Alhambra, SOS Takes a Lot of Heat

Alhambra, June 18, the Save Our State supporters (SOS), this morning, got into a very close encounter with pro-immigrant activists. Both sides were on the same sidewalk, elbow to elbow, for over one hour then when SOS members could not deal anymore with being confronted directly, they moved to a corner where the Police surrounded them on all sides to protect them.

Fortunately, this time, nobody threw bottles of water at the SOS supporters, although they surely could have used a lot of water with all that heat on them.

The pro-immigrant side had a very high spirit, chanting loudly, a few inches from SOS members hears, “SOS, KKK, racist cops go away.” Joe Turner and his acolytes were mostly quiet, some of them, showing signs of stress on their faces. For sure, they didn’t expect to be confronted so closely by the counter-protesters.

Around 11 AM, an immigrant day laborer contingent of 15 showed up to join the protest under the applause of 90 or more of their supporters.

At 12 PM, almost all SOS members left under the cheers of the crowd. Joe Turner stayed another 20 minutes before heading to the Home Depot parking lot escorted by 10 police officers.

Although there were some heated debates between both sides, the event was peaceful, and the Police didn’t arrest anybody.