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May 27, 2005

Climate of Fear Part 24 / Minutemen Part 11

In Garden Grove, California a crowd of angry opponents of the Minuteman Project attacked people who attended a speach by James Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. Here is the Los Angeles Times article about it:

The motorist had attended Gilchrist's speech and was leaving when protesters began hitting his van with placards and other objects, said Garden Grove Police Lt. David Kivler. The driver, who was not identified but spoke to a KCAL-TV Channel 9 reporter, said he gunned his car engine to get away from the crowd.

The anti-Minutemen protestors also attacked a group of police officers:

He said protesters began throwing filled soda cans at the assembled Garden Grove, Anaheim and CHP officers. At least eight people were arrested on suspicion of felony assault, while others were booked for disturbing the peace.

A witness, Eric Garcia, 22, of Anaheim said the evening turned ugly about 9 p.m. after the talk.

He said some protesters were in a driveway when someone in a car tried to leave and made contact with the group. "Then all hell broke loose," Garcia said. "People started throwing things, like rocks and bricks and stuff."

Is it really a surpirse that people who have no respect for one law are so quick to assault the people entrusted to enforce other laws? What might be even more disturbing was how quick the minutemen opponents were to assault people who attended a speech they did not like.

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Posted by Pete at May 27, 2005 02:49 PM

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Comments

It is no surprise that the left is so quick to use violence. It was very good to the Socialist Labor Party 80 years ago; helping the Socialists take over Germany. Violence worked well for Carter in 1976. So why not in '05? To me the surprise is that they waited over a month to bring out the thugs.

Posted by: Jo macDougal at June 1, 2005 12:40 PM