Posted on 05/01/2010 1:01:21 PM PDT by SandRat
Some 3,000 marchers made their way from South Tucson to downtown's Armory Park this morning for a May First rally.
The crowd filled the width of South Sixth Avenue and the procession stretched several blocks. Dozens of other people were waiting along the sidewalks waiting to join the march.
Several carried signs critical of Arizona's new immigration law and many shouted, "Sí se puede," a familiar chant among immigrant rights supporters which loosely translates to "It can be done."
Many of the signs targeted Gov. Jan Brewer, one reading "Stop the furor." One person dressed like Brewer was surrounded by dancers wearing shirts that read ICE, a reference to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They danced to the 1990 Vanilla Ice rap song, "Ice Ice Baby," and occasionally ran into the crowd asking for ID while the Brewer character pulled her pants down to show pink underwear with the name of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on them.
Some signs supported a boycott of Arizona and replaced the letter z with the Nazi swastika.
The linking of Brewer to a Nazi was also seen in a march in Dallas. There, about a dozen people were carrying signs depicting Brewer as a Nazi and Arpaio as a Klansman.
The Texas signs showed Brewer in a Nazi uniform with her arm extended in a Nazi salute. Arpaio, who has developed a national reputation for his tough illegal immigration stance, was depicted wearing a white hood and holding a noose.
Organizers of the Dallas march, which was expected to draw up to 100,000 people, were asking sign holders to discard the placards.
Meanwhile, about 30 people from the group Arizonans For Immigration Control stood in the street near the Tucson Children's Museum to show their support of new law and Brewer. There were half as many there for the counter protest by the time the marchers arrived at the park shortly after 11 a.m.
Several police officers were visible along the march as well as around Armory Park.
The May First Coalition march and rally is one of several similar events planned across the country. Organizers said this week the hoped the national attention focused on Arizona's passage of a tough immigration law swelled the number of participants.
Border Ping
That is a pathetic turnout in a state with a half million illegals.
How many buses of SEIU there?
Tucson ICE arrests 3,000 critical of Arizona immigration law
Protesting the idea that it’s a crime to commit a crime.
Just damn - i never thought i’d see that.
heck our little street corner in the middle of nowhere drew 5000 attendees April 15.
Illegals do not assimilate to our culture. They don’t. They try to assimilate us. That pisses all of us off.
We vote. They don’t. Yet.
And AGAIN, ICE is nowhere to be found.
The signs that say “Today we march, tomorrow we vote” are what the Democrats want to see.
They could only drum up 3k in Tucson? LoL
Real “classy” protesters.
If it were a Tea Party event it would have been estimated about 500 to 750
If the Daily Star was reporting that amount, if they are like the AZ Republic, divide by three.
But the Tea Partiers are the ones who threaten public safety, call racist names and use Nazi analogies
LOL......
Its a university town...what can you expect? For those unfamiliar with Tucson..South Tucson is about one square mile of a separate town that is roughly 120 percent latino...if you get my drift.
I have no problem having naturalized citizens voting. I like that in fact - these are people who understand that voting in a Republic is a privilege - bought with the blood and treasure of our great Nation.
Illegals do not understand it. They see it as just another free benefit - as well as a way to get more free stuff.
That which is obtained cheap is esteemed too lightly [Thomas Paine.]
Man i'm pissed.
Quick. Somebody call Ed Rendell.
Only 3,000 and they probably counted many of them twice. What a joke.
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