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Monday, 29 April 2024

Black and Brown Unity Cookout

Credit: 23ABC News | Bakersfield
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Black and Brown Unity Cookout
Black and Brown Unity Cookout
Black and Brown Unity Cookout

PLACE IN MEMORY OF ROBERTFORBES- WHO DIED AFTER BEINGHIT BY A CAR WHILE PROTESTING ONJUNE 3RD.

ANDTODAY HIS FAMILY AND LAWYER ARESPEAKING OUT SEEKING JUSTICEFOR HIS DEATHJUSTICE SHOULD BE SERVED FOR MYBROTHER LIKE EVERYONE SAID ITWAS INTENTIONAL..

IT WAS A HATECRIME A CROWD FILLED THERIVEWALK PARK ON SATURDAY FROMNOON THROUGTHOUT THE EVENING FORTHE FIRST ANNUALBLACK AND BROWN UNITY COOKOUT-THE COOKOUT WASFULL OF MUSIC, FOOD AND SEVERALSPEAKERSEXPRESSING THE PURPOSE OF COMINGTOGETHERDURING WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS ACRISIS.THIIS COMMUNITY COOKOUT UNITYTRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHERAND HAVE ALL FAMILIES ALLFRIENDS ALL LOVED ONES COMEOUT..

EAT TOGETHER COME OUTTOGETHER..

AND THENWHOLE FUEL BEHIND IS RIP FORBESAND I WAS THERE THROUGHOUT THEWHOLE THING AND SAW HOE EVERYONECAME TOGETHER AND IT MADE MEFEELALIVE.THROUGHOUT THE EVENT ROBERTFORBES FAMILY AND LAWYERSHARED THEY WANT THE MAN WHO HITFORBES TO BE ARRESTEDAND PROSECUTED FOR HIS DEATH.THEY ADD THAT THEY BELIEVE THEDRIVER ACCELERATED ANDINTERNITALLOYHIT FORBES.BAKERSFIELD POLICE CONFIRMEDTHAT HEHAD A RACIST NAZIN TATTOOS BUTANYBODY WHO HAS THOSE THAT USETHEOTHER DEPRAVED IN DIFFERENCE TOHUMANITY KNOW THAT THIS PERSONIS AVIOLENT BIG IS LOOKING FOR THEGYM THE SIDE OF ALL PEOPLE OFCOLOR I'MJEWISH COMMUNITY PEOPLE LIKE MEAND YOU I'M SO WHEN YOU HAVESOMEBODY LIKETHAT REALLY DOES NOT CARE ABOUTHUMAN LIFE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVEASTATEMENT STATEMENT BY VIOLENTBIGGEST RACIST WE DON'TBELIEVE THEY'RE NOT CREDIBLEJUST GO BY THE FENCE AND THEFACTS OF THIS CASEOTHER IS SPEEDING TO BREAK INLAW AND KILLED SOMEBODY SHOULDBE ARRESTEDAND PROSECUTEDACCORDING TO THE BAKERSFIELDPOLICE DEPARTMENT THEAREA WHERE FORBES WAS HIT WHICHIS 3100 BLOCK OFCALIFORNIA AVENUE- "THE SPEEDLIMIT IS 45MPH .ANDBASED OFF OF ESTIMATES FROMTHEIR MAJOR COLLISIONINVESTIGATION TEAM, THE DRIVERWAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF45MPH"POLICE DEPT.

SAYS THAT HE WASDRIVINGJUST BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT HE ISSTILL BREAKING THE LAW BECAUSETHERE'S A BASIC SPEED LAW INCALIFORNIA SAYS YOU SHOULD BEDRIVINGREASONABLE SPEED FOR THECONDITIONS AT ALL TIMES SO IF INBAKERSFIELD IF THEREIS A HEAVY VALLEY FOG AND YOU'REDRIVING AT THE SPEED LIMIT YOUMAYGET PULLED OVER BY AN OFFICERAND GET A TICKET.RIGHTLY SODANGEROUS GIVENTHE CONDITIONS IN THIS CASE THESAME THING WHAT THE DRIVER SAWAS HEAPPROACHED THE INTERSECTION ISTHAT IN NUMBER OF VEHICLES HADTHEIRBREAK LIGHTS ON AND STOPPINGSUDDENLY WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOUGOT TO SLOWDOWN THE WITNESS TESTIMONY SAYSHE ACTUALLY ACCELERATEDTOWARDS THE HAZARD AND HITROBERT FORBESTHE ORGANIZER OF THE COOKOUTSHARES THAT HE WAS THERE THENIGHT THE FORBES WAS HIT AND HASTHIS TO AY ABOUT THEINCIDENT.EVERYBODY ONLY GOD AND THAT MANHIMSELF TO ANSWER IF IT WASRACIALLY DROVE IN IF IT WAS ONPURPOSE OR AN ACCIDENT I'M NOTHIM HE CAN SAY WE DON'T KNOWWHAT IT WAS BUT GIVEN HISBACKGROUND AND TATTOOS IT WOULDDRAW ME TO THINK THAT BUT ITCOULDHAVEREPORTING FROM BAKERSFIELD I'MLEZLA GOODEN 23ABC NEWSCONNECTING YOU.TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP ALITTLE ON SUNDAY AND WILL REACH

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