SAN ANTONIO -- Ryan Silva hasn’t stopped protesting since May 30, but this protest wasn’t on a skateboard or in downtown San Antonio. 

What You Need To Know


  • Dozens protest outside District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry's Northside home

  • Protesters claims Perry fell asleep during session addressing Black Lives Matter

  • Perry denies claim he fell asleep, insists he was taking notes

  • Protesters joined by one of Perry's neighbors 

It was on the sidewalk in front of District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry’s house in San Antonio.

“We have officially called for Councilman Perry to resign. If he doesn’t resign we will be here on a regular basis and you will hear us. You have new neighbors,” said Pharaoh Clark, a member of the Reliable Revolutionaries. 

A protester displays a sign on a sidewalk near Councilman Perry’s home in Northside San Antonio in this image from June 28, 2020. (Jose Arredondo/Spectrum News) 

Protesters say Perry was texting and fell asleep during City Council’s A session. Perry released a statement saying that he’s never fallen asleep during any meeting and he was taking notes on his phone.

“If you go to sleep during a meeting, where Black lives matter, you don’t need to be there. Perry must go,” protester Vincent Dee Webb says. 

Folks in the councilman’s neighborhood didn’t seem to welcoming of the protesters — except for Haley Houston-Bolin, who allowed them to use her restroom. 

“I saw all of my neighbors out, asked what was up,” Houston-Bolin says. “They told me and I was like, I’m just too dumb to realize that’s what it was about and I was there with a quickness.” 

Protesters were pleading for Houston-Bolin to run for the District 10 seat. She said nice it was to hear, but that someone more knowledgeable should run. 

Houston-Bolin’s support was a nice surprise for Silva and Billie Billington, who stood in her kitchen as she grabbed markers to craft signs. 

“It’s really crazy in the kind of places we end up,” Silva says.  

“This is crazy … this is crazy. I would never expect to be in some random person’s house,” Billington says.

Billington, Silva and Houston-Bolin chatted as they walked back to the protest. 

“They [neighbors] are not going to like you after today,” Billington says.

 “They don’t like me anyway,” Houston-Bolin replied.  

Left to right: Ryan Silva, Billie Billington and Haley Houston-Bolin walk back to the protest. (Jose Arredondo/Spectrum News)