*sorry this thread is a lil political and long but... Arcadia,CA is home of the LA Arboretum and Santa Anita Racetrack with ~70% population of non-white families, making it a 'minority' dominated community (1/5) https://twitter.com/ashleyriosss/status/1296189723816280064
The Asian dominated area is not new to oppressing it's minorities (which funny enough make up the majority) from removing basketball courts that "attract an undesirable type" (2/5) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pasadenastarnews.com/2019/08/22/arcadia-councilman-says-basketball-courts-attract-an-undesirable-type-they-wont-get-rebuilt-at-eisenhower-park/amp/
Arcadia councilman says basketball courts attract an undesirable ‘type,’ they won’t get rebuilt at...

The comment prompted an uproar from those in attendance at Tuesday’s council meeting.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pasadenastarnews.com/2019/08/22/arcadia-councilman-says-basketball-courts-attract-an-undesirable-type-they-wont-get-rebuilt-at-eisenhower-park/amp/
To the most recent Arcadia High School sexual assault #.MeToo movement surrounding Dylan Chan and countless others (3/5) https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7.com/amp/arcadia-high-school-teen-student/6290212/
Arcadia police expand probe into handling of case involving sexual exploitation videos, high school...

An investigation into sexual exploitation of minors is expanding as the Arcadia Police Department examines how police personnel handled a report last year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7.com/amp/arcadia-high-school-teen-student/6290212/
This community has brought out joy and hatred from its own and it saddens me to see a PLAYGROUND for CHILDREN gives the impression that a !POLICE BADGE? is an appropriate piece of playtime equipment (4/5)
I left arcadia about a year ago and it sucks to see what has been happening to my friends and peers that are still there :( All I can do is hope that the city will listen to its citizens and begin a change for the better rather than continue to cover up their mistakes (5/5)
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