Posted on 05/01/2011 8:26:45 AM PDT by UrbanPanhandler
This year's May Day rally is expected to draw fewer immigrant rights activists to downtown Los Angeles than in past years, but police said they would be prepared for any problems that might occur.
Marchers will assemble at 10 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Broadway and Olympic Boulevard and walk north on Broadway toward City Hall, officials said. The march will conclude with a rally on Broadway between First and Temple streets near City Hall.
Organizers said the demonstration could draw more than 50,000 people, but permits sought for the march estimate a crowd of about 10,000.
Whatever the turnout, police said, they would be ready with a significant deployment of officers.
"We are going to have a large enough deployment to handle anything," said LAPD Deputy Chief Jose Perez. "Our posture will be consistent with what we've had the last two years. We want to keep a lid on anything, but, ideally, we are going to maintain a low profile and facilitate allowing everybody to express their 1st Amendment views in a peaceful and organized manner."
As in the past, the annual immigrant and labor rights march is seen as a way to rally public support for federal legislation that would legalize the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants.
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Not a good name for a boat.
It isn’t just Communists. Most of Western Europe shuts down on May Day. I arrived in Germany several years ago on May Day and absolutley everything was closed. Even the Brothels took the day off.
I feel so proud to live in a country where foreign criminals exercise American constitutional rights as they spit on our national sovereignty, immigration and labor laws, and our territorial integrity. /s
Somebody should inform these idiots that you can’t have one without the other.
Hooray, hooray, it’s the First of May! Outdoor fighting begins today!
Except checking IDs and immigrant status. You'll have tens of thousands of people right in front of you, most the same people the gov't says they can't find to deport.
I would hope that this means every officer gets a riot gun, extra ammo, extra Zip-Ties, a speed dial number to INS, and a police dog.
Since it's Cali they're probably going through sensitivity training and Spanish classes.
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