“ Can we sit on our hands for one day for the youth? One day, y’all,” community leader and founder of United Playaz Rudy Corpuz Jr. asked the audience. On Thursday, Corpuz Jr. said the idea for a ceasefire was born out of a conversation with Demetrius Dixon, who is currently incarcerated in California State Prison, Solano. Dixon had learned that shootings in the Bay Area had jumped, from Stockton to San Francisco, and wanted to do something about it. So, he called up Corpuz Jr.“If we’re successful, then we could probably take it to the next city,” Corpuz Jr. said.

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2026 09:06 UTC