Daniel Hernandez's most excellent blog reminded me that today is anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War. When the LA Sheriffs brutally put down the demonstration, it resulted in the death of Ruben Salazar, the noted Los Angeles Times journalist. He was struck in the head by a tear gas canister which was fired into the Silver Dollar Bar in Whittier. 
Photos from the UCLA Digital Library (Ruben Salazar, above and the Silver Dollar Bar, below.)
10 comments:
Didn't Hunter S. Thompson write about him?
Leftist propaganda extraordinaire!
Who wants ordinary hair? (Clearly Reb is complaining again, anonymous. That's what leftists do: Complain, complain, complain.)
No propaganda. Salazar WAS killed by a tear gas projectile by the LA Sheriffs. There was an inquest. He is dead. Where's the propaganda?
please never forget to mention the three, the three names, who were killed by police that day.
Lin Ward, a 14-year old.
Angel Diaz.
the journalist.
msedano - yes, of course.
Maybe Rebel Girl could write a more extensive piece on the Moratorium and the events around it to help out our colleagues who like to believe that historical fact is somehow leftist propaganda.
Let's not forget that no one complains more than a right winger. That's the basis of AM talk radio.
!presente!
wrong place, wrong time, too bad, so sad!
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