MAYWOOD, CA. November 11, 2006 - Anti-immigrant groups returned to the City of Maywood today to protest against the city’s policy of support of the rights of immigrants. They were again greeted by hundreds of counter-protesters. Police openly sided with the anti-immigrant groups providing escorts to and from their cars and giving them a motorcycle escort out of the city at the end of their demonstration. Three arrests have been reported, two counter-protesters and one from the minutemen side. There are also reports that police fired rubber bullets and struck one of the counter-protesters. Witnesses report that in another incident that elderly man in his 70s was injured when police advanced on counter-protesters with their batons.
From the Newswire: Area cops lead minuteman invasion of Maywood by Leslie Radford
Timeline of call ins: 10:45 am Protest going on in Maywood now
Immigrants Rights Supporters and Anti-immigrant groups face off in Maywood