Justice with Jax: Season 4 continues to chronicle the story of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado case, Armendariz & Chinook Center v. City of Colorado Springs, et al., 2023. The setting is the 10th Circuit U.S. District Court of Appeals.
The case gains even more relevance today as fascist forces in the United States broadly use the false accusation of “leftist domestic terrorism” to suppress the free speech of Americans across the country, with the most extreme consequences being the extrajudicial executions of Americans such as Renée Nicole Macklin Good and Alex Pretti this year.
Your host Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta, aka Jax, documents the voices of the Colorado Springs community discussing the case and local current events. Listen today because knowledge is power y cultura cura! This episode features Mel Flores, community activist, organizer and leader with MigraWatch 719, About Face and General Strike U.S. (GSUS).
The case representing Jax is also the first in U.S. history to provide undeniable evidence that federal and local law enforcement unconstitutionally spied on Black Lives Matter social justice protestors for their political speech & actions. ACLU CO is representing the case to protect our rights to free speech & privacy — especially in our digital age.
Background links:
Upcoming community event – Wed., June 24, 2026: https://coloradosprings.gov/biketowork
https://www.instagram.com/migrawatch719/
https://www.wola.org/2026/06/u-s-mexico-border-update-billions-more-for-ice-and-cbp-detention-border-wall-construction-impacts-in-the-americas/
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5674887/ice-budget-funding-congress-trump
Upcoming community event – Sat., June 27, 2026: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/974559/
https://aboutfaceveterans.org/
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/fund-the-july-4th-march-in-philadelphia-3
https://www.instagram.com/gsus_colorado
https://www.50501cos.com/
Episodes are recorded as a member of the Studio 809 Podcasts collective at The NeXt Us community co-working space in downtown Colorado Springs.
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NOTICE: This episode was recorded June 19, 2026. The views, thoughts, & opinions expressed via this content are solely held by the speaker(s) and DO NOT represent any other organizations or efforts — unless explicitly stated otherwise.