Minutemen and Police Attacked by Illegal Alien Activists

HE!D! says... ^ | 5/26/05 | American Cabalist

[American Cabalist]

Last night, Minutemen supporters gathered privately at the Women's Civic Club of Garden Grove (in O.C.) to hear a discussion lead by James Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen Project. About 300 protestors, charging that the Minutemen are a racist group, gathered outside to protest the meeting. When the Minutemen supporters tried to leave the event, at least two of their cars were attacked by dozens of protestors. The protestors hit the vehicles with placards and other objects until one of the drivers gunned his car to get away from the crowd. He was arrested, though I'm not sure what for yet. The driver of the second vehicle "injured" 3 people as he tried to inch through the crowd. The "injured protestors" were taken to a local hospital, but none had any serious injuries, even though the reporters made it sound like it in the opening sentence of the article.

Three people were injured and at least eight arrested Wednesday in Garden Grove after a motorist drove into a crowd of 300 demonstrators protesting a speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project, authorities said.

Quite a spin! It sounds like the motorist deliberately crashed his car into a group of protestors! That's not exactly what happened.

Once the second car hurt 3 protestors as it was trying to leave (which is bound to happen if you're swarming a moving vehicle!), the crowd erupted into violence and attacked the assembled police officers.

Garden Grove Police Lt. David Kivler said the crowd grew increasingly boisterous after the injuries.

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.

Here's a statement from a witness, as written by the LA Times reporters:

PICKETING: Police and protesters face off outside the California Commission for Immigration Reform meeting in Garden Grove. Mark Avery, The Orange County Register

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."

Notice how the reporters make it sound like the evening was just lovely up until that point, as if everyone were out on a stroll and just happened to be in the driveway when they were "contacted" or HIT by the drivers who were trying to leave.

Were the Minutemen supporters just supposed to just sit there while hundreds of howling illegal alien supporters banged away on their vehicles? What would you have done? Would you have stayed there or tried to leave? How would you have felt about the damage to your vehicle?

The tensions around this topic are deep and will inevitably erupt like they did in O.C.. I wonder how much more of this American citizens will put up with, and how much longer our political authorities will ignore it.

If we were worried about this in the "future", the future is now...

Violence Erupts at O.C. Protest Crowd gets rough and police swarm in after a Minuteman event in Garden Grove.

By Monte Morin and David Reyes, LA Times Staff Writers

I guess this begs the question I asked earlier: Is there an illegal alien uprising brewing in CA?

UPDATE: Additional news article in the Orange County register, with less BIAS:

Event turns hostile

An event honoring an anti-illegal immigrant leader Wednesday night was marred by altercations between anti-immigration activists and protesters, resulting in an arrest when two demonstrators were hit by a slow-moving van.

The driver was Hal Netkin of Van Nuys, said Barbara Coe, chairwoman of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform.

Protesters were blocking a driveway when Netkin tried to drive through and knocked two demonstrators to the ground, Deputy Police Chief K.J. Raney said.

Yeah, that's slighty different than the first article that implied that the driver recklessly DROVE into the crowd!

Billy Hall, a member of Coe's group, said shortly afterward that his car window was broken by a protester. Hall said he filed a police report.

I wonder what I would do if my car were surrounded by angry protestors who were banging on it and throwing things so that my windows broke!

[American Cabalist]

Links to two articles about the attack on the Minutemen. The first article in the LA Times is very biased and actually quite misleading (notice writers' bylines), the second story in the OC REgister is much less biased.

[EagleUSA]

Thank You Washington, DC for letting these maggots into our country. What is happening here and in the future, is on your hands -- 100% on your hands!!!

[raivyn]

OK, what part of "peaceful assembly" is too obscure for these rejects to understand?

Apparently they are under the false impression that labeling something as "racist" (or even "unconstitutional") will make their side right...

[Mr. Mojo]

Round up all 20 - 30 million of 'em, deport, and then build an electrified barrier.

"I wonder what I would do if my car were surrounded by angry protestors who were banging on it and throwing things so that my windows broke!"

Ever see the movie Death Race 2000 (1975)?

[American Cabalist]

Hal Netkin told a story quite a bit different from the biased LA Times. He was interviewed on the radio this morning, and he said his car was surrounded by screaming protestors who were pounding on his car, even ripped off one of his windshield wipers, and nearby police watched but did nothing! So he tried to inch his vehicle closer to the police. He was arrested and put in the SAME jail cell with other protestors who were arrested!!! (At the end, he was not charged and was released.) Then, later, the police themselves were attacked by the pro-illegal alien protestors, and THAT'S when people got arrested for disturbing the peace. But not when regular American citizens were being attacked!

The LA Times reported that he DROVE his car into a crowd of 300!

By the way, did you all notice the bylines of the writers?

[gubamyster]

ping

[DumpsterDiver]

By the way, did you all notice the bylines of the writers?

No, but I'll ask a question.

Would it have been considered (by some) to have been racial/ethnic profiling if I had noticed their names? :^)

[HiJinx]

The driver was Hal Netkin of Van Nuys, said Barbara Coe, chairwoman of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform.

The story was posted earlier, looks like it's getting more play. It still isn't very accurate.

In the previous post, we were told about a radio interview given by Mr. Netkin. His incident occured before the event, not after. He was driving into the parking lot, not leaving. And he moved only after asking for help from a half dozen police officers who were standing around watching his van get torn apart by the protesters.

[calcowgirl]

The story was posted earlier, looks like it's getting more play. It still isn't very accurate.

I agree. At the time, I tried to find all the articles published.

CA: Immigration event turns hostile (Minuteman)
The Orange County Register ^ | May 25, 2005 | Martin Wisckol
Posted on 05/26/2005 3:01:03 AM PDT by calcowgirl

Also included in thread is LA Times and Seattle Times version.

Associated Press subsequently came out with an article.

[Regulator]

They may in fact be "illegal alien activists", but most of them are illegal aliens themselves.

[Kokojmudd]

This is outrageous. I guess they got tired of trying to burn down the right field bleachers at Dodger Stadium and now they are attacking the minutemen.

[American Cabalist]

They may in fact be "illegal alien activists", but most of them are illegal aliens themselves.

I agree 100%.

[American Cabalist]

Yes, a better article in the OC Register, less slant.

I've posted eyewitness accounts, photos, and video clips here - I'm updating almost hourly.

[sdpatriot]

>>Would it have been considered (by some) to have been racial/ethnic profiling if I had noticed their names? :^) <<<


*snicker*

no doubt.



we are

we are

racist!

i know it must be so because that SIGN in the picture SAYS so.... LOL

[blackie]

Hang 'em High!

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Be Ever Vigilant!

Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!

[in the Arena]

BTTT

[janetgreen]

The U.S. Representative for Garden Grove is none other than...(drum roll)...Loretta Sanchez. She is pro-illegal alien, and her view of this mess would go right along with the violent protesters. Her contact e-mail address is:

loretta@mail.house.gov

[Dominick]

AKA Loretta Brixey, who went by Sanchez shortly before she beat (B-1) Bob Dornan.

She also (allegedly) won by having about 4000 illegal alien votes.

She has gotta protect her constituency...

[American Cabalist]

There is a Summit going on in Vegas this weekend: Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration. The MMP news is all over the place in Vegas. Here's an update from a Summit attendee:

I'm in Vegas for the summit.

The local news, CBS 8 is running the story about the MMP/Gilchrist event over and over again.

They are saying that a memember of the MMP ran over protestors and was arrested. They are showing a picture of him being take away by a police officer.

They ARE NOT mentioning that his car was surrounded and attacked. They ARE NOT mentioning that at least 8 protestors were arrested.

Then they point out that Gilchrist will be at the summit at the Cashman Center here in Vegas this weekend.

Protests are already planned. With this biased coverage we are in grave danger. Please please get on the phones to all local press and national press and tell them to balance this coverage with the other info!

[afnamvet]

Yep, war is coming. Lock and load.