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.
ImmigrationCounters.com provides the key numbers resulting from illegal immigration in the United States. Using the latest government and private sources, research and analysis trending data is factored at their individual rates of increase.
http://immigrationcounters.com/
And just how many of these charming folks were REALLY celebrating their communist roots?
What BIASED reporting. He's tough on CRIME. Period.
Most of them would say Communism is passe.
Wow look at all of the detail describing every sign and song and thing going on there. Can’t say the same for tea party articles.
"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.""
- From the article
See my post at #46 for another example of the bias in this article... It just so... blatant!
Yep!
snore..ZZZZZZZZZZ
These “rallies” will pass like a refried bean fart in the wind.
Check their IDs and deport the illegals. Go to the back of the line and try to enter legally next time.
Reminds me of one of McCains excuses for Amnesty
( err..legalization, according to him)
This may be the ONLY time John McCain told the truth.
John McCain: no amnesty for illegal aliens could lead to France-style riots
...The man wasnt satisfied with McCains answer. He asked McCain why the U.S. couldnt execute large-scale deportations, as he had heard they did in France and other countries. The question seemed to pique McCain.
In case you hadnt noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France, McCain said. Theyve got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police cant even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I dont want that in the suburbs of America.
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=John+McCain+France
3,000? That’s it? Pathetic.
Using the CNN converter:
3000 illegal immigration supporters = 3 dozen Tea Party protesters.
How’s this for bias? No actual reporting on crowd size (in Dallas), just a big round number thrown out there:
“Organizers of the Dallas march, which was expected to draw up to 100,000 people”
That's great! LOL
If you were illegal,
and this law had just passed,
and you heard all the leftist propaganda about it,
would YOU show up at a rally to protest it?
Just how many of these illegal putzes were arrested and deported??????
The comments are interesting about that article, I think. Sounds like quite a few people are locked and loaded to help law enforcement, should it come to that... I think people were anticipating more violence today, I was... given how violent the pro-Communists usually are. Of course, the day isn’t over yet.
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