In My Defense
Alleysun Jones
In response to the article, “Topanga Peace Alliance Vigil Turns Ugly” (The Canyon Chronicle, November 13, 2020, No. 11), Alleysun Jones felt she was misrepresented in the article. We invited her to give her side of the story in a Letter to the Editor and that we would publish it. This is her statement.
“Lionel came up behind me and insulted me, so I turned around and he hit me in the face, while Catherine McClenahan sucker-punched me with her sign. Everyone laughed and I walked away, but who was this girl that imitated Lionel and hit me square on my face with her sign? So, a while later, I went back to meet her and ask for an apology, but she hit me two times more, so I finally got her back with my sign. Earlier, everyone laughed at me when I was hit, so I understood it was just a game called, ‘Targeting the Trump Supporter.’
Alleysun Jones sent this photo “of me by myself with my Trump sign, with a pack of people behind me, which was the usual setup until Halloween.”