First I want to state that I live in Calexico, where all this took place. Second, I am Mexican.
I want to state that I witnessed many of the activities that took place in my town during that week. I am involved in my community as a concerned citizen. I want the no borders camp to address these issues with honest replys. Here are my obervations.
The camp site that was held on Anza and Barbara Worth had two man made linear walls surrounding it. My understanding is that these were put up by the protesters. Why build a wall made of bicycles and dead brush around your own camp if you are there opposing such walls in the first place? I felt it was a little hypocritical.
The graffitti that was put up in this area is absolutely amazing. I'll give you some examples: Fuck the migra, No Fucking Terrorist, Fuck America, Fuck the Wall, no Borders, Fuck NAFTA, Las migra are ASSHOLES, etc...... The graffitti spans for about 1/4 mile west and are in bold letters. Here is my concern, thousands of families with small children travel that road everyday. How can you write such vulgar remarks for children to read and have children exposed to the meaning of such words? These remarks under mind authority in their young lives. This style of protest in my opinion is deplorable and unnecessary. If the protesters use such vocabulary and care to display it to the world to see using graffitti, imagine the vocabulary they used with law officals and individuals who disagree with them in their beliefs?
My other concern is with all the paper waste, empty soda and beer cans, etc. that were left behind. My city tax dollar has to pay for such harm to my local environment because of outside influence. By the way, on the east side of the fence is still considered U.S. soil so all the abandoned tents and trash left by you and your southside counterparts has to be cleaned up by my city tax dollar.
I witnessed the take down of the young men on 11/11/2007. I saw the man who looked like he hadn't taken a shower in a week beating drum bump into the federal officer. the officer was within his right to protect himself from being assaulted. In my opinion, the guy with the drum go what he deserved, which was to be taken into custody for crossing the line by pushing the officer. A peaceful protest never includes touching an officer because we all know they are there to protect other citizens not involved in these activities.
Here is what I don't understand. I have yet to see any comments on what was happening during the arrest of the 3 men. I saw rocks, bottles with a yellow substance, glass bottles with soda, and spit being tossed from the Mexican side north towards the Border Patrol Agents around the fence area. What you expect from the Border Patrol, who were at the same time being harrassed and being bumped into by protesters on the American side?. i want you to remember these Border Patrl Agents are fathers, husbands and sons of American families. Do you seriously believe that they are going to stand there and not do anything? They are trained to control a crowd, and they did it accordingly. Sure some individuals got hit with a pepperball/paint ball, but hey, its better than the real bullets that are used by third world countries on assaultive protesters. That red mark disappears in a couple of days, unlike a real life bullet hole.
My overall opinion is that these protesters were unorganized and apparently did not have any concern about the negative effects on the local citizens and had a disregard to public and government property. I agree with freedom of speech and the like, but to destroy my property as a tax payer is unneccessary. i don't agree with the no borders camp editing out the fact that deadly items were being thrown at these law officials from the south side and being physiclly assaulted by 3 men on the north side. I did not enjoy seeing such events take place in my community, therefore, i wish that the no borders camp organization never return to my town, because of the waste of my tax dollar and for the vulgarity written on the fence for the innocent to see.
As for Ruiz, the legal permanent alien, well, it he gets convicted for felony assault, then he must return to his native country to express his displeasure with the American judicial system. My advice to him is to not bump into a law official in Mexico during a protest because he would definetly get more of an ass beating than he did here in my town and more than likely a real bullet hole through his silly little drum and his anarchist body.
Act human not like criminals
First I want to state that I live in Calexico, where all this took place. Second, I am Mexican.
I want to state that I witnessed many of the activities that took place in my town during that week. I am involved in my community as a concerned citizen. I want the no borders camp to address these issues with honest replys. Here are my obervations.
The camp site that was held on Anza and Barbara Worth had two man made linear walls surrounding it. My understanding is that these were put up by the protesters. Why build a wall made of bicycles and dead brush around your own camp if you are there opposing such walls in the first place? I felt it was a little hypocritical.
The graffitti that was put up in this area is absolutely amazing. I'll give you some examples: Fuck the migra, No Fucking Terrorist, Fuck America, Fuck the Wall, no Borders, Fuck NAFTA, Las migra are ASSHOLES, etc...... The graffitti spans for about 1/4 mile west and are in bold letters. Here is my concern, thousands of families with small children travel that road everyday. How can you write such vulgar remarks for children to read and have children exposed to the meaning of such words? These remarks under mind authority in their young lives. This style of protest in my opinion is deplorable and unnecessary. If the protesters use such vocabulary and care to display it to the world to see using graffitti, imagine the vocabulary they used with law officals and individuals who disagree with them in their beliefs?
My other concern is with all the paper waste, empty soda and beer cans, etc. that were left behind. My city tax dollar has to pay for such harm to my local environment because of outside influence. By the way, on the east side of the fence is still considered U.S. soil so all the abandoned tents and trash left by you and your southside counterparts has to be cleaned up by my city tax dollar.
I witnessed the take down of the young men on 11/11/2007. I saw the man who looked like he hadn't taken a shower in a week beating drum bump into the federal officer. the officer was within his right to protect himself from being assaulted. In my opinion, the guy with the drum go what he deserved, which was to be taken into custody for crossing the line by pushing the officer. A peaceful protest never includes touching an officer because we all know they are there to protect other citizens not involved in these activities.
Here is what I don't understand. I have yet to see any comments on what was happening during the arrest of the 3 men. I saw rocks, bottles with a yellow substance, glass bottles with soda, and spit being tossed from the Mexican side north towards the Border Patrol Agents around the fence area. What you expect from the Border Patrol, who were at the same time being harrassed and being bumped into by protesters on the American side?. i want you to remember these Border Patrl Agents are fathers, husbands and sons of American families. Do you seriously believe that they are going to stand there and not do anything? They are trained to control a crowd, and they did it accordingly. Sure some individuals got hit with a pepperball/paint ball, but hey, its better than the real bullets that are used by third world countries on assaultive protesters. That red mark disappears in a couple of days, unlike a real life bullet hole.
My overall opinion is that these protesters were unorganized and apparently did not have any concern about the negative effects on the local citizens and had a disregard to public and government property. I agree with freedom of speech and the like, but to destroy my property as a tax payer is unneccessary. i don't agree with the no borders camp editing out the fact that deadly items were being thrown at these law officials from the south side and being physiclly assaulted by 3 men on the north side. I did not enjoy seeing such events take place in my community, therefore, i wish that the no borders camp organization never return to my town, because of the waste of my tax dollar and for the vulgarity written on the fence for the innocent to see.
As for Ruiz, the legal permanent alien, well, it he gets convicted for felony assault, then he must return to his native country to express his displeasure with the American judicial system. My advice to him is to not bump into a law official in Mexico during a protest because he would definetly get more of an ass beating than he did here in my town and more than likely a real bullet hole through his silly little drum and his anarchist body.
Hasta Luego