NEW: gusbova spoke exclusively with a Brownsville environmental activist who was arrested for allegedly spray-painting the words “gentrified” and “Stop SpaceX.' She was then targeted by Mayor Trey Mendez on his Facebook account.
on his official Facebook page. He included Hinojosa’s full name, her mugshot, and a picture of the graffiti, noting that city cameras had captured the graffiti act. He added: “Ms. Hinojosa has been quoted in several anti-SpaceX articles and lists herself as a ‘Gulf Coast Campaign Representative’ for the Sierra Club on LinkedIn.” Mugshots of arrests in Brownsville are easy to obtain, as the police department maintains a Blogspot site.
Backlash on Facebook was swift. “You don’t make posts like this for every person that gets arrested so this seems personal and really unprofessional,” said Emma Guevara, a local progressive activist. “Drop the charges,” added former state House candidate Arturo Alonzo. “We should charge the artist,” Alonzo said, “Observerto remove the references to Hinojosa’s media quotes and employment. Mendez did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
“I assume that this is extremely out of the ordinary for Brownsville police to go to someone’s home in force and make an arrest on a misdemeanor graffiti charge without even an eyewitness report,” Siegel said. “This is just obscene and the fact that the mayor then immediately took it upon himself to go on social media to attack her, to attempt to harm her employment prospects … basically, the mayor admits that he’s retaliating against Bekah based on her advocacy against SpaceX.
On Friday morning, Hinojosa drove by the downtown mural and snapped a picture with her phone: The graffiti was already gone.Texas Observer is known for its fiercely independent, uncompromising work— which we are pleased to provide to the public at no charge in this space. We rely on the generosity of our readers who believe that this work is important. You can chip in for as little as 99 cents a month. If you support this mission, we need your help.
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