Piolin’s take on march

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On Eddie ‘Piolin’ Sotelo’s program at KSCA-FM (101.9), the Los Angeles disc jockey called marchers in several cities around the U.S., asking them where people could meet them to join the rallies at each city.

A caller in Chicago said police changed the march route hours before the boycott began there. The march was starting there at 1:30 p.m., finishing at the city’s Grant Park two hours later for a rally.

In Los Angeles, Sotelo called a young female student on Olympic and Broadway, where she was preparing to start a march toward City Hall at noon. The march was originally scheduled to start at 10 a.m. but by 10:30 a.m. only about 400 people had gathered at the intersection.

‘This is our opportunity,’ the student said. ‘We can’t wait. Our people can’t be suffering. I ask everyone: Don’t doubt us. Unite for our community, for all the people who are suffering.’

--Adrian Uribarri