cars that road low, hopped and danced on three wheels. low riding was labeled as bad boy behavior. we were stereotyped, all well they can t afford these cars, they must be selling drugs. hernandez won his lawsuit against san francisco police and now 40 years later curated a museum exhibit to commemorate it. low riders are in music videos, they re in movies, they re in commercials am we get invited to all these social gatherings that i would have never imagined ever being invited to be part of, mainstream society. the cars became attractions at civic events, this one last weekend raised money to buy holiday toys for children. we ve become roll models for other people in our community. forcing the police to back down was only the start. it made a huge statement and sent a big message to the city of san francisco. and that was the beginning of us also doing voter reg. that became the catalyst for a civil rights movement.