[abigail2]

I have a friend who was at the CCIR's meeting in Garden Grove tonite. He said they were in the meeting and were surrounded and were really in fear for their lives. Hal Netkin, of mayorno.com ran over 2 protesters and my friend said that he was probably scared by the protesters who were really violent and angry. The police were dressed in riot gear but didn't do anything to break them up. They attacked people, one person went to his car to get something and was attacked and his car window was smashed. They had to escort attendees to their cars afterwards. This was very terrible. If anyone wants to donate to Hal Netkins defense and bail fund Barbara Coe of CCIR is collecting money. Also, I will give anyone Hal's email address if you freemail me.

[abigail2]

Los Angeles area ping...

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for adding to the report.

Terry did say that he did not wait around after the meeting, as he had to go home to call Mark and get on the air.

I would not be surprised that the name I heard was wrong,
I tried to type it as I thought I heard it.

It is a shame that Hal has been arrested, but it is exactly what the trouble makers wanted. It is their insurance of being on lots of news reports.

[redheadtoo]

... my friend said that he was probably scared by the protesters who were really violent and angry.

The guy who was arrested for supposedly running over a couple of protesters was released and will not be charge after the police determined that no one was hurt and that the protesters had actually attacked the car. By the way the protesters were throwing soda cans filled with marbles at the people who were attending the lecture. So, I guess the claim is true, the Minute Men do promote violence. Strange thing though, the violence they promote is always against themselves.

I have heard that while still patrolling the border in Arizona several of the Minute Men were pushed by ACLU people who were trying to provoke a violent response.

This is an old tactic of the left. I attended a rally to kick off Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign. Some demonstrators were trying to provoke a reaction by screaming things about Reagan. Eventually, a huge guy, over 6ft tall and close to 300 lbs got a Reagan supported all riled up. Funny thing is the Reagan supporter was about 5'2". My friend, a girl, actually stepped between the two combatants and told the Reagan support to sit down. She probably prevented a riot that day.