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Student Suspended for Leading Counter Demonstrating

A Southland high school senior was suspended for organizing a patriotic rally to counter the pro-immigration protest demonstration outside his school in Mira Loma.

Josh Denhalter, 17, said he was fed up with MEChA students waving Mexican flags on campus, and asked his principal for permission to stage a quiet counter message, and to pass out 300 fliers to announce the Friday noon hour event. The principal consulted district superintendent Elliott Duchon, who refused permission, fearing violence. The Jurupa Valley HS is two-thirds Hispanic and one third Caucasian.

Denhalter then demanded the same rights to free speech that had been afforded the MEChA students, and went ahead with passing out the fliers for his Friday rally, and was immediately suspended for three days. He was told that if he showed up within 2000 feet of school, he would be arrested.

Undaunted, Denhalter arrived outside the school for the 11 am event and joined about 100 others who held up American flags and signs supporting HR 4437. This legislation, passed by the House of Representatives, would place restrictions on people living in the United States illegally.

The approximately 30 MEChA and Brown Beret students stood on one side of Bellgrave Avenue shouting “Racists” and “El pueblo unido, jamas sera vencido” (People united will never be defeated). The pro-U.S. group shouted “Racist MEChA go away.” A dozen Riverside County sheriff deputies stood in the middle of the street separating the demonstrators.

“My original purpose was just to have a rally to support America, and tell them (the Congressmen) that there are people out there that believe in what they’re doing,” Josh told reporters. He wasn’t arrested, as he had been threatened.

Josh plays on the school’s varsity football and basketball teams. His father, Brett, is a sixth grade teacher in another district.

9 Comments:

Anonymous said:: WE AS AMERICANS NEED TO STAND UP AS THIS YOUNG MAN DID,WE ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT THIS IS,IS A BLOODLESS INVASION OF THE USA. THEY WANT ARE RIGHTS,ARE JOBS,ARE HOMELAND,AND IF ARE LEADERS DON'T WAKE UP THEY WILL BE NEXT.IF THEY WANT TO CALL US RACIST FOR BEING AMERICAN THEN SO BE IT,I SAY WE BOYCOTT THEM AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.THAT MEANS DON'T HAVE THEM MOW YOUR LAWN,WASH YOUR CAR,ETC.AND THEN WILL SEE WHO GOES HOME.RIGHT ON JOSH,AND ANOTHER THING I'M LOOKING INTO JOINING THE MINUTEMAN ANOTHER AMERICAN GROUP.; March 31, 2006 11:41 PM
Anonymous said:: If this kid decides he'd like to sue his principal and the school district, I would love to donate to his legal fund to do so. This is exactly why so many non-hispanics are sickened by this past week's activities. They have demanded a double standard since they started pouring in here. I only wish the African-American community would stand up in numbers and fight this. I wanted to puke when I heard the Mayor of Maywood, which has deigned itself a "sanctuary for illegals, when he explained why police don't stop most traffic violaters in their town anymore. It's because He said having the police ask for ID, license, registration and insurance was harassment since the cops already know the overwhelming majority of Maywood's "citizens" have no driver's licenses. The Mayor said the city coucil voted to end those "apartheid-like conditions". Black students are suffering the most in all this; billions are poured into schools each year just to fund bi-lingual education. How many black urban students, who live in horrendous conditions right here in the US, could be given specialized attention if only the money wasn't being thrown away on a bunch of criminals who came to this country to steal our health care and educational services? The greed, racism and hypocrisy of the Latino culture is disgusting. And it's UNAMERICAN.; April 01, 2006 1:04 AM
Anonymous said:: The Mayor of Maywood is violating his oath of office and should be removed; he has sworn to uphold the law. This would be a great public interest case for a law firm that wanted to make a name for itself.; April 01, 2006 6:44 AM
Anonymous said:: Can someone explain how local elected officials can take actions in support of illegal immigration (or even police officers taking non-action) when they take swear to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States, defend against enemies foreign and domestic, etc, upon taking office? I'm far from a constitutional scholar so maybe someone out there has a quick explainer.; April 01, 2006 8:25 AM
Anonymous said:: I am disgusted. If we can't allow citizens to voice their opinion we're really screwed...Where were the TV cameras? I guess it wasn't newsworthy...it might offend someone who's a criminal...

Thanks Jennifer.

By the way, where will we go from here since this blog is over?; April 01, 2006 9:01 AM
Anonymous said:: IN RESPONSE TO JENNIFER

WE SHOULD TAKE TO THE STREETS AND HAVE OUR OWN DEMONSTRATION IN PROTEST OF THIS NONSENSE,AND OR THINK ABOUT JOINING THE MINUTEMEN.LIKE I SAID THEY WANT OUR RIGHTS,OUR JOBS,OUR LAND,IT IS AN INVASION WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT!!AND IF THEY WANT TO CALL ME A RACIST SO BE IT IM PROUD OF IT!!EXCEPT THEIR WRONG IM AN AMERICAN!!; April 01, 2006 1:26 PM
Anonymous said:: First of all police officers are not the FEDS. Illegal immigration is a federal problem and police officers are only allowed to go after illegals who are felons. That's not their fault just the way it is.

THERE ARE MANY MANY LATINOS IN LA WHO SIDE WITH YOU. WE WERE INSULTED SEEING THE MEXICAN FLAGS WAVING AND HOW EMBARRASSING THOSE DUMB KIDS BEHAVED. WE BELIEVE IN BORDER CONTROL AND EARNING YOUR RIGHTS. LEARN TO READ AND SPEAK ENGLISH. THIS B.S. OF SPANISH SPEAKING IN LA IS CRAP. WE'RE TIRED OF THE ARROGANT ATTITUDE OF ENTITLEMENT AS IF THEY DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS US. WE ARE MEXICAN AMERICANS WHO LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS FIRST. THE MEDIA WON'T GO AND TALK TO LATINOS WHO ARE AGAINST THIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION B.S. WHY AREN'T LA REPORTERS ASKING THE BLACKS WHAT THEY THINK????; April 01, 2006 4:52 PM
Anonymous said:: The only difference between the Minute men and the KKK is the white sheets.

Then again, so what if Josh Denhalter supports "ze muza'land."; April 02, 2006 10:51 PM
Anonymous said:: YA THATS WHAT I CONSIDER RACIST GROUPS LIKE mecha AND la raza TO BE!! WHICH MEANS THE RACE,AND PART OF THEIR RACIST THINKING IS THE RACE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE RACE.SO WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT ASSHOLE!! FUCK OFF!!

YOURS TRULY
BIG HONKY; April 05, 2006 2:35 PM