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Chief: Police are to Protect 'Every Person'
Patch.com ^ | September 23, 2011 | Mary MacDonald

Posted on 09/23/2011 12:14:42 PM PDT by moonshinner_09

A Milford church with a predominantly Latino congregation hosted a forum Thursday featuring Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin, who emphasized that he expects police officers to protect all residents.A forum on immigration, featuring the Milford police chief, drew a mixed group of longtime residents and recent immigrants to Freedom Life Church Thursday, for a "peaceful dialogue" on a politically charged issue.

More than 50 people attended the forum, including the families of Matthew Denice and Richard Grossi, two Milford men who were killed in collisions with drivers who, police say, were illegal immigrants.

The meeting was organized by pastors Hector and Monsi Quinones of Freedom Life Church, which draws a predominantly Spanish-speaking congregation to its downtown services. Addressing the audience, Hector Quinones said the purpose was "to take a moment to have a peaceful dialogue. This is an important night. It's necessary."

(Excerpt) Read more at milford-ma.patch.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: aliens; drunkdriving; immigration; ma
Just more pandering ."My responsibility is not to enforce immigration laws," O'Loughlin said. "That's the responsibility of the federal government. It's not a local or a state responsibility, it's a federal responsibility." In other words he has their backs and things can continue as they are.the purpose was "to take a moment to have a peaceful dialogue. This is an important night. It's necessary." If this was an America who did to this to an illegal they would not have this attitude of let us all have a peaceful dialogue.
1 posted on 09/23/2011 12:14:50 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

Where the heck is Milford?


2 posted on 09/23/2011 12:21:03 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Sanctuary State Of Massachusetts.


3 posted on 09/23/2011 12:24:34 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: Travis McGee

>>>Where the heck is Milford?

This one is where Willard Romney used to be governor.


4 posted on 09/23/2011 12:24:42 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Willard Romney, OMG, how many folks will get that???


5 posted on 09/23/2011 12:26:22 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Romney and Perry love illegals. Santorum is about 10 times better than those two. Ditto Bachman.


6 posted on 09/23/2011 12:29:27 PM PDT by John334
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To: moonshinner_09

Well, I sure hope his department doesn’t get any federal funding, and the state funding should dry up too.

If you aren’t protecting the taxpaying citizens from illegal invaders then you need to be fired.


7 posted on 09/23/2011 12:42:55 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Travis McGee

Milford is a small town in central Massachusetts just south of the junction of I90 and I495. It’s population is about 30,000 people of whom about 12,000 are Americans and about 18,000 are Brazilians.


8 posted on 09/23/2011 12:43:27 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama is not the second coming of Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was the first coming of Obama!)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel; wardaddy

How many are Brazilian chicks?
Never mind. Not a serious question.


9 posted on 09/23/2011 12:49:47 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: moonshinner_09

I just told the Chief what his responsibilities actually are. Illegal means illegal.
Chief Thomas O’Loughlin chief@milfordpolice.org 


10 posted on 09/23/2011 1:02:39 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: moonshinner_09

were killed in collisions with drivers who, police say, were illegal immigrants.

And here is where we go off the track.
The drivers were either citizens or they were not. Not brain surgery......


11 posted on 09/23/2011 1:36:46 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


12 posted on 09/23/2011 2:04:52 PM PDT by HiJinx ("Good government is the concern of all men." ~ Louis L'Amour)
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On Sept 8, “I wish this meeting was under different circumstances,’’ began Pablo Calle, representing Ecuador’s National Department for Migrant Affairs. “We are very sad for the loss that the Denice family and this community had to suffer. There is nothing we can say or do to help them cope with the situation. We need to move forward.’’ They do not this when an America causes a fatal accident.All about law and order and lawsuits, protests, etc,etc.. Related..

Educating’ Ecuadorians

“I think it’s very important just to let them understand about here, about the laws,” Almeida de Stein said. “They’re here and they have to respect the laws.”

De Stein said it would take time, but she would “educate” Ecuadorians living in Milford. That didn’t seem to satisfy DeBartolomeis. He gave the consul one month to submit a report on what she’s doing to fix the problem.

The problem, to some people, is a classic cultural clash.

Pablo Calle is the spokesman for the Ecuadorian National Secretariat of Migrants. He says these immigrants are indigenous, speak Spanish as a second language, and they face huge cultural obstacles. That’s something he says other Milford residents don’t get.

“They don’t understand the settings they’re from,” Calle said. “Often times from rural settings, where they don’t have the sophistication. They haven’t even gone to the cities in their own countries, so it’s very hard for them to understand how to behave in ways that are accepted where they live.” The night after the town hall meeting, Ecuador’s consul in Boston met with about 100 men and women from Milford’s Ecuadorian community. Speaking in Spanish, she told them to “behave,” not to drink, not to drive without a license, to stay home.

Some men here had already considered giving up the bottle, but not drive? That’s almost impossible, they say.

Yet they are out there driving cars on American roads clueless..


13 posted on 09/23/2011 2:06:12 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

LOL. Very good description.


14 posted on 09/23/2011 2:13:22 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: moonshinner_09

Since when can he over rule he U.S. Supreme Court ruling stating that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person?


15 posted on 09/23/2011 3:11:35 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Notice how the Democrat party is all Democratic now)
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To: moonshinner_09

“to take a moment to have a peaceful dialogue. This is an important night. It’s necessary.”

Too bad Messrs Denice and Grossi couldn’t attend. Perhaps if there were less illegal border jumping parasites here, they would be.


16 posted on 09/23/2011 7:23:05 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP Obama in 2012)
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To: moonshinner_09

“The forum had been expected to draw larger numbers of attendees from the Ecuadorian community, but only a few appeared.”

Surprise surprise. I thought the police were supposed to apprehend law breakers. Illegals are lawbreakers. But then I guess O’Loughlin can be excused. He’s from Massachusetts. A lot of them are mentally challenged up there. Look at who they send to Washington.


17 posted on 09/23/2011 7:25:35 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP Obama in 2012)
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To: Travis McGee
How many are Brazilian chicks?

There are a brazillion of them.

18 posted on 09/25/2011 8:47:37 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

Good answer!


19 posted on 09/25/2011 9:36:19 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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