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From: "La Voz de Aztlan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: U.S. Flag Waving Bigots Attack Mexican-American Female in La Habra, California La Voz de Aztlan http://www.aztlan.net/quintana.htm U.S. Flag Waving Bigots Attack Mexican-American Female in La Habra, California There is fear that the Bush threat to retaliate against U.S. Mexicans may be underway by Ernesto Cienfuegos La Voz de Aztlan Los Angeles, Alta California - March 14, 2003 - (ACN) As the USA gears up to attack Iraq, things here in Southern California are getting very scary for Mexican-Americans and other ethnic minorities who oppose the war. President Bush recently made a statement that there may be retaliation against Mexican-Americans if Mexico does not vote in favor of the U.S. in the U.N. Security Council. Also, an unnamed U.S. diplomat stated that Mexican-Americans may face internment as the Japanese-Americans during World War II. This threat became a reality last Tuesday when a Mexican-American student from Fullerton College was confronted by about 30 racist Americans at a makeshift 911/War memorial placed on a chain linked fence at Whittier Boulevard and Macy Street in La Habra, California. The makeshift memorial that consists primarily of numerous U.S. flags and pro-war signage was started by Whittier resident Tracey Chandler about 18 months ago with the cooperation of Jeff Collison who is the owner of the chain link fence surrounding his vacant lot he uses illegally to store junk trailer homes. There had been no incidents until someone attempted to place an anti-war sign on the chain link fence last Saturday. Tracey Chandler and other "super white bigots" removed the anti-war signs and this angered whoever placed them there because they came back during the night and than removed the pro-war signage and flags. These two incidents have started a series of retaliatory actions and there is now a potentially explosive and dangerous situation in predominantly Mexican-American La Habra. On Tuesday, our publisher Hector Carreon, stopped by the makeshift memorial in the morning to take a news report. He had to leave because of the belligerence exhibited by the people who are now hanging out at the corner day and night. In the late afternoon of the same day there was a troublesome incident involving 19 year old Fullerton College student Jennifer Quintana. She apparently angered the mob who gather there with her anti-war position because they physically "jumped her" and held her there. The mob said they conducted a "citizen's arrest". They later called La Habra Police Department and accused her of "assaulting" the bigot Tracey Chandler. The police arrested Jennifer Quintana Tuesday evening and did not release her until the morning of Wednesday. She now faces assault charges at the North Orange County Court in Fullerton. La Habra Police has refused to release Jennifer Quintana's contact information because they say they fear further retaliations against her. The real reason may be that they do not want Jennifer Quintana to speak to independent news services such as La Voz de Aztlan. Most disturbing of all have been the numerous newspaper reports about the incident. The Whittier Daily News, the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Times and the AP Wire all published bias reports siding with the bigoted, racist and pro-war Americans who are now mobbing the corner of Whittier Boulevard and Macy Street in La Habra. These bigots have informed the local media that U.S. war veterans are now guarding the makeshift memorial day and night. These newspapers did not report on Jennifer Quintana's side of the story. The Mexican-American community in La Habra is of course very concerned about the incident in their City of La Habra. Many have contacted Mexican-American Mayor Juan Garcia. Today, city authorities have informed Jeff Collison, the owner of the vacant dirt property, that he is in violation of a series of city ordinances and that he will be prosecuted. La Voz de Aztlan would now like to see Tracy Chandler and her racist cohorts prosecuted for the false "citizen's arrest" of teenager Jennifer Quintana. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
