What started as a peaceful march ended up into this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UFdNkXJMH9A
Your views on this horrific event please.
2007-05-02 10:01:08 · 22 answers · asked by califas 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
All of the marchers didn't have to suffer for what a couple of youth did! Why couldn't they just arrest the kids that messed with the police! No. Instead they attacked all of the marchers!
2007-05-02 10:19:09 · update #1
katsulover, I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND ATTENDED THE MARCH! I DID DO SOMETHING! I MARCHED! YOU DON'T NOW HOW BAD IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE! SO NEXT TIME THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT!
2007-05-02 12:32:27 · update #2
All of them are so stupid just like a lot of people in yahoo that are trying to cover the sun with one finger but you don't have to be smart to know that they were furious that illegal people were fighting for their rights.. it's so obvious... Hey they can protest wetter you like it or not.. If you have a problem deal with it because what they did it's going to unite us more and fight more for it.. And sorry but this is not the last time that people are going to protest, this have make all immigrants mad and I bet next year almost everyone is going to join the marchs.. I have never join it but Next year i will because what just happend it better not happend any more and government show a little more of justice.. is'nt this America a FREE COUNTRY!!!
2007-05-02 10:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by latina 3 · 2⤊ 8⤋
They were asked to get off of the street and threw bottles and rocks at the police, which could have triggered a much more dangerous situation. Why did they THINK the police were wearing riot gear? How often do they see police dressed like that?
I live in LA and the only time I've EVER seen police in riot gear is when a whacky senile neighbor called the police saying a bullet had come in through her wall, and they sent a SWAT team to surround the house.
Best not to throw rocks and bottles at police on touchy duty, wearing riot gear.
2007-05-02 22:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They needed to listen and do what the police told them to do. No one had a permit to march after a certain time.
The police told them to disperse and they didn't they tried to turn over TV camera trucks and threw rocks at police. I know that illegal aliens don't care about American law but maybe they should. Look at old 60s videos and you will see the police doing much worse to legal American college students. My advice
OBEY the law . Do what the cops tell you to do or suffer the consequences.
No one is afraid of any illegal aliens you live down to your name. This is the USA not some 3rd world country. Why aren't you there fighting for what your little mind and big mouth say.
They are illegal aliens and they don't have any right to be in this nation much less talk S*** to the police.
Get the truth on my blog,not some sob story. No one was injured . Rubber bullets don't kill or maim.They just get your undivided attention fast !
2007-05-02 18:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Look at the logic that this march had in the first place. This is a group of people, demanding the rights (and ultimately the revenue) from the people that rightfully occupy this land in the first place! (yeah yeah, you are going to whine that their great, great, great ancestors stole it, maybe so, maybe not, but that was THEN, this is now . We have done NOTHING to deserve the mess that the illegal aliens have created...) back to the point.... These enlisted men are not going to feel any differently than any of the other legal Americans. They want to protect their country, physically and economically (which is obviously the greatest danger from illegal aliens). When they see a group of young men that are demanding to be accepted in their wrongdoings AND taunting them, they put them in their place. Those young men are not legally here in the first place and therefore have no legal right to whine about it.
2007-05-02 17:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by Elise 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I really hate to say this, but I understand the LAPD. You have a bunch of people who don't believe in following laws marching in a large group demanding rights. Then some of them get so arrogant as to start throwing things at the police?! You know the people who started that were illegals, because we citizens know that the right to protest the law necessarily means you have the responsibility to respect the law. I think the LAPD were reasonable to respond the way they did. Since these people don't respect the law, they could not trust that other protesters would not start throwing things as well. And I do believe that the press were not trying to get out of the way, they wanted to get pushed and get it on camara. If you see other reports, it says that some police ended up in the hospital. That is how out of line some of those protesters got. I am not a fan of the LAPD, but this time, I am on their side.
2007-05-02 17:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by grdnoviz 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The permits issued to the organizers had a certain time limit, then the permits to peacefully assemble were no longer in effect.
If any one is to blame besides the delinquents who got aggressive, its the march organizers fault that people were injured, they had a responsibilty to end the march peacefully within a certain time limit, they failed the very people they sought support from.
I have to also agree with Katsulover on this issue, she has the right take on this issue, this is America after all.
I havent heard of any successfull "HumanRights" protests within Latin America.
"You want to play, your going to pay!!"
2007-05-02 20:18:03 · answer #6 · answered by RENEGADE. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The witness, the first women to speak of this, clearly stated, "well a group of young guys started to provoke the police" Horrific events? Nope, it was started by the protesters. I'm glad to see that the police fought back, maybe this will teach people when you are in a country who is giving to you, you should repect the law!
2007-05-02 17:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by Spring loaded horsie 5 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Wow the police reacted to being attacked,then while trying to do their job were being harrased by the reporters. Iwould hate to be a policeman in that city.
AD
2007-05-02 17:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Oh great. Another YouTube aficionado. Like the last two idiots promoting the "victimzation" of "palestinian" children by those mean old Israelis... The video is a quote out of context. But then, I guess you need to be darned near genius to know and understand that...
2007-05-02 17:08:47 · answer #9 · answered by Doc 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Looks like a reporter started with the cops so she could get some juicy footage.
2007-05-02 17:06:41 · answer #10 · answered by BobbyR 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
You throw rocks and bottles at the police and you get your head busted.
15 cops went to the hospital. This was more than just a couple of kids.
2007-05-02 17:28:07 · answer #11 · answered by chuck_junior 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋