<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Perspective</span></p>
<p>New America Media</p>
<p>&nbsp;November 7 marked 30 years since I won my first police brutality trial in East L.A. After all these years, I have come to understand the meaning of resilience. Equally important, I have come to understand that the attempt to silence me was an act of political violence.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a public letter to Southwestern College about the incident where a peaceful protest ended up with the indefinite suspension of three college professors.</p>
<p>&nbsp;The Southwestern College community, —where many students are Hispanic or Tijuana residents who commute to school— is not only debating current administration policies, but it is publicly discussing the right to free speech on Community College Campuses.</p>