Posted on 05/17/2010 1:32:01 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
LA Lakers coach Phil Jackson has become the focus of ire from the illegal immigrant activists and those who can't read. They're planning a protest against Jackson at tonight's Lakers-Suns playoff game in Los Angeles:
Immigration activists plan to picket the NBA Western Division title game at Staples Center Monday evening, because Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he has no problem with Arizona’s controversial new illegal immigration law.
...When Adande told Jackson that some feel the Arizona Legislature had usurped federal law, Jackson countered Arizona is “not usurping, it’s just copying it is what they said they did, and then they give it some teeth to be able to enforce it.”
Those comments have prompted the Mexican-American Political Association and Southern California Immigration Coalition to plan to picket Monday’s Lakers game. “We are not happy with the position that Phil Jackson took,” said the group’s leader, Nativo Lopez.
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Game 1 is over and we kicked their sorry asses..Kobe was on FIRE tonight..GO LAKERS!!
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