Two opposing groups were at the California Capitol Saturday afternoon rallying for their causes. With hundreds of supporters each, tea partiers and MoveOn.org activists faced off on opposed sides of 10th Street.
MoveOn.org organized the rally to support union workers protesting in Wisconsin. Tea partiers organized the rally for state cuts.
"Gov. Walker has created a false sense of fiscal emergency in his state," said a veteran teacher from the Sacramento Unified School District.
"Collective bargaining means that they go to their employer and try to coerce more pay or benefits out of them," countered East Bay's Jose Ornelis.
The opposing rallies were divided by 10th Street, west of the State Capitol. All was peaceful, until members supporting unions crossed the street.
An amateur videographer caught a shoving match on tape. The video showed a face to face argument right before Richard Andazola, 28, of Stockton, shoved a tea party activist.
"He bum rushed across the street, came right at us, swung his bullhorn at me, hit me in the hand and then put his hand around my throat and started choking me," Rodney Stanhope of Placerville said.
The video doesn't show the choking incident, but clearly shows the shoving. Because of it, Sacramento Police officers cited Andazola for battery.
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MoveOn.org organized the rally to support union workers protesting in Wisconsin. Tea partiers organized the rally for state cuts.
"Gov. Walker has created a false sense of fiscal emergency in his state," said a veteran teacher from the Sacramento Unified School District.
"Collective bargaining means that they go to their employer and try to coerce more pay or benefits out of them," countered East Bay's Jose Ornelis.
The opposing rallies were divided by 10th Street, west of the State Capitol. All was peaceful, until members supporting unions crossed the street.
An amateur videographer caught a shoving match on tape. The video showed a face to face argument right before Richard Andazola, 28, of Stockton, shoved a tea party activist.
"He bum rushed across the street, came right at us, swung his bullhorn at me, hit me in the hand and then put his hand around my throat and started choking me," Rodney Stanhope of Placerville said.
The video doesn't show the choking incident, but clearly shows the shoving. Because of it, Sacramento Police officers cited Andazola for battery.
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6 comments:
So MoveOn got violent, not the conservative demonstrator.
I see.
The rich corporations have us right where they want us, divided and fighting with each other rather than looking up and seeing where all the money is.
Quit trying to peddle your class warfare, 12:39.
This has nothing to do with 'rich' corporations.
It's all about 'rich' union bosses trying to extort more taxpayer money out of government coffers.
I don't understand what the government gets involved and backs unions to begin with. The government should stay out of private enterprise all together. Unions have killed American jobs in recent history. Why do you think all of the companies send there work over seas?
Corporations operate overseas in European countries with unions stronger than anything we have here, and they operate at a profit, all while workers get healthcare and longer vacations than we have.
Under socialist governments, 3:15, and their economies are in shambles (though I'm sure that slipped your mind).
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