Posted on 03/26/2006 5:54:35 PM PST by EternalVigilance
Blaring car horns, racist slurs and angry fisticuffs punctuated a volatile encounter of protesters and counter-protesters Saturday morning outside Bank Calumet.
"God bless America! Stay out of our business!" yelled members of the locally based Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement.
"Go home (expletive) Nazi racists!" yelled members of an opposing group of circling counterprotesters.
The federation, a public interest organization advocating what it calls immigration policies with an impact, demonstrated against bank loans for undocumented aliens, echoing six similar previous local protests.
Several members of the Chicago Minuteman Project joined the federation, hoisting protest signs to passing motorists and exchanging verbal jabs with visibly angry counterprotesters.
"We're not racists, we're LEGAL Americans," Minuteman members yelled under American flags whipping in a fierce wind. "Those people are Communists."
The counterprotesters -- some from the Progressive Labor Party of Chicago, others from Purdue University Calumet or there on their own -- chanted in bilingual defiance: "¡Obreros unidos jamas seran vencidos!" or, "Workers united will never be defeated!"
Susana Findley, a Gary native whose parents were born in Mexico, said illegal immigrant workers arrived here for the same reason federation members' ancestors arrived: To find work and a better life.
"But those racist immigrants forget about that," said Findley, nodding toward the federation's camp.
Several counterprotesters arrived earlier than the scheduled 10 a.m. federation protest, setting up shop at the corner of Calumet Avenue and Ridge Road.
When 63-year-old Chicago Minuteman member Rick Biesada arrived and pulled out his protest sign, he claimed that two counterprotesters yanked it from him. When he yanked it back, the men assaulted him, knocking him to the ground, he said.
The Lindenhurst, Ill., resident was treated by paramedics at the scene for a gash over his eye and dizziness, spending a few minutes inside an ambulance before returning to the protest.
"I wished he fell to the ground harder," Findley said.
Munster police Sgt. Nick Hudak, one of several officers showing up to stand between the opposing groups, said no arrests were made and no other injuries occurred.
Protesters on both sides said the escalating debate over U.S. House Bill 4437, the so-called Border Security bill, may have inflamed the controversy of offering bank loans to illegal aliens.
The bill, which would strengthen enforcement of existing immigration laws and enhance border security, has already passed the House and could be voted on by the Senate as early as this week.
Federation co-founder and Valparaiso resident Cheree Calabro, while passing out fliers to motorists, said similar demonstrations at Bank Calumet had no such problems with counterprotesters.
"I think they're feeling more emboldened with all the national protests (supporting illegal immigration)," said Calabro, whose group is the Indiana chapter of the national Minuteman Project.
What exactly did Joe Bob say? I missed it. If it was a racist statement, maybe HE'S the real troll from DU.
The current president of the U.S. will be going to Mexico City this week to answser also.
One doesn't exclude the other.
I know. Stinks, don't it?
Ah, the "usual suspects", I reckoned they would not be far behind.
W. Cleon Skousen (1913-1996) died this year. His 45 points of domination by the Communist Party were read into the Congressional record. I scanned it again. He could well have made it 46 points.
Drudge report was burning fire tonight. He had a guest on for the first hour. Drudge did a big favour tonight- listeners heard it- warts and all. A chap called Hermosa (sp) pretty near slipped up and called it for what it might attempt to be - a bloodless revolution.
God Bless America.
There has definitely been a distinct uptick in the number of noobs/trolls/upsetters on the forum the past few days.
~ Blue Jays ~
Thanks. I've been "better" for a long time. The only casualty of the cancer incident was my private pilot's license. I couldn't get the flight surgeon to sign off without lots of paperwork from Kaiser Permanente and they refused to cooperate. After 25 years of software engineering, my eyesight has taken a hit too. I can still pass flight qualifications for military aircrew. That's about all the "fun" I have time for lately.
I had a conversation with an undercover cop 6 years ago about the latino gangs in southern California. He claimed they were caching arms and ammo with the intent of launching a full scale shooting war when they felt sufficiently prepared. The sign waving illegals could easily turn into an armed invasion. Not a pretty prospect.
No kiddin'. :-(
I think you are a flaming liberal and a troll
The illegal aliens and the criminals who hire them and the criminals who harbor them are getting out in the street making their desires known. It is way past time those of us who support the rule of law and secure borders did the same.
Join Veterans for Secure Borders, The Minuteman Project, Latino Americans for Immigration Reform, Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, and other groups protesting amnesty for these criminals, and demanding the government protect our borders.
http://www.areckoning.com/
FReepers should be at this rally in strength. Saturday, May 6, in Crawford, TX.
The worst thing is that The Black Panthers support the Azatlan creeps.
Absolutely brilliant!
And definitely timely...
All one has to do is think, "Hmmmm...which countries/governments out there in this big world would benefit by things being in economic and cultural upheaval in the U.S.?"
I can think of at least a couple, stretching from the middle east to the far east...
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