Tancredo protesters turn violent[/align]By Anne Mulkern
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Protestors at a Michigan law school turned violent Thursday as they attempted to stop a speech by Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton. (Post)[/align][/align][/align][/align]
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Violence erupted at a Michigan law school Thursday when protestors tried to block a speech by Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo.
Police were called after protestors pulled a fire alarm prior to the speech on immigration policies. There were at least three violent incidents with protestors targeting student backers of the event, Tancredo, R-Littleton, said today.
"One was spit on, one was kicked, and one was punched," Tancredo said in an e-mail. "Tires were also slashed."
Michigan State University College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom sponsored the event.
Tancredo went to Michigan State University College of Law as part of a visit to the state to talk about immigration. He leads the group that opposes legal status for illegal immigrants.
Protestors interrupted the speech with loud shouting.
College newspaper The State News reported that protesters carried signs reading "Ignorant Racist" outside the room where the speech was held. They were not allowed in with the signs, the paper said. It also reported that about 40 people attended the speech.
Tancredo said in the email that protestors organized on the Internet social networking site Facebook.
"They declared ahead of time on facebook that they would not allow me to speak," Tancredo said in the e-mail.
Tancredo also is meeting with the Republican state party chair, members of the state legislature, and is speaking at a fundraiser for a Republican women's group, Tancredo spokesman Carlos Espinosa said.
Nice to see the liberal thought police recruits getting an early start...
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SB, you may want to read it again. Would you like me to explain it to you?
Tancredo - congressman from Littleton CO. Denver Post is the newspaper for that area - much like the Tennessean is for Middle Tennessee. Littleton is a suburb of Denver. Michigan is not Colorado, so the paper gets the info from the congressman. Likely the paper checked for police reports & corroberated what happened. Its happened before, where the leftist scum prevents free speech, especially regarding illegal aliens.
Whitehorse, maybe you should read the article again. The only person to mention violence is Tancredo himself in an e-mail to the paper. There is no verification in the article, no mention of police reports, etc. When Tancredo, who happens to be nuttier than squirrel poop, is the only source, I wait for confirmation from someone else.
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This will probably go a lot quicker if you just recognize that you are wrong and I am right.
Anyone now want to throw a weak smear? Only opposition so far is personal against the man Tancredo - I guess wanting to enforce the law makes one nutty???
Heaven forbid someone goes to a LAW school to give a lecture about how existing LAWS should be FOLLOWED, and if they aren't working, how to MAKE THEM WORK. Clearly, that is a person whose right to speech should be forcibly taken away.
Leftist Illegal Alien Supporters Turn Violent
