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By Momii Palapaz On February 19th I thought of my mom who was just 18 years old, ready, but not allowed to attend graduation and get her diploma. It was 1942 in Redwood City, California and the Takagi family was ordered to report to a designated site. No other details were given.  Mom said “Somebody told dad to go east”.  In the midst of round ups by the FBI and WRA (War Relocation Authority), Japanese Americans and their families were deemed a threat and laws were instituted to make imprisonment “legal”.  Being farmers, Jichan (grampa} hauled mom, aunts, uncles, grandpas, and her 4 siblings from Redwood City onto the truck destined to ‘go east’. They were one family of about 1,000 people who tried to get away from the concentration camp. They only made it to Marysville, CA.  Not far east enough. Racist rallies and meeting notices called for the removal of Japanese Americans from homes I thought of dad also. At 21 years old, he watched his father taken away by the FBI on December 24, 1941. Dad never talked about that day. I found out through records from the FBI documents my parents applied for and received in Washington, D.C.    His mom, now alone, handled the four sons, youngest 15, then responded to the order of the Executive 9066 on February 19, 1942.  After months of living in a horse stall at the Tanforan racetrack, called an assembly center, they were shuttled on a 24 hour railroad ride, shades drawn, to Topaz, UT.  There, they met thousands of Japanese Americans from throughout the West Coast. Bachan Matsu Momii died in the concentration camp in 1943, leaving her youngest son to fend for himself. This is a haunting date.  What happened 84 years ago, was publicly denounced in the 1980s, and called a “mistake” by the US government.  Japanese Americans and their families got $20,000.00 per person incarcerated.  We were then labeled “model minority” and applauded for something.  It was actually a bait and switch, a sucker deal that divided families, communities, races and classes in the never ending plot to erase all responsibility by the fascist system.  Look at the creation of tragedy, fomenting violence and racist relations amongst all of us.  This doesn’t go away. Fascist ideals consciously evolve and fester with fakery and snooty attitudes.  Japanese Americans are no better than any other migrating ancestors and their descendants, but the US government needed a cop out and a diversion to protect themselves as the source of what history exposes today. ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE. SOLIDARITY WITH REFUGEES FROM IMPERIALISM.  ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE

In this episode of Kop Watch AZtlan Chicano Gang task force brother Gera was illegally detained for not giving the officer enough space (20FT). Advocating for the people can be dangerous as you can see in this episode. At the end of this episode the brother who was initially pulled over was let loose after the Hayward police dpt illegally searched his vehicle violating the rights of not only him but then violating the rights of Kop watch Aztlan. Rookie cop grabs the journalist, and illegally detains him

In Hayward police rush to the scene for a man who was sleeping inside a abandoned building vacant "La Familia" building. He was handcuffed and because of the arrival of Kop watch released with a warning and told not to ever return to the vacant building. Name and badge numbers were collected and advocacy was provided to the houseless young man. There is a housing crisis in every city and this is one of so many cases of a human being being treated like trash for the simple reason of being houseless.

A man was beaten for walking up the street with a stick that he used as a cane, accused of not complying with Tyrants. Officers ask Kop watch for the video he had so that they can delete the evidence he has of them attacking a man walking up the street minding his own business. Man was ultimately arrested and taken to jail for no reason. Name and badge numbers were collected in this episode. Tyrants were out of control and always are. ALWAYS FILM THE PIGS

Por/By Teo Las comunidades hispanoablantes se unen a levantar la voz al mundo en general en el superbol. Lo miramos, lo sentimos en la manera que nosotros celebramos el Cone Malo / Bad Bunny. Pero uno dia antes, anunciaran precencia de ICE (que yo entiendo es la policia judicial Federal) para "amar y respetar y proteger" a todos los que se encuentren en nuestros pueblos y ciudades. Puedo hacer una lista de todas las personas que atemorisan, que en esta tiempo es todo el mundo, pero las personas emigrantes mucho mas. Algunos no tenemos suerte y nos deportan de USA. La migra siempre ha trabajado en USA. Es el govierno que tiene el poder pero en los ultimos anos lo ha privado y crece su gente una dos tres y muchas veces mas. Puedo hacer una lista y es muy exstensiva, como violan todos nuestros derechos como seres humanos que somos todos, pero en general son violentas y abusan su poder y les maltratan en las detenciones privados que rentan para detener seres humanos. No les ofrecen sus derechos menos sus medicinas y tambien le golpean a la gente cuando tienen la oportunidad. Yo entiendo su sistema de crapicho del #47 que los apolla en la casa principal del poder. En este tiempo, nos detesta a la gente inmigrante! Spanish-speaking communities join in raising their voices to be heard by the world at the Superbowl. We see and feel it in the way we celebrate el Cone Malo, Bad Bunny. But the day before, they announced increased presence of ICE, which I understand to be the federal and judicial police that supposedly "loves and respects and protects" everyone they encounter in our towns and cities. I could list out the people who are afraid right now-- I mean, the whole world is afraid right now. But immigrants are much more afraid. Some of us are unlucky and get deported from the US. La migra has always worked in the US. It's the government that's in charge of it, but recently private corporations have multiplied la migra by one, two, three, and many times more. I could make an extensive list of the ways they violate our rights as human beings, but in general they violently abuse their power and mistreat people in the private detention centers they rent to detain human beings.   They don't offer them rights besides some medicines and they beat people whenever they have the chance. I know that the 47th crap-tain supports them from the Whitehouse. In this era, they detest us immigrants!

To the DHS, I am a 7 year old and I am a student of Deecolonize Academy. Please stop making ICE do bad stuff to people and killing people and putting kids in cages. From, Akika Dear Liam's Dad, I'm 9 years old and go to school at Deecolonize Academy. My school and I watched the video and I'm sorry for what is happening to you and your son. If you need anything, ask us. And we hope you become OK. My school and I pray for your health. From, Donovan Dear Liam, I'm so sorry that you're going through this. I hope you get home safe, and soon, to see your mom and classmates. I hope you're safe. From, EstrellaTo the DHS,I am a 12 year old student of Deecolonize Academy. You are trapping other kids. What did they do? Some other kids are probably younger than me. You shouldn't be treating them like this. They also have loved ones just like you !!! So stop acting like this and let them free. To the DHS, I am a 10 year old student of Deecolonize Academy. The video of the kids was terrible. I hope you let the kids go. To the DHS, I am a 13 year old student of Deecolonize Academy. You're abusing these children and you're trapping them in borders. Let them free. They have their rights and let them reunite with their parents. To the DHS, I am a student in Oakland, California. ICE is very sick and are massive fascists. DHS should not believe in fake borders that are lines of segregation. I think ICE should have used their resources to help "immigrants" get into America instead of trying to kick them out. ICE is violent and abusive. From, Nija To the DHS, I am a 13 year old student of Deecolonize Academy. I believe that what you are doing to kids is wrong. You shouldn't be separating them from their parents because they are "illegal". This is abuse. The 5 year old Liam you put in a cage has depression and can't eat a lot. What you are doing is killing people like Keith Porter and Renee Good. Stop killing people and abusing children for crossing these false borders. Children have rights and you have no right to be holding them. From, Simbha Dear Liam, I am a 13 year old student of Deecolonize Academy. I'm so sorry you are going through this. No one, especially at your age, should go through this. I hope you get back to your dad and your depression stops. When I was your age, I had police take me away from from my mom one day, so I know how you feel. Thanks, Simbha Dear Liam/Liam's Dad, I'm Knaji. A 9 year old. I'm so, so, so sorry for what's happening to you. I hope Liam gets better and you, too. Love, Knaji To the DHS, I'm Knaji. I'm 9 years old and I'm a student at a school in Oakland. I'm not okay with what you're doing. It's not fair for the kids. They're not doing anything wrong. They're just innocent little children. You have no reason to do this. From, The person who doesn't like the government (haha)

Prayer Ceremony wth houseless and formerly houseless Oakland residents to welcome in the first two houseless land stewards to HOMEfulness 2  What Prayer Ceremony, Land stewarding ceremony  When 10:00am Feb 17, 2026  Where 7600 MacArthur Bl Oakland (Huchiun)  “The shelter evicted me because i had stayed there longer than 28 days, I have nowhere to go” said Maria, houseless, disabled,indigenous Oakland resident, future land steward of HOMEfulness2 While rain covers the Bay Area, homelessness among families and elders continues to rise. Meanwhile, the  “solution” offered by local, state, and federal governments remains the same: violent erasure of houseless bodies from public space through violent police-led “sweeps” “Following the decade long struggle by us houseless Oakland residents to build and “mamafest’ HOMEfulness #1 in Deep East Huchiun , now housing 25 houseless youth, adults and elders in rent-free forever, healing housing , We are beginning the prayerful journey to UnSell, care-take and build HOMEfulness2, said tiny gray-garcia, co-founder and visionary of HOMEfulness In 2020, with donations from  Solidarity Family members, POOR Magazine’s houseless leaders were able to purchase a second small parcel of Mama Earth in Deep East Oakland. Which the City of Oakland had slated for 14 luxury condominiums.  “I got out with the clothes on my back,” said Monique M. , POOR Magazine RoofLESS Radio reporter  elder and sweeps survivor. She was describing a violent sweep where she lost her medicine, clothing, and the RV she was sleeping in. Monique—like the majority of houseless residents in San Francisco and Oakland—is a disabled elder who had nowhere to go after surviving that sweep. “In the time of my ancestors, there was no concept of homelessness,” said Corrina Gould , Tribal Chair of the Ohlone/Lisjan peoples. “ Homelessness came with the commodification of Mother Earth .” Before building Homefulness Huchiun #1 & 2 (Oakland), POOR Magazine sought permission from First Nations people of the land, recognizing that the United States is a settler-colonial project rooted in theft and genocide. Those First Nations relatives now serve on Homefulness elder and advisory councils. That same process of permission, prayer, and relationship is guiding Homefulness in Yelamu. Because POOR Magazine understands clearly that Mama Earth is not a commodity, they worked with revolutionary legal advocates at the Sustainable Economies Law Center to establish the first-ever Liberation Easement , permanently removing Homefulness#1 land from speculation and profit. HOMEfulness2  will also create a similar easement to permanently take this land off the speculative commodities market.  “Predatory real estate speculation is why this sacred land was even slated for luxury condominiums in a neighborhood struggling with poverty and the effects of systemlc racism, redlining and intentional blighting,” said tiny   HOMEfulness is an answer to the immediate emergency of homelessness. But it is also healing medicine —not only for houseless elders, families, and disabled people, but for all of us, housed and unhoused, who are in need of hope, repair, and home. Follow:  📣 @poormagazine

By Dejuan Cattrell /PNN povertyskola reporter Today’s problem that I’m going to be talking about that has an impact on me and others around the world is the President of the United States. Trump keeps tweeting on social media and feeding people lies about this stimulus grant that he's going to be giving people around the world, but there's nothing. There is nothing coming to me or the people but content stories on all social media apps.                                                     What is a stimulus check? A stimulus check is a government grant for you to be able to pay for rent, bills, groceries, and any other everyday responsibility that you have to pay for like riding the bus, BART, or train.  All I see on TikTok is content about ‘Trump this and Trump that’, but we've all been hearing these stories for a while. We all can use this stimulus money right about now. I know I need it to take care of me and my responsibilities: bills, rent, phone bill, everyday hygiene, shoes, clothes, and the number 1 thing we all need more than anything: food, fresh water, and a roof over our heads to protect us from any weather changes and stuff flying around outside. The president himself is promising all these, but he's really doing nothing but laughing at everything that's going on around the world and doing things the way he wants to do it, while we the people are suffering from his foolish kid like ways. That's pretty much the connection that I and the people have to this issue that’s feeling like it’s never going to be solved. My opinion on today's problems is that I think what needs to happen is the President himself should stand on business. He should send these stimulus checks he keeps speaking about all over TikTok and everywhere.

By Momii Palapaz  Photo Credit: Momii Palapaz Thousands of students gathered at Delores Park in Yelamu/SF last week, protesting ICE. Responding to mass outreach from high school students in Minneapolis, thousands across Turtle Island shut down school and marched down the streets of their cities.   I thought of my mom when she was just 18 years old, ready but not allowed to attend graduation and get her diploma. It was 1942 and the Takagi family was ordered to report to a designated site. No other details were given. In the midst of round ups by the FBI and WRA (War Relocation Authority), Japanese Americans and their families were deemed a threat and imprisoned. Being farmers, they hauled mom and dad, aunts, uncles, grandpas, and 5 kids from Redwood City onto the truck destined to go east. “Go east” someone told them. They were one family of about 1,000 people who tried to get free of the concentration camp. They only made it to Marysville, CA. Not far enough. Mission, Balboa, Washington and numerous public school students were seen walking, getting off buses, and climbing the hillside of Delores Park. It was saturated with people, all ages, all ethnic backgrounds. But what was most impressive was the vitality of the movement and the serious attention they gave the speakers. “Fuck ICE” and chants of “ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE” that roared through the neighborhood of false borders.

By Ananda My older brother was diagnosed with autism when he was five years old. I had a limited understanding of what that meant at the time, but I knew it put him in danger. My mom would talk to us about how to speak to police and what to do if she wasn’t there to protect us. I think back on that and how terrifying it must have been for her to have to imagine her children being violently misunderstood. I thought if we looked out for each other, made the right decisions, said the right thing, then we would be safe. Every time we moved to a new city, Mom would take my brother to the police station and introduce him, give them his picture, and say, “This is my son, he is _ years old, he is autistic, he is non-verbal. Do not shoot him.” Aliya Rahman decided to drive to her doctor’s appointment in Minneapolis the morning of January 13th, and was stopped and violently abducted by ICE agents. They broke her window, cut her out of her seatbelt, threw her to the ground, and stepped on her. She screamed for help, telling them she was autistic, had a brain injury, and needed assistance to walk, but she was laughed at and ignored. They took her to the Whipple detention center where she saw, “lines of Black and Brown people chained together.” I found out I was autistic at 25 years old and have learned a lot about my brother's and my disability through that process. The misconceptions that I had about my disability are held societally. Through educating myself, I have become more hopeful and accepting of myself – but much more fearful; fear that was echoed by Rahman as she told her story in a congressional hearing last week. “I felt immersed in a pattern,” she said, expressing that she thought about Jenoah Donald, an autistic black man murdered by police in 2021, and Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, murdered by ICE last year, as she was being detained and beaten. This was an extremely difficult story to read about. I'm struggling to process my emotions even as I write about it. Aliya Rahman’s story is the realization of my personal nightmare. At the Whipple detention center, Rahman was subjected to horrifying abuse. She was denied medical care for her injuries, which were so severe she eventually fell unconscious and had to be taken to a hospital. She was forced to walk without aid and was taunted by ICE officers for requiring a wheelchair. She witnessed the ICE officers referring to her and the other detainees as ‘bodies’. She was dehumanized and made to fear for her life and still suffers injuries from that day.  Mom didn’t prepare me for something like this. If she had said the right thing, would they have treated her like a human being?  If we look out for each other, will that spare us from border terror? Rahman was brave enough to speak up for those still in ICE custody at Whipple. In her opening statement to Congress, she said, “I am here today with a duty to the people who have not had the privilege of coming home, and I offer this data because these practices must end now.” Disabled or otherwise, documented or not, these labels are excuses to take away our humanity and force us to live in fear. Rahman chose to speak up for herself and for all of us who have experienced this fear.

ALWAYS FILM THE POLICE, AFTP In Hayward, 2 young men were pulled over because of "dark tints". Kop watch arrives, and officers end up cutting them a break in a hurry to leave the scene of the bystander with a camera. The officers were again in a hurry to leave the scene, but not after Kop watch gets them to show transparency by collecting name and badge numbers as you will see in this episode. This is another example of why it is so important to ALWAYS FILM THE POLICE in every event.

Por/By Teo Se supone que Estados Unidos es un país modelo, como muchos residentes de estas comunidades han comentado anteriormente, pero con camiones por todas partes en sus vecindarios, el tema que prevalece en estos tiempos es el terror. Cada día vemos más y más actos de terror inexplicables, con políticas mal concebidas que expresan racismo hacia todas las personas que vienen a Estados Unidos en busca de una vida mejor con más oportunidades, que supuestamente este país ofrece a todos los ciudadanos del mundo. En los últimos días, la delincuencia ha aumentado y, con gran vergüenza, presenciamos las injusticias contra nuestros conciudadanos de algunas partes del mundo, como Somalia. Residentes que nos visitan de África, de Filipinas, personas a las que el ICE no molestaba antes, pero ahora, los políticos, enfermos de capitalismo y otras cosas que no puedo explicar, están causando todo esto. Las injusticias que reportan los periódicos y las redes sociales, como en Minnesota, son una vergüenza para las comunidades de este gran país. The U.S. is supposed to be a model country, as many residents of these communities previously commented, with trucks everywhere in their neighborhoods, the topic is terror in these times we live in today. We are seeing more and more inexplicable terror every day, with ill-conceived policies that express racism towards all people who come to the U.S. to live a better life with more opportunities, which this country supposedly offers to all citizens of the world. In recent days, crime has increased, and with great shame, we witness the injustices against our fellow citizens from some parts of the world, like Somalia. Residents who visit us from Africa, the Philippines, people whom ICE previously didn't bother, but now, the politicians, sick with capitalism and other things I can't explain, are causing all this. The injustices that the newspapers and social media report, like in Minnesota, are a shame for the communities of this great country.