June 10, 2009 show – One of the biggest stories in the region is the story of Luis Gutierrez who was shot and killed on April 30, 2009 in Woodland by Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputies. The Vanguard spot to a number of people with regards to this case. Al Rojas a union leader and activist who has worked with local farm workers was in the studio. Calling in was Michael Risher a staff Attorney from the ACLU who spoke to the unusual warrant to search Gutierrez’s property post-mortem. Also community activist Carlos Padilla called in. Finally Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad made an unscheduled appeared via phone and got into a memorable exchange with Mr. Rojas.
“Al is trying to fix Woodland” “This is a Woodland issue or this is not a Woodland issue” Blah, Blah! Is this important?? Hello! The point is that the Gang Injunction is a racist piece of litigation and it’s attacking Latino/Minority communities every where in Yolo County, so I have no idea what the heck was the point of this idiotic Rexroad. The way he expressed himself gave me the vibe that he simply doesn’t give a hoot about what happened that 30th of April. He has no concerned. What was the point of the vigil he asked? Well it was a simple gesture of our condolences to the Gutierrez family [ass whole.]