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Morristown, NJ Rally - news links
Morristown, NJ Rally - news links More elected officials should have turned out for protests
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/COLUMNISTS01/707290365
Poll: N.J. residents split on immigration's impact
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/COMMUNITIES/707290373
White supremacists in New Jersey
http://www.eldiariony.com/noticias/detail.aspx?section=25&desc=Editorial&id=1686167
Another way of looking at the illegal alien invasion. Let's say I break into your house.
www.unitedpatriotsofamerica.com/yourhouse
On one side of South Street in Morristown, 250 protesters swarmed the lawn in front of town hall, armed with signs bearing anti-illegal immigration slogans like "We fought our revolution, go back and fight yours," and "Stop the Invasion -- Go Home!" Directly across the street, separated by a wall of police officers, another 250 protesters filled the sidewalk in front of Kings Supermarket, shouting into megaphones and chanting angrily in counter-protest. The two groups faced off for two hours yesterday, blocking streets, drawing crowds of curious passers-by and keeping police officers on high alert. Sweating in the midday sun, anti-illegal-immigration protesters cheered and clapped as speakers took the stage to launch fiery tirades. Organized by the ProAmerica Society of Mount Olive, some blamed illegal immigrants for car accidents, drug smuggling, murders and job loss. Others said illegal immigrants are diluting the American culture.
"I will never accept English as a second language," said Daniel Smeriglio, from Voice of the People USA, an activist group based in Pennsylvania. "You disgrace us." Carmen Morales, a speaker from the Hispanic anti-amnesty group "You Don't Speak for Me," told the crowd she opposed immigrants who do not enter the county the legal way, as she had. "You don't belong in Morristown," she said.
Across the street, counter-protesters shouted and chanted so loudly that at times they drowned out the voices of the speakers at town hall. They waved signs with slogans like "Immigrants are not criminals," "Working people have no borders," and "Mayor KKK," referring to Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello's stance against illegal immigrants. Michele Miculiani, who works at Kings, joined the counter-protesters on her lunch break. "That side is hatred, and hatred is what causes the problems here," Miculiani yelled, pointing at the crowd outside town hall. "It's these kind of people, they're no better than the terrorists on 9/11!"
The rally comes on the heels of a ruling in Hazleton, Pa., on Thursday in which a judge ruled unconstitutional a law that would have penalized landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, and employers who hire them. Protesters grew more vocal as the afternoon wore on, with both sides waiting for Cresitello to take the stage. Police outfitted in riot gear with helmets, batons and pepper spray surrounded the stage, while a line of reinforcements arrived to barricade South Street. A man and a woman were arrested at about 12:30 p.m., according to Morristown Police Chief Peter Demnitz, when they attempted to jump onto the stage and damage the amplifiers. Police also broke up several fistfights between protesters, Demnitz said.
When he took the stage, the mayor, who is seeking to deputize local police officers as federal immigration agents, condemned his opponents for stalling his efforts. "How dare they, how dare they question my right as mayor of this community to move this program forward?" he asked. Then, as counter-protesters began chanting loudly, "Shame, shame, shame on you!" in an effort to drown the mayor out, Cresitello retaliated with a warning. "To the Communists across the street, and the Marxists, we know your motives, and we will not continue to let you go forward with your intent to take over our country," he said.
Protesters attended yesterday's rally for various reasons. Morris Township resident Barbara Bock, 60, said she wanted to stop the drug gangs "coming across with border with drugs for our children." Michael Manning, 45, a furniture worker in Dover, said he attended after almost losing his job last month to the "many illegals out there ready to just take my job." In the two weeks before today's rally, the police had been tipped off to a plan to disrupt the event, said Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. Bianchi activated the county's rapid deployment team for the first time since it was established several years ago, and about 140 state, county and municipal officers were deployed, along with an army of helicopters, horses and SUVs.
But the rally was mostly peaceful, with the exception of the arrests and a few heated exchanges. Diana Mejia, co-founder of Wind of the Spirit, the local immigrants resource center that organized a prayer vigil at a nearby church, was dragged from the lawn in front of town hall after she was spotted in the crowd with a pro-immigrant sign. Police officers carried her away as protesters across the street chanted, "Let her stay!" "I just stood there," a visibly rattled Mejia said when she got back to the other side of the street. "I didn't say anything. They just grabbed me and pulled me." Meanwhile, a mile away at St. Margaret's Church on Sussex Avenue, about 50 people read poems and sang songs during a peace vigil. Father Hernan Arias, pastor of the church, asked God to help the country's immigrant workers. "In your eyes and ears we are all legal, because we are your sons and daughters," Arias said.