Outside San Bruno City Hall, residents of Palestinian descent and their allies rallied with signs and calls for a Gaza ceasefire Thursday.
"San Bruno has one of the largest Palestinian communities in the Peninsula and we are very much a part of the culture and lifestyle here of the city," said Kamilah Albahri, a San Bruno resident.Now, however, the ceasefire group is upset. They say the city targeted and intimidated some of their members during Ramadan at a March 12th city council meeting.The Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter this week to San Bruno Mayor Rico Medina.
went to San Bruno City Hall and reached out to the mayor, city manager, and city council members. left multiple messages by phone and email for Mayor Medina, but as of Thursday night, there was no response."I'd like to see them to take some effort into understanding how culturally disrespectful that was," Katout said."I would like an apology. I think that the city needs to engage our community and sit down and participate in dialogue and really understand why this was something that was offensive to us," Albahri said.
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