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Meanwhile, local activist Nicole Murray etta adds. “People were screaming, ‘Run, run, run,’ and, Ramirez’s reward pot has grown to $16,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction ‘Get away, get away, get away,’ so obviously, 1 of the attacker, and Mayor Susan Golding has started running because all these people are run ning toward me,” he says. “Then all of a sudden issued an appeal for help in finding the criminal. San Diego Police Western Division Detec there were tears in my eyes, and it got in my throat. It was pretty tive Sgt. Robert Nunley nasty. We ran for a cou says five or six video ple of blocks to escape tapes have been turned it, and our faces were all over to the police hut red. Some people were not one was helpful. vomiting in the street.” “We’ve got a couple C. Ray Drew, head of of people going through the national Family the evidence full Pride Coalition and a time,” Nunley explains. marcher in the Family “Everybody we’ve got so Matters contingent, far has had video and calls the gassing “a ter pictures from the east rorist act.” pointing west. We’re “Mentally disturbed looking for somebody people feed off the hate- that was pointing the filled rhetoric of the rad other direction, but ical right,” he says. “It we’re looking at every emboldens the violent, thing they give us.” disturbed person with a Nunley adds: “How Nicole Murray Ramirez sense of legitimacy. We we solve a lot of this stuff as time passes is the reward [money]. The as a nation must recognize the profound harm to guy finally can’t keep the secret anymore and he children and families caused by the radical right says, ‘You know, I did that.’ And it could be a and hold them accountable for their hate.” Pride’s executive director, Mandy Schultz, month down the road. He could brag to some body.” calls the incident “a huge eye-opener.” “It just goes to show how much hate there is The incident took place at 12:50 p.m. on the north side of University Avenue near 10th Av out in the world,” she says. “But our community enue, Nunley says. Someone detonated a soda- didn’t run away in fear. We came back and were can-sized, military-issue tear gas canister, then able to continue the parade and celebrate and fled westbound on foot, he says. be a strong, united front. It was a horrible and As smoke engulfed the city’s gayest block, unfortunate moment and yet it was beautifully panic ensued. gratifying to see that we could all stand togeth “All of a sudden I see these hundreds of peo er.” ple screaming and mnning past the reviewing Mayor Golding, meanwhile, is calling for stand,” recounts Murray Ramirez, who was mas help in finding the bomber. ter of ceremonies for the parade. “It was like a In a written statement she said, in part: Godzilla-is-coming stampede from the movies. “Hate crimes cannot be tolerated by a civilized One minute the street was packed with thou society. The leaders of this city will not allow sands of people and then. ..it was deserted.” such ignorance and violence to go unpunished. Hardest hit was the Family Matters contin And I am asking for your help.” gent, which consisted of lesbian and gay parents McKenna Rowhouses $ 126,150 - $ 134,750 1179 - 1307 Sq. 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