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Michael Lee Nida II ==

We are demanding change and protesting the senseless murder of Michael Nida II. Michael Nida was an unarmed, innocent man, who was gunned down at the hands of the Downey PD in an admitted case of mistaken identity on Saturday night, October 22, 2011, just 3 days before his 32nd birthday. We are asking for the public's support!! He was not a criminal; he was a loving husband and father of four. He was a union carpenter who worked hard to provide for his family, and also volunteered his time in his community as a coach for youth sports teams.

The Downey PD admits that they were pursuing Michael Nida because they thought that he was an armed robbery suspect. However, no non-lethal methods were used in apprehending him, and their police error resulted in his death. He was on a date with his wife and had briefly stopped at a gas station when he was shot and killed by an officer yielding an MP5 sub-machine gun.

Two of the four homicides committed in Downey this year were committed by on-duty Downey Police Officers in October 2011. Other than Michael Nida, the Downey PD also shot and killed Manuel Vargas, a homeless man, ten days earlier. Shockingly, these police murders go back even further. A year prior, the same PD also killed Steven Bours, a decorated Iraq War veteran. In 2002, the same MP5 machine gun was used to kill Gonzalo Martinez! Martinez's murder was captured on video, clearly showing that he was unarmed with his hands up in the air as he was brutally shot to death.

We need to put an end to this horrible epidemic, so as to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again! We want answers from Downey's City Council & Downey PD's practices of intimidation and deadly force. Let’s show them that Michael's life counted for something, and that he did not die in vain.

Let’s not use violence and force to get our message across to the City Leaders, let’s show them we can bring them a message without a show of violence and unruliness. We want them to start taking a serious look at how their police force is conducting business and we want the Downey Leaders to implement a policy that does not require shooting first and asking questions later (which appears to be their unwritten policy and/or procedure).

The people who are being hurt or killed are our children, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters....our family, people who deserves police protection, not police brutality. THE DOWNEY POLICE ARE TOO QUICK TO DRAW THEIR FIREARMS INSTEAD OF THEIR STUN GUNS, MACE OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JUST TACKLING SOMEONE AS THEY ARE RUNNING AWAY?

We want change in Downey, Enough of the Deadly Force, Enough of the Unjust Shootings, Enough of the Intimidation. It's time Downey Leaders take a look at how their Police Department hires and trains their officer’s; it’s time Downey police officers are trained and required to use NON-LETHAL force first instead of always pulling their gun out…..shooting first and asking questions later. What about all those innocent by-standers who were in the same area as Michael when he was shot and killed, only by the grace of God, were none of them injured or killed.

Justice For Michael Nida, Stop The Use Of Lethal Force By Police!

Please sign the Petition. change dot org/petitions/police-killed-our-father-please-help-restrict-use-of-sub-machine-guns-by-police

Help Michael's Kids Change The Laws: change dot org/petitions/police-killed-our-father-please-help-restrict-use-of-sub-machine-guns-by-police

We are seeking protection and safety for the people who happen to live in, do business with, or who are just passing through Downey, and JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL LEE NIDA. We want Reform, better Police Training, better Supervision, better Policies and Procedures, and finally we want JUSTICE, and if they can’t make those changes, then we want their job!

We want Change! We want Reform! We want Justice!

R.I.P Michael Lee Nida II

Website: justiceformichaelnida dot blogspot dot com

Youtube: youtube dot com/nidasrydas