Ringo Starr, in a serape. :)
Posted on 05/29/2006 3:25:29 PM PDT by Xenalyte
A Boston beauty salon was more bloody than beautiful this weekend when a brawl broke out over a customer speaking Spanish.
"Speak English! This is America!" one woman reportedly screamed at another at Kathy's Nail Design in the Dorchester section of the city.
The remark ignited a massive melee at the salon, with numerous women engaging in manicure-to-manicure combat.
"Ten years in this country, I never seen anything like this. The lady says 'Speak English, I don't want to hear Spanish!' and big fight happens," shop owner David Win told the Boston Herald. "There was blood in here and everything. There were a lot of customers in here. It [was] crazy."
Friday's incident prompted a call to 9-1-1, and an officer dispatched to break up the battle received scratches on his neck and arm.
Police say it began as one of the suspects, Sonia Pina, 20, was speaking Spanish to her cousin when another woman, Nakeisha Prichard, 20, went on the attack. Within minutes, at least four women were engaged in the salon scuffle.
"The two suspects began to argue and a fight ensued," said police spokeswoman Sharon Dottin.
Prichard allegedly pulled off her pump and began beating Pina with it, explaining to police, "I accidentally took my shoe off and hit her with it after she punched me."
She ended up with charges of assault and battery, resisting arrest, and assault on a police officer, inflicted by her newly manicured fake acrylic nails.
Pina was charged with assault and battery for allegedly punching Prichard in the face.
Later in the evening, the salon was packed with people conversing in several languages, including Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese and English.
"A lot of people are angry with us, but they are just stressed out with their own lives and taking it out on the immigrant people," Carmen Riveira, 28, a native of the Dominican Republic now living in Dorchester, told the Herald. "I pay my money to get my nails done. I can speak any language I want in here."
Another customer, Kristine DaRosa, 18, of Dorchester, said her family would be directly affected by the immigration-reform bill currently before Congress. One of her uncles is being deported to their native Cape Verde.
"All kinds of fights are going on because of this," said DaRosa. "People should just give everybody a chance."
Ringo Starr, in a serape. :)
I am not OBLIGATED to respect anyone, that is earned.
ZOT coming your way, racist troll. Enjoy!
What a "pant load" you are sir, is that respectful enough for you.
Racists flying their native rags. They did more damage to their (and your) cause than we ever could haved hoped for. They woke the sleeping giant.
We have a target! Release the Kitties!
Black-Hispanic punchup.
There are some serious tensions there.
---Therefore, you are obligated to respect them.---
Like the respect you show in this thread?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640257/posts
---all I can say is there's a lot of gringo-men who wear panties under their jeans. ---
Your ignorance is overflowing.
You wouldn't by chance be ILLEGAL would you?
I repeat:
Lesson one.
RESPECT HAS TO BE EARNED!
As Dick Cheney once said, "Go F*** Yourself"!
You keep using that word, respect.
Yet EVERY post you have made is racist.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Or do you believe that only gringos can be racist?
Fox has more class than you. And that's saying a lot.
Or this one?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640167/posts
---vincente is my cousin from the irish side of the family. I renounce him completely. too gringo for me.---
Look, dumbass, you can take that "Gringo" term and shove it up your fourth point of contact.
I really don't give a flying sh!t WHAT you think, you can take your sorry ass down to Mexico and live the rest of your life there as far as I'm concerned. In fact, I would prefer it that way. One less idiot in this country certainly couldn't hurt, IMO.
Another thing, dipsh!t, our leaders GOVERN this country, they do not RULE it. Get that through your thick skull!
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