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April 10, 2006
Climate of Fear Part 42
Violence by pro illegal immigration protesters continues to spread across the country. One anti-illegal immigration protester in Maine was taken away in an ambulence after being beaten by a masked youth. Boston.com reports:
Dozens of people pressing for rights for illegal immigrants gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Monday just minutes after a counter-protestor was bloodied by a teenager who hid his face with a bandanna.The attacker, described as a Hispanic teenager, went after one of three white people carrying signs arguing that illegals have no rights, police said.
As the teen fled, the victim dropped to the pavement after being hit with something heavy that the teen had carried, possibly in a sock or a bandanna, said Portland Police Sgt. Robin Gauvin. There were no arrests as of late afternoon.
The victim, identified as Robert Gorman, 23, of Portland, was hauled away in an ambulance minutes before 200 people gathered. He was treated and released from Maine Medical Center.
At the Dallas protest on Saturday, blogger Random Numbers had his camera smashed by a a group of pro illegal immigration thugs as he tried to take pictures of protesters with racist signs. He then had to flee for safety, but he luckily escaped injury:
For the most part, the protest was peaceful. The organizers were smarter than the idiots who set up those disgraces last week, and they passed out US flags and suggested that Mexican flags be less prominant. On the march from the Virgin of Guadelupe to City Hall, I got a lot of pics of really cute babes young women and thought that this one might do these folks some good in the PR department.Then came the ugliness. There was a very millitant group holding provocative signs and loaded down with very angry looking young men. Some were shouting 'Gringos go back to Europe!' and waving fists. Che was all over the place and the reconquista theme was all over them.
I was trying to get a good shot of a sign with Che Guevera on it when my camera was slapped out of my hand and kicked down the street. I turned to the asshole who decided he didn't like me and found myself facing about a half-dozen Latino males approx 19-25 years old and looking like trouble.
'You got a problem, white boy?' said the thug closest to me.
I decided to employ the better part of valor - I bugged out.
I was in downtown San Antonio during the time of the protests today, but I did not see anything from my sixth floor vantage point when I looked out around noon and was busy and away from windows the rest of the afternoon.
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Posted by Pete at April 10, 2006 09:29 PM
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