Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico Civil Guard’
Mayor Tim Keller on Albuquerque’s Response to Oñate Violence
June 19, 2020 – Protests over racial injustice sparked renewed conflict in Albuquerque over statues glorifying the Spanish colonial leader Don Juan de Oñate, decried in his own time for his extraordinary brutality. As protesters attempted to tear down an Oñate statue in the city’s Old Town, armed militia members surrounded the statue and one…
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June 19, 2020 – This week began with the announcement by Tim Keller that he planned to create a new public safety agency—the Community Safety Department—to provide a non-police response to some 911 calls. That move was quickly overshadowed when what started as a peaceful, prayerful protest of a statue of conquistador Don Juan de…
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