we created this little
teenage boys we created this little
teenage boys we created this little community and i sat down with him one
community and i sat down with him one
community and i sat down with him one night and we got on Google Earth and we
night and we got on Google Earth and we
night and we got on Google Earth and we looked at their village and they were
looked at their village and they were
looked at their village and they were they were incredibly amazed that we
they were incredibly amazed that we
they were incredibly amazed that we could see their village that way from
could see their village that way from
could see their village that way from here and we went building by building
here and we went building by building
here and we went building by building parked by park and they talked with so
parked by park and they talked with so
parked by park and they talked with so much emotion about it and then the
much emotion about it and then the
much emotion about it and then the mother started crying and asked her I
mother started crying and asked her I
mother started crying and asked her I said so what happened what’s wrong and
said so what happened what’s wrong and
said so what happened what’s wrong and she said I can never go back
she said I can never go back
she said I can never go back I said why she said if we go back we’ll
I said why she said if we go back we’ll
I said why she said if we go back we’ll be killed they’ll kill us I can never go
be killed they’ll kill us I can never go
be killed they’ll kill us I can never go back I should have been able to die a
back I should have been able to die a
back I should have been able to die a natural death with my family and my
natural death with my family and my
natural death with my family and my friends and that’s when it occurred to
friends and that’s when it occurred to
friends and that’s when it occurred to me that they’re not here to take
me that they’re not here to take
me that they’re not here to take advantage of us which a lot of people
advantage of us which a lot of people
advantage of us which a lot of people say and think they’re not here because
say and think they’re not here because
say and think they’re not here because they want to be they had to flee because
they want to be they had to flee because
they want to be they had to flee because they had to so as I went along blogging
they had to so as I went along blogging
they had to so as I went along blogging every day telling me stories online july
every day telling me stories online july
every day telling me stories online july 28th was another momentous day i woke up
28th was another momentous day i woke up
28th was another momentous day i woke up in our life changed again somehow they
in our life changed again somehow they
in our life changed again somehow they ID’d me I got to my restaurant early in
ID’d me I got to my restaurant early in
ID’d me I got to my restaurant early in the morning there was a news crew from
the morning there was a news crew from
the morning there was a news crew from one avicii own out there that’s weird
one avicii own out there that’s weird
one avicii own out there that’s weird maybe they’re doing the weather I don’t
maybe they’re doing the weather I don’t
maybe they’re doing the weather I don’t know and said can we talk to you and I
know and said can we talk to you and I
know and said can we talk to you and I said about what said about what’s going
said about what said about what’s going
said about what said about what’s going on facebook i said what’s going on on
on facebook i said what’s going on on
on facebook i said what’s going on on facebook and they said you don’t know
facebook and they said you don’t know
facebook and they said you don’t know and i said i have no idea what’s going
and i said i have no idea what’s going
and i said i have no idea what’s going on and they start to tell me i said hang
on and they start to tell me i said hang
on and they start to tell me i said hang on let me go inside and do what I got to
on let me go inside and do what I got to
on let me go inside and do what I got to do and then I’ll talk to you after I get
do and then I’ll talk to you after I get
do and then I’ll talk to you after I get the Russian already open the door went
the Russian already open the door went
the Russian already open the door went in I had maybe 60 or 70 messages on my
in I had maybe 60 or 70 messages on my
in I had maybe 60 or 70 messages on my phone which is rare so I hit it you’re a
phone which is rare so I hit it you’re a
phone which is rare so I hit it you’re a race traitor you’re a traitor to our
race traitor you’re a traitor to our
race traitor you’re a traitor to our country we’re going to kill you we’re
country we’re going to kill you we’re
country we’re going to kill you we’re going to kill you we’re coming down
going to kill you we’re coming down
going to kill you we’re coming down there today message after message after
there today message after message after
there today message after message after message sayings that are too vile to
message sayings that are too vile to
message sayings that are too vile to tell you right here the phone was
tell you right here the phone was
tell you right here the phone was ringing and so now I was like okay what
ringing and so now I was like okay what
ringing and so now I was like okay what happened what did i do what did i get
happened what did i do what did i get
happened what did i do what did i get myself into what I get my family into I
myself into what I get my family into I
myself into what I get my family into I did the interview with Univision got
did the interview with Univision got
did the interview with Univision got them got rid of them called the police
them got rid of them called the police
them got rid of them called the police while I waited for the police to come
while I waited for the police to come
while I waited for the police to come down people started showing up at my
down people started showing up at my
down people started showing up at my restaurant videotaping taking pictures
restaurant videotaping taking pictures
restaurant videotaping taking pictures at the end of the parking lot white
at the end of the parking lot white
at the end of the parking lot white people embody our Logan early in the
people embody our Logan early in the
people embody our Logan early in the morning
just saying so as the day progressed I
just saying so as the day progressed I thought I called my wife and I called my
thought I called my wife and I called my
thought I called my wife and I called my son they put pictures of my kids and my
son they put pictures of my kids and my
son they put pictures of my kids and my wife all over there hate sites they put
wife all over there hate sites they put
wife all over there hate sites they put a meme up that showed my two little ones
a meme up that showed my two little ones
a meme up that showed my two little ones and it said I wonder if an Amber Alert
and it said I wonder if an Amber Alert
and it said I wonder if an Amber Alert on his sons would get his attention so I
on his sons would get his attention so I
on his sons would get his attention so I called my wife she was angry with me but
called my wife she was angry with me but
called my wife she was angry with me but you get us into and I said listen
you get us into and I said listen
you get us into and I said listen anything weird just call the police
anything weird just call the police
anything weird just call the police don’t even think twice about it you know
don’t even think twice about it you know
don’t even think twice about it you know pay attention close up your facebook
pay attention close up your facebook
pay attention close up your facebook lock it up because I thought we had him
lock it up because I thought we had him
lock it up because I thought we had him locked up but that’s where they got all
locked up but that’s where they got all
locked up but that’s where they got all the pictures i called my older son told
the pictures i called my older son told
the pictures i called my older son told him the same thing he was angry at me
him the same thing he was angry at me
him the same thing he was angry at me and so now i’m in this whirlwind of you
and so now i’m in this whirlwind of you
and so now i’m in this whirlwind of you know what do i do so i opened the
know what do i do so i opened the
know what do i do so i opened the restaurant i’m watching everybody
restaurant i’m watching everybody
restaurant i’m watching everybody anybody that came in that i didn’t know
anybody that came in that i didn’t know
anybody that came in that i didn’t know that was why it was immediately suspect
that was why it was immediately suspect
that was why it was immediately suspect to me which witch is which is profiling
to me which witch is which is profiling
to me which witch is which is profiling but it was what was it was the life I
but it was what was it was the life I
but it was what was it was the life I had that day police came over and the
had that day police came over and the
had that day police came over and the first thing the police said to me was
first thing the police said to me was
first thing the police said to me was why don’t you just stop causing trouble
why don’t you just stop causing trouble
why don’t you just stop causing trouble on facebook I didn’t call you here to
on facebook I didn’t call you here to
on facebook I didn’t call you here to tell me what I finish didn’t do I called
tell me what I finish didn’t do I called
tell me what I finish didn’t do I called you here to protect me from people that
you here to protect me from people that
you here to protect me from people that are not allowing me to do what I’m
are not allowing me to do what I’m
are not allowing me to do what I’m allowed to do and that day progressed
allowed to do and that day progressed
allowed to do and that day progressed something else started happening people
something else started happening people
something else started happening people that I didn’t know were coming from
that I didn’t know were coming from
that I didn’t know were coming from Arizona Los Angeles San Bernardino other
Arizona Los Angeles San Bernardino other
Arizona Los Angeles San Bernardino other parts of San Diego giving me money
parts of San Diego giving me money
parts of San Diego giving me money hugging me shaking my hand that’s like
hugging me shaking my hand that’s like
hugging me shaking my hand that’s like wow what’s going on here people that
wow what’s going on here people that
wow what’s going on here people that were touched by what we did didn’t know
were touched by what we did didn’t know
were touched by what we did didn’t know us for him they didn’t us at all they
us for him they didn’t us at all they
us for him they didn’t us at all they were moved by what we did people came
were moved by what we did people came
were moved by what we did people came and sat in front of our restaurant so we
and sat in front of our restaurant so we
and sat in front of our restaurant so we could work peacefully so me and my
could work peacefully so me and my
could work peacefully so me and my employees made sure that no one did
employees made sure that no one did
employees made sure that no one did anything if anybody came that tried to
anything if anybody came that tried to
anything if anybody came that tried to cause trouble they ran him out of there
cause trouble they ran him out of there
cause trouble they ran him out of there people who didn’t notice we got towards
people who didn’t notice we got towards
people who didn’t notice we got towards the end of the day and I was thinking
the end of the day and I was thinking
the end of the day and I was thinking you know maybe maybe I did something
you know maybe maybe I did something
you know maybe maybe I did something wrong maybe I should give the family
wrong maybe I should give the family
wrong maybe I should give the family back you know maybe I got to walk away I
back you know maybe I got to walk away I
back you know maybe I got to walk away I put my family in danger and I called my
put my family in danger and I called my
put my family in danger and I called my wife and my son again and I told him hey
wife and my son again and I told him hey
wife and my son again and I told him hey what do you want me to do you guys and
what do you want me to do you guys and
what do you want me to do you guys and they both said the same thing they both
they both said the same thing they both
they both said the same thing they both said that we trust you
and then a truck pulled in an old
and then a truck pulled in an old beat-up truck a small guy got out maybe
beat-up truck a small guy got out maybe
beat-up truck a small guy got out maybe 55 years old he’s a little guy and he
55 years old he’s a little guy and he
55 years old he’s a little guy and he was dark skin and another guy got out
was dark skin and another guy got out
was dark skin and another guy got out maybe 20-30 I don’t know and they walked
maybe 20-30 I don’t know and they walked
maybe 20-30 I don’t know and they walked towards me they’re kind of tentative and
towards me they’re kind of tentative and
towards me they’re kind of tentative and the older guy said Edison sonoda they
the older guy said Edison sonoda they
the older guy said Edison sonoda they lost TCS and I said I think so and he
lost TCS and I said I think so and he
lost TCS and I said I think so and he said unless this manual I said yeah and
said unless this manual I said yeah and
said unless this manual I said yeah and then he said to me in Spanish she hugged
then he said to me in Spanish she hugged
then he said to me in Spanish she hugged me he started crying and he said to eat
me he started crying and he said to eat
me he started crying and he said to eat too far Mia stunning peligro nada mas
too far Mia stunning peligro nada mas
too far Mia stunning peligro nada mas porque tu hiciste Jeremy and day he said
porque tu hiciste Jeremy and day he said
porque tu hiciste Jeremy and day he said you’re kill him sobbing hey that’s the
you’re kill him sobbing hey that’s the
you’re kill him sobbing hey that’s the oil adelante to Anna’s boite de tu eres
oil adelante to Anna’s boite de tu eres
oil adelante to Anna’s boite de tu eres de nosotros he time are mostly that and
de nosotros he time are mostly that and
de nosotros he time are mostly that and I said I can’t walk away from this
I said I can’t walk away from this
I said I can’t walk away from this there’s no way I can walk away from this
there’s no way I can walk away from this
there’s no way I can walk away from this now and the younger guy hugged me and
now and the younger guy hugged me and
now and the younger guy hugged me and they went away and they’re from a very
they went away and they’re from a very
they went away and they’re from a very macho patriarchal society for them to do
macho patriarchal society for them to do
macho patriarchal society for them to do that make that effort was incredible to
that make that effort was incredible to
that make that effort was incredible to me so we we marched on we marched
me so we we marched on we marched
me so we we marched on we marched forward every single day people came to
forward every single day people came to
forward every single day people came to the restaurant and the next thing I knew
the restaurant and the next thing I knew
the restaurant and the next thing I knew I was doing interviews and then within a
I was doing interviews and then within a
I was doing interviews and then within a week I probably did two hundred
week I probably did two hundred
week I probably did two hundred interviews I was on MSNBC Dom Francisco
interviews I was on MSNBC Dom Francisco
interviews I was on MSNBC Dom Francisco called
they flew me out to Miami and I was on
they flew me out to Miami and I was on savile a gantt the one thing i told my
savile a gantt the one thing i told my
savile a gantt the one thing i told my wife when we first were dating I said
wife when we first were dating I said
wife when we first were dating I said Juan Diego western este programa time
Juan Diego western este programa time
Juan Diego western este programa time and oh c’mon francisco check so they
and oh c’mon francisco check so they
and oh c’mon francisco check so they were doing an immigration shows i’m with
were doing an immigration shows i’m with
were doing an immigration shows i’m with loopy lupillo rivera and all the sudden
loopy lupillo rivera and all the sudden
loopy lupillo rivera and all the sudden what we were doing that I didn’t think
what we were doing that I didn’t think
what we were doing that I didn’t think was anything extraordinary that I just
was anything extraordinary that I just
was anything extraordinary that I just thought I wanted to show something in my
thought I wanted to show something in my
thought I wanted to show something in my three boys we’re now my message was
three boys we’re now my message was
three boys we’re now my message was going to millions of people so the
going to millions of people so the
going to millions of people so the takeaway you can behave globally and
takeaway you can behave globally and
takeaway you can behave globally and affect change globally by acting locally
affect change globally by acting locally
affect change globally by acting locally by doing little things you build
by doing little things you build
by doing little things you build [Music]
[Music]
[Music] community and you build humanity by
community and you build humanity by
community and you build humanity by doing it not by saying it it doesn’t
doing it not by saying it it doesn’t
doing it not by saying it it doesn’t happen with spoken word it happens with
happen with spoken word it happens with
happen with spoken word it happens with action when you teach community by doing
action when you teach community by doing
action when you teach community by doing community this happens that’s the
community this happens that’s the
community this happens that’s the five-year-old on a sixth birthday we
five-year-old on a sixth birthday we
five-year-old on a sixth birthday we never cut his hair since he was born for
never cut his hair since he was born for
never cut his hair since he was born for no real reason just because we didn’t
no real reason just because we didn’t
no real reason just because we didn’t but he had beautiful long curly hair and
but he had beautiful long curly hair and
but he had beautiful long curly hair and on a sixth birthday we picked him up
on a sixth birthday we picked him up
on a sixth birthday we picked him up from school and he said I’m order I want
from school and he said I’m order I want
from school and he said I’m order I want to cut my hair for my birthday I said
to cut my hair for my birthday I said
to cut my hair for my birthday I said really why he said I want to give it to
really why he said I want to give it to
really why he said I want to give it to the sick kids and I said what’s it kids
the sick kids and I said what’s it kids
the sick kids and I said what’s it kids and he said we learned that there’s kids
and he said we learned that there’s kids
and he said we learned that there’s kids like me that have cancer and the
like me that have cancer and the
like me that have cancer and the medicine have to take to get better they
medicine have to take to get better they
medicine have to take to get better they lose their hair and we also learned that
lose their hair and we also learned that
lose their hair and we also learned that there’s a company that will make hair
there’s a company that will make hair
there’s a company that will make hair for them if we send them our hair I want
for them if we send them our hair I want
for them if we send them our hair I want to do that when you teach community and
to do that when you teach community and
to do that when you teach community and you teach humanity by action this is
you teach humanity by action this is
you teach humanity by action this is what’s going to happen that’s how you do
what’s going to happen that’s how you do
what’s going to happen that’s how you do it when you build community by action
it when you build community by action
it when you build community by action this happens that’s three months after
this happens that’s three months after
this happens that’s three months after our two families came together they
our two families came together they
our two families came together they stayed with us for four months it was no
stayed with us for four months it was no
stayed with us for four months it was no longer that lot of mullein family in our
longer that lot of mullein family in our
longer that lot of mullein family in our house they were part of our family we
house they were part of our family we
house they were part of our family we were part of their family their they’re
were part of their family their they’re
were part of their family their they’re brothers that’s what they
brothers that’s what they
brothers that’s what they are there no longer friends playmates
are there no longer friends playmates
are there no longer friends playmates the brothers you build community you
the brothers you build community you
the brothers you build community you build humanity and you touch people by
build humanity and you touch people by
build humanity and you touch people by action not by spoken word some two
action not by spoken word some two
action not by spoken word some two questions for you one what your legacy
questions for you one what your legacy
questions for you one what your legacy going to be that’s my legacy my 19 year
going to be that’s my legacy my 19 year
going to be that’s my legacy my 19 year old son who’s an incredibly
old son who’s an incredibly
old son who’s an incredibly compassionate and pathetic good man
compassionate and pathetic good man
compassionate and pathetic good man those two boys I pledge to you then I’m
those two boys I pledge to you then I’m
those two boys I pledge to you then I’m going to deliver two more young men
going to deliver two more young men
going to deliver two more young men didn’t know how to act and behave in the
didn’t know how to act and behave in the
didn’t know how to act and behave in the face of great evil acts of hate that’s
face of great evil acts of hate that’s
face of great evil acts of hate that’s what I’m going to deliver to you that’s
what I’m going to deliver to you that’s
what I’m going to deliver to you that’s my legacy we all have a comfort zone a
my legacy we all have a comfort zone a
my legacy we all have a comfort zone a line that we can go to where we’re still
line that we can go to where we’re still
line that we can go to where we’re still okay imagine what we can accomplish is
okay imagine what we can accomplish is
okay imagine what we can accomplish is every single one of you today walked out
every single one of you today walked out
every single one of you today walked out and just walk to your line felt
and just walk to your line felt
and just walk to your line felt comfortable built a little bit of
comfortable built a little bit of
comfortable built a little bit of community and now imagine if you took
community and now imagine if you took
community and now imagine if you took one step past that line thank you
one step past that line thank you
one step past that line thank you you
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