Council, community denounce 'wanted' posters and action targeting City Manager's home
A letter to those targeting our public officials in their homes
Sacramento (March 28, 2021) On Saturday morning, hundreds of people participated in a caravan of cars through south Sacramento to denounce anti-Asian hate and counter it with unity and love. We, the undersigned, strongly believe in the power of peaceful protests like these to prod institutions and leaders to act.
Too often in the past year, we have seen an altogether different kind of protest that traffics in violence, hate and intimidation. Now, the self-described “Sactivists” group is circulating “Wanted” posters lettered in bloody calligraphy on social media with pictures of Police Chief Daniel Hahn and City Manager Howard Chan. They are planning to bring their campaign of intimidation to Mr. Chan’s home on Sunday evening.
No more. A small group of people willing to embrace violence to advance their ill-defined agenda cannot be allowed to put our City leaders and their families at risk in their homes. Protest at City Hall, not outside someone’s bedroom.
These protestors cannot be allowed to appropriate righteous causes like helping those experiencing homelessness or protecting and valuing Black lives. They cannot be allowed to make so much noise that they drown out the voices of love and unity that were crying in the streets of south Sacramento on Saturday.
We will not be intimidated. We are Sacramento.
Signed,
Mayor Darrell Steinberg
Vice Mayor Jay Schenirer
Mayor Pro Tem Angelique Ashby
Councilmember Katie Valenzuela
Councilmember Jeff Harris
Councilmember Sean Loloee
Councilmember Eric Guerra
Councilmember Mai Vang
Councilmember Rick Jennings
California Black Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Asian Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
Greater Sacramento Urban League
Stockton Boulevard Partnership
Chinese American Council of Sacramento
OCA Sacramento
Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association
Hmong Youth and Parents United
Asian Resources, Inc.
Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs
Asian Community Center of Sacramento
Vietnamese American Community of Sacramento
Asian American Real Estate Association
Asian American Peace Officers Association
Sacramento Chinese of Indochina Friendship Association
Sacramento Asian Pacific Film Festival
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
Robert S. Nelson, President, California State University, Sacramento
Jim Gonzalez, chair of the Latino Economic Council
Mervin Brookins, Brother to Brother
Chief Sahib Lanre Hassan, past president, Sacramento Association of Nigerians
Jay King
Gary E. Ransom
Michael J. Pappan
Heyman Matlock
Derrick Winrow, Sr.
Merrell O. Wilson
Chris B. Young
Ollie Mack, JD, MD
Kevin Mitchell
Mark Havener
Debra Mack
Juan Walker
Jim Gavin
Trancey Williams
Dr. Allen L. Dosty, Jr.
Michael McClain
Cory D. Jackson
Elliott R. Stevenson, Esq.
Stephen Nichols
Claude Kennix
David Cooper, Jr.
Ryan Harrison, Esq.
Jameel Pugh
Rob Matthews, Jr.
Johnny L. Griffin III
Joe Howard
Aaron Roberson
Dexter Powe
Edward T. Lewis, MA, MSW
Eric Walker
Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith
Martha Guerrero, Mayor, West Sacramento
Quirina Orozco, Councilmember, City of West Sacramento
Brian Ridgeway
C. Scott Harris Jr. Retired Chief Deputy, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept.
