Free Republic

Baldwin Park police said they were opening an investigation to determine who struck a 66-year-old woman with a plastic water bottle during a sidewalk protest Saturday, sending her to the hospital with "cranial trauma." "We're investigating this as an assault with a deadly weapon," Sgt. Greg Keef said. Police said the victim, Laura Dalton of Murrieta, was struck during a shouting match between members of Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration group, and their opponents. Save Our State organized the protest against what they viewed as divisive and inflammatory wording on a city sculpture. Dalton was initially observed in the...