"We Didn't Mean To Turn Buses With Migrant Families Away"

[alsame]

Calif. Mayor: We Didn't Mean To Turn Buses With Migrant Families Away

The mayor of Murietta, Calif., where protests forced Border Patrol to reroute buses of migrant families and children to a San Diego processing center, on Sunday defended his town's response to the overwhelming protests.

Mayor Alan Long distanced himself from the protests, explaining that the majority of protesters came from out of town and that police were not prepared for the volume of demonstrators.

"The world showed up on our doorstep," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Long said that the police were not equipped to deal with the protesters, and they were not able to bring in back-up before Border Patrol rerouted the buses. He said the plan the entire time was to "provide safety for everyone."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/border-protest-mayor-defense

[shenmue]

1. My special butt.

He lyin.

[alsame]

2. He encouraged the

protests and then said he was proud. But I guess he didn't like the backlash for his town.

The face-off came one day after Mayor Alan Long urged residents to protest the federal government’s decision to move the recent immigrants who had arrived in the country illegally -- and have overwhelmed Texas border facilities -- to the Border Patrol station here.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/racist-murrieta-residents-terrorize-bus


Following the incident, Murrieta Mayor Alan Long went on the defensive on national television.

He told Fox News that his city was unfairly portrayed as racist by the coverage of the protest.

An NBC news correspondent asked him if he is embarrassed or proud of the action. He said he was proud of what he called a constitutional right.

Many mainstream media outlets failed to note that Tuesday’s effort to block the buses of immigrants was encouraged by Mayor Long. For weeks, Long urged residents to fight a plan to make the community a processing site for undocumented immigrants.

http://www.kpfknews.org/murrieta_protest_fallout_mayor_alan_long_says_he_s_proud

[pfitz59]

3. I'm sure they loved the Fed $$$$ when the facility was built...

but hate it now when its in use. I lived in SD County.... full of Red Type HYPOCRITES! Love their Federal Dollars, hate their Federal GUVMINT!

[Live and Learn]

4. The mayor of asshat city declares he is not an asshat?

Whatever.

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Talk about talking out of your backside

he really means "we didn't mean for this to blow up in our faces and cause an ugly spotlight to be put on our beliefs for national news"! "Oh, woe is me!"

[Aerows]

6. Precisely n/t