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Led by Mexico’s government, illegal immigrants across the nation are planning disruptive May Day marches demanding that the U.S. government halt immigration raids and that Congress pass laws to legalize them. Hundreds of thousands of rowdy illegal aliens flooded the streets of major cities last year demanding amnesty and other rights, while threatening to shut down streets and launch economic boycotts. They burned U.S. flags and wielded racist, anti-American signs as they chanted for “derechos” (rights) in Spanish. Although many local groups helped promote those marches, they were mainly organized by an umbrella group called National Mobilization to Support Immigrant...

It’s another fine, sunny day in Los Angeles, where being a cop means always having to say you’re sorry. I already mentioned the MacArthur Park May Day riot in my last installment. Since then, the mayor of Los Angeles, the Honorable Antonio Villaraigosa, with a little help from the LA Times, has stirred the pot. Mayor Villaraigosa made an appearance at an inner city Catholic church last Saturday (Cinco de Mayo, which is now a bigger deal in LA than Independence Day ever was) to promise “There will be consequences.” The LA Times chose to report this under a headline...

Draw your own conclusions. In part one you will hear the cops talking about being pelted with rocks and bottles at around the 11 minute mark. People were throwing stuff from apartments too. At around the 14 minute mark someone starts a fire. Note that the media ignored many of these facts. Police Intercept #1: http://www.alhambra-insider.info/rad...pts/LAPD01.mp3 In part two the rowdiness starts around the 05:30 mark. Some jokes around 10:50. At around 14:10 there is talk of people throwing bottles at cars. At 16 minutes they start going after some of the mobsters. Police Intercept #2 http://www.alhambra-insider.info/rad...pts/LAPD02.mp3

POSTER'S NOTE: This has been edited to remove, per FR rules, solitications from ANSWER.The ANSWER Coalition unequivocally condemns the brutal, unprovoked Los Angeles Police Department attack on immigrant families, media reporters and camerapersons and others in MacArthur Park on May 1. The LAPD’s racism and violent nature has been displayed once again for the world to see.  We demand that Mayor Villaraigosa and all city officials take immediate action to bring the officers involved to justice. We also demand that the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners fire LAPD Chief William Bratton. On May 1, tens of thousands of protesters...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday that some of the police tactics used to clear immigration protesters from a park were inappropriate, as news videos showed officers striking people with batons and firing rubber bullets into crowds that included children. Images showed police hitting a television cameraman to the ground and shoving people who were walking away from officers at Tuesday's demonstration. Some injured people were seen in the videos, including a Hispanic man with a bleeding welt on his stomach and back.

<p>Tuesday was given over to illegal aliens and their supporters to demand forgiveness for using fraudulent documents and assisting others in entering this country illegally.</p> <p>What a day for illegal aliens and their supporters to demand not only amnesty but also the end to immigration raids and deportations. May Day was a peculiar choice for their demonstrations, a day in many countries in which international socialism is celebrated and a reminder of those old Soviet military parades.</p>

Rallies draw a fraction of last year's crowd as activists ponder the movement's future. Clash erupts in evening. Waving U.S. flags and demanding citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tens of thousands of jubilant protesters marched through the streets of Los Angeles on Tuesday during a mostly peaceful day that ended with clashes between police and demonstrators in MacArthur Park. Fifteen police officers were among those hurt. About 10 people were taken from MacArthur Park by ambulance to hospitals for treatment, said d'Lisa Davies, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. She said the injuries mainly were cuts, including head and...

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LAPD has bottles tossed at them and respond accordingly..........

Immigration rallies held across the country Tuesday produced only a fraction of the million-plus protesters who turned out last year, as fear about raids and frustration that the marches haven't pushed Congress to pass reform kept many at home. In Los Angeles, where several hundred thousand turned out last year, about 25,000 attended the first of two scheduled rallies, said police Capt. Andrew Smith, an incident commander. In Chicago, where more than 400,000 swarmed the streets a year earlier, police officials put initial estimates at about 150,000. Organizers said those who did march felt a sense of urgency to keep...

"LA Rally Now a 'March' Due to Low Turnout... Less than 1000 per KFI AM... Developing..."-Drudge Report Related story: "Protesters Press for Path to Citizenship"

LOS ANGELES - Demonstrators demanding a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants hope that nationwide marches will spur Congress to act before the looming presidential primaries take over the political landscape. Marches, meetings and voter registration drives were planned Tuesday from California to New York, a year after 1 million flexed their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott during last year's May 1 activities. Though this year's turnout will likely be lower, organizers say immigrants feel a sense of urgency to keep immigration reform from getting pushed to the back burner by the 2008 presidential elections....

LOS ANGELES — With millions of illegal immigrants planning to demand a path to citizenship by marching through the nation's streets on Tuesday, Los Angeles and other major cities are bracing for rally gridlock. Demonstrators hope the marches will push Congress to answer their calls for action for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States before the presidential primary season. Cities from coast to coast were preparing for the marches and voter registration drives stretching from California to New York on the May 1 International Workers' Day. In Los Angeles, march organizers say there will...

[Source only, per their page. Summary from multiple sources: March organized by "Committee for Immigrants' Amnesty and Social Justice" begins at 4 PM, going from Seattle Center to downtrown (Westlake Mall?) and back, will tie up traffic in downtown Seattle and interfere with traffic headed to Safeco Field for a 7 PM Mariners' game.]

YAKIMA, Wash. The Yakima chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps says it will shoot video of tomorrow's May Day immigration reform march in the city. Chapter president Bob Dameron says he was shocked by a similar march last year in which people carrying foreign flags demanded rights. A march and rally also is planned tomorrow in Seattle as part of a day of demonstrations across the United States and Mexico. The Seattle march is being planned by The Committee for General Amnesty and Social Justice." Organizers are calling for a moratorium on immigration raids and deportations. Last year thousands...

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/bdaz01/1c18042.jpg[/IMG] TRANSLATION: For the moment we have the backing of ten states of the American Union who stand against the roundups. These states are clearly part of the campaign against roundups. These states are, Rhode island, Massachussets, California, Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky, Nevada, Atlanta Georgia, New mexico, Florida, and we expect that in the following days we will be joined by more states, organizations, politicians, syndicates, churches, businesses, in this noble cause that concerns all of us. The 22 institutions, organizations, media, churches, syndicates, politicians, businessess and more...YES WE CAN!!! Julio César Aragón Presidente de la Asociación Social, Cultural y...

Statement from Los Angeles National Conference: NATIONAL MAY DAY MOVEMENT FOR WORKER & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS May 1st, 2007 we will be out in the streets, not shopping or selling, if possible not working; but Marching. On February 3rd & 4th, 2007, a Conference hosted by the March 25th Coalition culminated in a call for a national day of actions for workers and Immigrant’s Rights. The day, May 1st, 2007. During the two day conference, representatives from around the country came together in Los Angeles, Cal. and agreed on a National Campaign to bring about true comprehensive Immigration Reform. From New...