Thread: Pro-illegals upset with SFPD arresting anti-ICE protestors.

Originally Posted by cayla99

Originally Posted by Gogo

From what I understand they weren't arrested for protesting, they were arrest for jumping over the BART turnstiles and stopping people from commuting to the point of shutting BART down.

Silly Gogo, it does not matter where they were going, or what law they were breaking, all that matters is where they were going. Don't you understand? The laws only apply to citizens, not illegals, but entitlements, now that is a whole different matter. They know their rights, it is responsibilities they have problems with.

Oh Cayla99 thanks for clarifying that for me. How silly of me. ROFLMBO

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=6481650

ICE protestors converge in SF

Friday, October 31, 2008
By Lyanne Melendez

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A loud, disruptive demonstration against
immigration raids ended on Friday night. It started in the East Bay, with
a ruckus on BART.

The group then blocked the San Francisco office of ICE, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement office. Police from the Department of Homeland
Security kept an eye on about 100 protesters who chained themselves
outside the building late on Friday afternoon; six hours after the
demonstration began.

Protesters made it across the Bay Bridge on BART, and officials had to
shut down several East Bay stations including Oakland's Fruitvale.

"These protesters were jumping the fare gates initially around 9:15 this
morning at the Richmond BART station getting on trains being rowdy,
disrupting the lives of our other customers our fare paying customers,"
said BART Chief Spokesperson Linton Johnson.

"I've come here to get on BART to get to Marin because my mother is in the
hospital and has an emergency," said BART customer Lisa Roellig.

Still, Roellig was sympathetic toward the protesters.

A video was given to ABC7 News by one of the protesters. it showed BART
police detaining three people.

Jennifer Flores made it through and admits not paying.

"We were going through the side door, yes," said Flores.

"Where you paying of not?" asked ABC7's Lyanne Melendez.

"No," said Flores.

"No Paying?" asked Melendez.

"No," said Flores.

Those who made it across gathered at the Embarcadero to begin a day-long
protest which took them to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Building (ICE) on Sansome Street.

"This is a human rights abuse. Our people are forced to migrate here and
they are being criminalized for it," said protester Natalia Garcia.

Protesters demanded an end to the ICE raids and detention centers closed.

Last Wednesday ICE agents conducted several raids in San Francisco, South
San Francisco and Richmond targeting members of the notorious street gang
MS-13.

Protesters say others were caught in those raids.

"But they are not stopping there they are going way beyond that and
profiling communities of color," said protester Terence Valen.

An ICE spokesperson said those in this country with deportation orders are
violating the federal law.

At around 2:00 p.m. about a dozen protesters linked themselves together
blocking a detention center.

"What we are doing is shutting down ICE with our bodies. We are blocking a
major entrance where the vans go in and out," said protester Inez Sunwoo.

While they were there, no immigration vans were able to get through.

The protestors called it quits at around 6:00 on Friday night and Sansome
Street between Jackson and Washington is re-opened. As they were leaving
protesters said it was a victory for them and promised to come back.

Still, Roellig was sympathetic toward the protesters.

Why? These thugs are not 'sympathetic' towards any harm or disruption they may cause you or this country with their derelict behavior!

Our people are forced to migrate here and
they are being criminalized for it," said protester Natalia Garcia.

Forced???????

"This is a human rights abuse. Our people are forced to migrate here and
they are being criminalized for it," said protester Natalia Garcia.

Oh well, now that is totally different. Since they were forced we need to find, arrest and prosecute those who kidnapped them and dragged them across our border at gun point. Then we need to take these poor kidnap victims and take them home, where they were before these horrible thugs forced them across the border.

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Still, Roellig was sympathetic toward the protesters.

Why? These thugs are not 'sympathetic' towards any harm or disruption they may cause you or this country with their derelict behavior!

Would the be sympathic to right to life protesters, people protesting Obama. give me a break.