A Street-Fighter Mentality on Illegal Immigration (SOS)
PROFILE | JOSEPH TURNER
A Street-Fighter Mentality on Illegal Immigration
By Fred Alvarez, Times Staff Writer
As the insults flew and the protest reached a boil, Joseph Turner couldn't help but smile.
The 29-year-old head of the upstart Save Our State organization had come to Baldwin Park to pick a fight over illegal immigration. He had led a band of like-minded souls into the heart of the city to protest public art they deemed "seditious and anti-American." Part of a monument at the Metrolink station is inscribed "It was better before they came," interpreted by some as a barb at whites who displaced California's Mexican residents in the 19th century.
They got all of the fight they could handle. Hundreds of counter-protesters in the predominantly Latino city rose up to meet them, chanting "Go home, racists!" As news crews captured the clash, police in riot gear called for reinforcements.
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