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Article Last Updated: 07/29/2006 02:33:40 AM PDT

Four arrested during protest
, FROM STAFF REPORTS



FREMONT — Four people were arrested Friday evening as tensions rose again during an illegal immigration protest at Fremont Boulevard and Mowry Avenue.

About 6 p.m., a group representing the East Bay Coalition for Border Security left their usual position on Fremont and Mowry, moving their biweekly anti-illegal immigration protest to a Blockbuster Video farther south on Fremont in the Irvington neighborhood.

Opposing groups followed and confronted the group in an altercation that led to the arrests of three men and a woman, police said.

"We have charges ranging from assault with a deadly weapon to battery, and also an arrest because of a previous warrant," Lt. Mark Devine said.

"It is still under investigation."

There were no serious injuries because of the confrontation, Devine said.

Outside the police station, members of the International Socialist Organization awaited the release of those arrested.

"We're out here because we want people to know that Fremont is not a racist town," said Michael Smith of Berkeley, a member of the International Socialist Organization said.