Scuffle breaks out at immigration rally (Arizona)

I just posted the following to its own thread. I was careful not to even excerpt the Tucson Citizen, but to only summarize the main points of the article and to provide a link to the actual article at the Tucson Citizen website. The thread was inexplicably pulled within 2 minutes.

The title of the thread was (Arizona) Six face charges after flag incident (Marchers attack police). The original title of the article was simply "Six face charges after flag incident". I added (Arizona) to set the location. I added (Marchers attack police) to ensure that it was not misinterpreted to mean that any of the flag burners were arrested during their peaceful counterdemonstration.

This is the content of the thread that I posted. Again, I've taken all of the precautions I can think of to post this news on Free Republic and I'm staying within the rules of Free Republic in making this post. If this post gets pulled, it is archived elsewhere. If an admin moderator as a problem with the thread I posted, or this post itself, I would like an explanation of what the problem is so that I can correct it and not just have things pulled for no stated reason.

Six face charges after flag incident

Allegations in rally tussle include hitting police officers
Articles from the Tucson Citizen can't be posted here, or even excerpted. Click HERE to read the original story from the Tucson Citizen. I've provided a summary below:
6 illegal aliens/illegal alien supporters were arrested yesterday as the Border Guardians burned a Mexican Flag in Armory Park. They threw bottles and attacked the police officers protecting the Americans.
The following were arrested:

Missal Ordomez, 21 - Hindering prosecution and interfering with a governmental operation. (Attempted to stop police from making an arrest)

Miguel Contreras, 20 - Aggravated assault on a peace officer (Punched a police officer)

Roberto Contreras, 55 - Aggravated assault on a peace officer (Punched a police officer)

Unnamed Female Juvenile #1, 15 - Disorderly conduct (Throwing water bottles)

Unnamed Female Juvenile #2, 16 - Disorderly conduct (Throwing water bottles), Aggravated assault on a peace officer (Struck police officer with water bottle)

Unnamed Male Juvenile, 16 - Aggravated assault on a peace officer (Jumped on police officer's back)

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In the comment section of the post, I placed the following:

April 9th, 2006 - Mexican Consulate, Tucson, Arizona, USA

April 10th, 2006 - Armory Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(In front of 10,000 illegal aliens
Video of Mexican Flag burning:
04-09-06_KVOA4-5:30PM_MexFlagBurn.wmv
04-09-06_KGUN9-5:00PM_MexFlagBurn.wmv
04-09-06_KOLD13-5:30PM_MexFlagBurn.wmv
04-09-06_KVOA4-10:00PM_MexFlagBurn.wmv
04-09-06_KOLD13-10:00PM_MexFlagBurn.wmv

Excerpts from today's Arizona Daily Star:

The event was mostly peaceful, but Tucson police arrested several people in a scuffle as the protest ended. The tension began to grow after a few members of a group called the Border Guardians torched a Mexican flag as part of a counterprotest.

Peacekeepers trained by march organizers tried to prevent a confrontation by standing arm-in-arm with their backs to the group in an effort to keep them apart from the marchers.

The situation erupted when Tucson police arrested a 15-year-old girl who they say threw a bottle of water at the one of the people burning a Mexican flag. Then they arrested Marisol Luna, 16, who they say doused one of the flag-burners and a police officer with water.

Angry members of the crowd followed police as they escorted Luna out of the park. When officers, now flanked by officers on motorcycles, reached the corner of East McCormick and South Scott streets, members of the crowd attacked officers, including one man who jumped on the back of an officer, Klein said.

One officer sprayed pepper spray in the air to control the situation, Klein said.

Officers cited Luna, Saúl Figueroa, 16, Miguel Contreras, 20, and Roberto Contreras, 55, each with aggravated assault on a peace officer, a felony. They cited a 15-year-old girl with disorderly conduct and Missal Ordomez, 21, with hindering prosecution and interfering with governmental operation.

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