The crowd was very rambunctious and sprawling with approximately 20-25 SOS members and supporters squaring off with about 150-200 supporters of day laborers, human rights and justice. The anti-SOS crowd so enveloped the SOS people that they could only be noticed by passing motorists because of their large red, white and blue banners affixed to long poles.
Joe Turner, the leader of Save Our State got himself arrested approximately 10 minutes after the scheduled start time of 8:00am for instigating a pushing match with a few of the counter demonstrators who were attempting to pass him on the public sidewalk and pretty much ended up talking himself into the back of a Glendale PD squad car earning himself an early exit and a trip to a cold holding cell.
The leaderless SOSers stayed until their scheduled end time of 11am at which point they all left en masse to their previously decided upon parking location and after earning victory the 150-200 supporters of human rights dispersed as well.
According to reports on the SOS website (saveoursate.org) he made bail and was released at about 2pm. The struggle goes on. Donations are being accepted.
The usual post-protest finger-pointing and bickering is now taking place on the SOS message board where members take turns blaming everybody but themselves for the miserable time they had. What more could be expected from a group that chooses to blame the most vulnerable in our society for the ills presented to workers by a system of global capitalism that benefits no one but the rich?
http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5690&st=40)
