NIDA FAMILY PLANS MARCH AND RALLY AGAINST COP VIOLENCE AT DOWNEY CITY HALL
By The Downey Patriot
DOWNEY — Friends and family of Michael Nida, the unarmed man fatally shot last October after running from police, will march to City Hall on Saturday to protest police brutality.
They are also asking that “justice be served” on Officer Steve Gilley, who shot Nida on Oct. 22. The rally starts at 10 a.m. at Paramount Boulevard and Imperial Highway, not far from where Nida was shot. They will march to City Hall, about two miles away.
“We’ll be the first to tell you we need the police,” a flyer for the rally says. “But we want and need honest cops with integrity and a good heart! We need protection, not harassment, not brutality and not Gestapo-type policing.”
Police were investigating an ATM robbery when they attempted to question Nida, a 31-year-old father of four from South Gate. Nida ran and was shot in the back with an MP5.
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“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
“The stupidity of a person who runs from the police and creates a situation that invites the police to fire their weapon leads to unfortunate incidents like this.”