CA: Protest Over Art Forces Police to Draw the Line ~~ LA Times reporting....immigration issues...

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 15, 2005 | David Pierson and Patricia Ward Biederman, Times Staff Writers

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

For 12 years, public artwork near the Baldwin Park Metrolink station never caused a stir.

But when a Ventura-based group that opposes illegal immigration got wind of what was inscribed on the artwork this month, they organized a protest that garnered attention when it was announced on the "John & Ken Show" on KFI-AM (640).

By Saturday, activists on both sides of the immigration issue mobilized, resulting in a sometimes chaotic confrontation in the San Gabriel Valley community.

Members of Save Our State, a 7-month-old organization, say they are offended by "anti-American" inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came" and "This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is, and will be again" on the 20-foot-high arch.

"I find it incredibly offensive," said Joseph Turner, the group's executive director. The quotation "is seditious in nature. It essentially talks about returning this land to Mexico."

Turner said he wants the offending quotations removed before the Fourth of July.

Most of this nuance was absent at the rally, which quickly descended into a heated face-off for over two hours at Pacific and Downing avenues. Protesters on both sides hurled obscenities and taunts, and at times argued face-to-face before police arrived.

Opponents of Save Our State consisted mainly of young adults who said they sent e-mails to Latino and immigrant worker advocacy groups. Many were politically active teenagers and college students who skateboarded to the scene.

[Eeper]

Opponents of Save Our State consisted mainly of young adults who said they sent e-mails to Latino and immigrant worker advocacy groups. Many were politically active teenagers and college students who skateboarded to the scene. LOL...typical lefty scum from a local institution of higher brainwashing, I'm sure.

[Eeper]

Opponents of Save Our State consisted mainly of young adults who said they sent e-mails to Latino and immigrant worker advocacy groups. Many were politically active teenagers and college students who skateboarded to the scene.

LOL...typical lefty scum from a local institution of higher brainwashing, I'm sure.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Photos and discussion :

controversy arises over baldwin park monument [la reconquista]

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Things are heating up in SoCal:

Baldwin Park public artwork angers group opposed to illegal immigration

[Eeper]

Damn your double-posting, Eepe...er, me.

Sorry, guys.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See above.

[Libertina]

"Public" art work? As in given our taxpayer dollars? This government won't be happy until they spark a revolution. Illegal aliens made into citizens, American citizens made into lawbreakers and called "vigilantes." By their own elected officials...

[bigfootbob]

Keep your powder dry

[Carry_Okie]

Funny they never mention that it was Spanish land for a lot longer than it was Mexican. During that 27 years, that sovereignty was never exercised; i.e., most of the white folks here still held allegiance to Spain until the US took over.

Further, Aztlan never reached north of Baja. They have no claim.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for that info!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks much!

[lonewacko_dot_com]

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[Enterprise]

"But that is how it always starts, very small."

[DuncanWaring]

"It was better before they came"...

... when we could hack out the hearts of our enemies in peace.

[Enterprise]

America haters - forget history at your peril!

[DuncanWaring]

...was Indian always ...

Don't they mean "... was Native American always..."? < /sarcasm>

Even before the Ice Age sucked up enough water to reveal the Bering Land Bridge (or whatever it was called) so the Indians or Native Americans or proto-Siberians or whatever they were called could migrate across?