In a video recorded during the Friday event, the Black Lives Matter activist proclaimed her endorsement of mayoral candidate Victor Gordo, a Pasadena-native of Mexican descent running his campaign on labor development.

“We want people to know that you are not the mayor for us, that Victor Gordo is the mayor for us. Why? Because he’s the only coming up to our community with apprenticeship jobs for the kids, he’s coming up there with something to do for the kids, which is to get them careers. You haven’t offered anything to Northwest Pasadena,” Richards said.

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While the mayor issued his support of vigils and community healing, he said a church would have been a more ideal fit for a McClain memorial, but the Tornek estate is off-limits.

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