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To: mikhailovich; Travis McGee; dragnet2

>>This group is the largest hispanic civil rights group in the nation

uhuh.

[La Raza]Violence in Denver

The success of the alternative school and Gonzales' political achievements were overshadowed in 1973, when a man was arrested for jaywalking in front of the Crusade's headquarters.[20] A protest against the persecution was organized, leading to confrontations between demonstrators and police. Soon, a gun battle erupted, and a bomb exploded in the upper floors of the Downing Terrace apartments, which were in the possession of the Crusade.[21] One man was killed and seventeen were injured, among them 12 police officers. Gonzales accused the Denver police department of grenading the facilities, but a detective described the scene of the explosion as a "veritable arsenal".[22] Historians and scholars have yet to evaluate the impact of the bombing, but later prosecutions of Crusade participants served to diminish the influence of Gonzales and his organizations.

After this incident, Gonzales retreated into the private life of his family and Denver's Chicano community. He was still active in the movement, although he maintained a much lower profile.[23]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Gonzales

Quack, Waddle... kaBOOM!

 

 

129 posted on 08/21/2011 10:56:37 AM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: LomanBill

You’re dragging up something that happened nearly 40 years ago and trying to connect it to Perry?

Care to come up with something a little more this century?

Where were you on all the recent Obama/La Raza threads ... Hmmmm?

Nice try!

Next?


132 posted on 08/21/2011 11:04:43 AM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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