Photos From The Downtown Los Angeles May Day Immigration Rallies And Why The Double Standard In The Media Coverage As Compared To The Tea Parties

Are there extreme signs at Tea Parties? Of course, the media makes sure to show you the sign of Obama with a Hitler mustache. There are, however, three differences between the May Day and Tea Party rallies. First, the Tea Parties have been rallying for well over a year and there has been not a single arrest or act of violence by anyone at any protest. On the other hand, in Santa Cruz, California, members of the May Day immigration rally on behalf of illegal aliens did turn violent. Further, police also had to be called in to stop protesters turning violent at Arizona's capitol after Arizona's recent bill was passed. Just today in downtown Los Angeles, the AP reports Los Angeles police arrested "protesters who chained themselves together on a downtown street to protest Arizona's new immigration law... Dozens of helmeted officers surrounded the demonstrators before declaring an unlawful assembly and moving in. No injuries are reported. Officer Gregory Baek says the protesters will be booked for delaying, resisting and obstructing officers." If the Tea Parties would misbehave in a fashion that represented just a small fraction of what was seen at some May Day or anti-Arizona rallies, there would be front page non-stop news coverage trumping up the extremism of the Tea Parties. Second, extreme signs that appeared in any Tea Party surely got coverage while signs that are extreme at May Day rallies on behalf of illegal immigration seem to get absolutely none. Finally, the Tea Party rallies exhibit a sense of patriotism, with American flags and recitals of the pledge allegiance being an important part of every rally. The same cannot be said for the May Day rallies which seem sometimes to display an overtly anti-American overtone.

The following are but a few photos from the Downtown L.A. May Day rally that the media will not show you, which included flags of Cuban Communist Che Guevera (the "butcher of La Cabaña") and signs comparing Latinos in America to the Jews in Europe during the Second World War:


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