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Immigration Protesters Storm D'Backs Game

Baseball team attracts New York ire in game vs Mets

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 31, 2010 9:04 AM CDT
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(AP) – Two men carrying Mexican flags ran into the outfield during the seventh inning of the New York Mets' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks last night at Citi Field. The men were apprehended by security fairly quickly without much incident. But that wasn't the only attention the D'Backs attracted last night: About 40 demonstrators across the street protested Arizona's immigration law, chanting "Oppose racism!" and "Boycott Arizona!"

Others stationed closer to the subway exit handed out leaflets that requested Major League Baseball move next year's All-Star game out of Phoenix. "It's not going to distract me. I'm here to play baseball," Diamondbacks interim manager Kirk Gibson said after his team's 9-6 victory over the Mets. "You have an opinion, I have an opinion. They have the right to say what they want, but it's no distraction."

Protesters gather outside CitiField before the Arizona Diamondbacks play the New York Mets in opposition to Arizona's immigration law on Friday, July 30, 2010 in Queens, New York.
Protesters gather outside CitiField before the Arizona Diamondbacks play the New York Mets in opposition to Arizona's immigration law on Friday, July 30, 2010 in Queens, New York.   (Swoan Parker)
A Citi Field security guard tries to tackle a man with a Mexican flag who ran on the field in the seventh inning of the Mets vs the Arizona Diamondbacks game in New York, Friday, July 30, 2010.
A Citi Field security guard tries to tackle a man with a Mexican flag who ran on the field in the seventh inning of the Mets vs the Arizona Diamondbacks game in New York, Friday, July 30, 2010.   (Paul J. Bereswill)
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Observer
Aug 3, 2010 8:46 PM CDT
Why didn't the SWAT Team snipers open up on these terrorists? They could have been armed with tamales.
sailor86
Aug 1, 2010 7:17 AM CDT
I'm with the illegals. They have the innate right to protest their host country's policies. I mean those are inalienable rights. God will surely have vengeance on us for remembering what a legal citizen is supposed to be.
Dumb Dumb
Jul 31, 2010 7:47 PM CDT
I love this law and order. Try doing this at a Mexican sporting event with an American Flag. I guess the invasion is complete.

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