Thus was born South Bay Takes a Stand. “That’s what makes our country what our country is.”More recently, after the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, South Bay Takes a Stand organized a protest in El Segundo. South Bay Takes a Stand will again march on the Strand. The Constitution doesn’t apply, sometimes, when we don’t want it to?’ That’s just terrible.”Simon sees the fear spreading through the South Bay daily. “South Bay Takes a Stand began at a grassroots level — without funding, without hierarchy, and without a long-term agenda,” Monaghan said.