I’ve lived here for almost 15 years, and I’ve never seen it like that! Accumulated hail and flooded streets in less than 3 minutes.

I was inside Mesa City Hall as this happened. There was an agenda item about permits for a data center that was pulled from the City Council Meeting at the very last minute. City Hall also banned signs and protest materials inside.

Protests about ICE began in City Hall last year. Mayor Freeman has continued to add new restrictions, finds any excuse to shuffle or deny anyone in the liberal groups one of the paltry three, three minute slots citizens have to raise concerns. He will create extra slots for his LDS friends though.

This all is escalating and it is an effort for many people to be heard about local issues and about human rights violations in Mesa, the ICE detention center in Gateway Airport. But good job, MPD, why let ICE get all the glory?

Someone’s trying to make you believe they are someone they aren’t. Politics with tricks.

My father sold my cat to someone in Mesa. His name is Cinnamon and he is a boy. If anyone knows anything, please reach out, and please help me get more reach with my post.

If anyone’s a fan:

Collab between the band and Mesa Public Library to celebrate their 25th and MPL’s 120th anniversary. You can get a commemorative library card to replace your old one. (Or, sign up for one if you’re not already. It’s free!)

The guys spent a lot of time at the main branch library as kids growing up and are big supporters.

Band Members’ book recs

Thankfully the tree blew the other direction, or it would have been on my car.

On Val Vista and University I saw a large group of kids who walked out of school protesting. I kind of see a large police presence blocking off the road and following them but they all seem very peaceful. It’s a wonderful thing to see children empowered to use their voices in this way.

Saw this weird thing over Mesa at 7:30pm. Any idea what it is? Helicopter is in the sky as well in the area

Last night 2/20 around 11:30 p.m. I was taking a late night walk in my neighborhood .. I had been having a bad mental heath day and I just wanted to go for a walk down the street to call a friend and vent a bit to clear my head.

I had been walking around for maybe 10 mins, in lit areas, talking to a friend when I heard some men’s voices on one of the streets and something in my intuition told me I should start heading back home.. when I turned around to start walking back, I saw 2 men dressed in all black coming down the opposite end of the street, walking towards me.

I called my boyfriend who was home to stay on the phone with me while I walked past them because I had a bad feeling… they said something to me as I passed them but I ignored it. I went around the corner back on the street of my house and told my bf I was walking home and that there were some guys out here with me and I felt unsafe.

He immediately got dressed and came outside. I was walking down the street towards the house when he came outside and was looking for me, then I noticed the 2 men had turned around and were following right behind me, I could see them in my peripheral while I was on the phone. I tried telling my bf where I was and then it happened.

It all happened SO fast. Immediately after my bf came out, 2 cars came SCREECHING hauling into the neighborhood. A big white truck, like a gmc or a suv and a big dark red jeep truck (maybe gladiator? it had huge tires and the jeep lights) came SPEEDING in and then STOPPED next to me!!

my bf was on the phone and said “wtf do you see that?? what is that??”

as he was saying this and coming out towards me, I heard a car door open and a woman’s voice screaming for help.. and these people weren’t joking, they weren’t partying, no one was laughing. there was no music.

I immediately started to run for my life, I screamed for my boyfriend, I screamed and ran as fast as I could and didn’t look back. Something in my heart and mind took that scream for help as my warning to RUN!!

I reached my boyfriend and I was so scared and overwhelmed, I couldn’t breathe and my running felt so slow. By the time I reached him, he had hooked my arm to pull me and then eventually just picked me up and ran with me back to the house.. the cars all took off and we immediately called the police and told them everything that just happened. it didn’t sound like a joke to me. I know in my woman’s intuition she was genuinely calling for help..

I keep telling myself that wasn’t what really happened, it was just a weird occurrence but the 2 men that were behind me disappeared when it all happened. I think they got in the trucks or something.. they were no where to be found and they were right behind me.

I think I’m just in denial because I’m scared.. my boyfriend thinks there’s no doubts. If he was a second too long, I might have been gone..

It all happened SO FAST, I’m going to go to my neighbors today and see if any of them will be able to share their ring camera footage with me so I can review what happened and hopefully get more info.

I’ve been so shaken up all night. literally shaking, throwing up from the stress and trauma of it all.. I’m so scared to leave my house, I was so scared to even be near the windows last night and I triple checked all the doors and locks.. I’m so scared they saw my car or where I live and that they will find me now… no more late night walks. </3

UPDATE: I filed a police report and they let me know that the woman that was screaming in the car was on the phone with them at the same time that I was calling. They couldn’t give me much info but it sounds like they are investigating it and they were glad that I called. Thank you everyone for your advice, probably going to look into training and arming myself now. Please stay safe out there!!