TX-Some border wall protestors planning a campaign of civil

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Some border wall protestors planning a campaign of civil disobedience

By Joey Gomez and Steve Taylor
So far, protests against the border wall in the Rio Grande Valley have been peaceful and lawful, such as this event in Brownsville last December. (File photo: RGG/Steve Taylor)


EDINBURG, June 6 - Some opponents of the border fence are preparing civil disobedience when the bulldozers move into the Rio Grande Valley late next month.


Speaking in an individual capacity, members of the No Border Wall coalition told the Guardian that a number of protests are planned, both locally and nationally. Members of the group made the comments after speaking out against the levee-wall plan at this week’s Hidalgo County Commissioner’s Court meeting.


“There are people ready to do civil disobedience, people who have experience in doing civil disobedience, who are not afraid to do that,â€

[quote] “Civil disobedience is when you are willing to break a law and you know in your conscience that the law is a bad law and what they (the government) are doing is bad.â€

[b]Asked what civil disobedience is, Cass responded: “Civil disobedience is when you are willing to break a law and you know in your conscience that the law is a bad law and what they (the government) are doing is bad.â€