Gordon K. Mantler
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807838518
- eISBN:
- 9781469608075
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9780807838518.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter describes how local police officers attacked hundreds of protesters who had begun to trek back to the Hawthorne School after a boisterous demonstration against a recent ruling on ...
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This chapter describes how local police officers attacked hundreds of protesters who had begun to trek back to the Hawthorne School after a boisterous demonstration against a recent ruling on American Indian fishing rights. Prompted by what the media called lewd gestures by Chicano teens, officers on motorcycles set off a scuffle when they attempted to break marchers' ranks and nearly ran over several small children in the process. While the horrified crowd watched, officers then beat and arrested about a dozen young men protecting the children, including Ernesto Vigil of the Crusade for Justice and Danny Tijerina, one of Reies Tijerina's sons. Bloodied and disoriented, the men then were taken to jail for the afternoon, leaving the remaining protesters shaken and angry about what they considered an unprovoked assault. Yet activists like Corky Gonzales, Ralph Abernathy, and Hank Adams were not surprised by the viciousness. They had seen it before.Less
This chapter describes how local police officers attacked hundreds of protesters who had begun to trek back to the Hawthorne School after a boisterous demonstration against a recent ruling on American Indian fishing rights. Prompted by what the media called lewd gestures by Chicano teens, officers on motorcycles set off a scuffle when they attempted to break marchers' ranks and nearly ran over several small children in the process. While the horrified crowd watched, officers then beat and arrested about a dozen young men protecting the children, including Ernesto Vigil of the Crusade for Justice and Danny Tijerina, one of Reies Tijerina's sons. Bloodied and disoriented, the men then were taken to jail for the afternoon, leaving the remaining protesters shaken and angry about what they considered an unprovoked assault. Yet activists like Corky Gonzales, Ralph Abernathy, and Hank Adams were not surprised by the viciousness. They had seen it before.
