May 17, 2005

Report: Demonstration Against Anti-American Monument Turns to Riot

I have not yet confirmed this report. However, it was forwarded to me by a friend in whom I have confidence. I am posting it in its entirety.

The Baldwin Park Commuter Rail Station has a memorial with the following inscription:

“It was better before they came. This land was Mexican once, was Indian always, and is, and will be again.”

SaveOurState.org organized a peaceful demonstration last Saturday to demand that the city of Baldwin Park immediately remove this seditious, divisive, and anti-American language from the “Danzas Indigenas” monument. Taxpayer-funded, to the tune of $56,000, and situated on public land, the monument promotes the radical and militant belief in the “reconquista of Aztlan.” One passage on the monument laments the presence of whites in America by stating, “It was better before they came.” This is another example of radical revisionist history and militant separatist rhetoric calling for the return of the southwestern U.S. to Mexico advanced by MEChA.

Unfortunately, the Save Our State demonstration turned violent on Saturday as 400 counter-protestors from Leftist groups walked beyond their police barricades and overwhelmed the 50 protestors. The Left was out in full regalia, including La Raza supporters proclaiming their goal to recapture Aztlan and Islamist devotees in face masks urging radical Muslims to come forward and rise up. An elderly woman, who attended with Save Our State suffered head trauma from a blow administered by a counter-protestor with a full water bottle. The woman was hospitalized overnight for a concussion and had a brain scan that indicated irregularities. Police donned riot gear and deployed a rooftop sniper to monitor the situation on the ground.

Except for a local talk radio host, Doug McIntyre, this story has not been covered by the news media.