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LA Cops: Officer’s Tip Was Key in Nabbing Giants Fan Assault Suspect

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police flooded Los Angeles with drawings and descriptions of the suspects in the Dodger Stadium beating of Bryan Stow, including new billboards put up just last week. They took in hundreds of tips.

But it was a lead from inside law enforcement that led them to the man they say was the main aggressor in the grisly beating.

A tip from a parole officer late last week gave detectives the break they’d sought for seven weeks, and on Sunday they arrested 31-year-old Giovanni Ramirez, the key suspect in the attack on Stow, a San Francisco Giants fan brutalized in the parking lot after the rival teams’ season opener on March 31.

Ramirez was detained in an early morning raid by detectives and SWAT team members with a search warrant for an East Hollywood apartment building in what Police Chief Charlie Beck called a “huge step” in the investigation.

The Los Angeles man was booked for assault with a deadly weapon and was being held on $1 million bail, police said in a statement.

Beck choked back tears as he described getting a call at 7 a.m. Sunday from Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger, after putting 20 full-time detectives on the case who worked for more than 6,000 hours.

“He said the words I’ve been waiting for, for seven weeks,” Beck said. “He said that we had Bryan’s assault suspect in custody.”

Ramirez was among several people detained for questioning after police served search warrants and seized evidence in two places, the apartment building and a home, police said in a statement. All but Ramirez were expected to be released, the statement said. Beck did not know if Ramirez had hired an attorney.

Police also seized evidence from both places.

A second warrant was served at a home, police said, but provided no further details. They also seized evidence from both places.

Beck said Ramirez had become familiar to many in Los Angeles as “Suspect 1” from flyers and billboards. They described the man as having a bald head, goatee, and tattoos on his neck. Both men were wearing Dodger jerseys during the attack. Rewards totaling $250,000 have been offered for information leading to arrests.

Two other suspects remained at large: Another man who took part in the beating and a woman who drove the two men from the stadium, police said.

Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic and father of two, was transferred to San Francisco General Hospital after he was initially treated at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, where doctors put him in a medically induced coma to help prevent seizures.

Doctors recently reported that Stow has been able to open his eyes, but he remained in critical condition.

LA Cops: Officers Tip Was Key in Nabbing Giants Fan Assault Suspect

His mother Ann Stow said she knew police in Los Angeles would catch someone, and praised both their work and the way they dealt with her family.

“They were so compassionate with our family, and reached out to us, and made a promise that they were not going to rest until they got these guys,” she told KCBS radio. “So that’s how I put it out of my mind. I didn’t think about it, I knew it was going to be taken care of, and obviously they did what they promised.”

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said after hearing the news Sunday he called Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to express his thanks for authorities’ efforts and to congratulate him.

Giants fan Les Wong, 37 of San Francisco celebrated the news as he headed to the game.

“It’s good to hear that they caught someone. That kind of thing doesn’t belong in sports,” said Wong, who was wearing a Giants hat and Giants t-shirt.

Following the attack, Beck beefed up security at Dodger Stadium to deal with fights that had been breaking out at games in recent years and complaints from fans of opposing teams of verbal abuse and threats.

Beck said Sunday that the new security is working.

“This is the safest stadium in this country here in these past series, and it will continue to be so,” the chief said.

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Associated Press writers Christopher Weber and Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles and John Marshall and Antonio Gonzalez in San Francisco contributed to this report.

Comments (73)

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:45am

    Bald head, goatee, tatoos on his neck. That just screams prison inmate.

    I don’t know how people can stand by and watch and do nothing to stop it.

    People are generally passive from early brainwashing watching Captain Kangaroo, Tele-tubbies, and Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood and being raised by Dr. Spock’s book.

    Maybe it was all a plan to prepare kids for indoctrination into the liberal mindset and control by the puppet masters.

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  • LastAmerican
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:35am

    Hang m high

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  • let us prey
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:29am

    I am still curious about the 20 detectives and 6000 hrs.

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:24am

    dont know what teh exact punishement should be. however, somehow simply putting him in jail to become a better criminal doesnt sound right to me.

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  • flyboy213
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:19am

    Mexican what else . Crime seems to be their big gift to America . Just Depot them all and close down the border America will be better off !!

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:04am

    They make billions on the sports in this country they need to spend money on security!!!!! This idiot is going back to jail where he belongs. Parole officer tip?? yep lets get a good look at this guys rap sheet how may people has he injured and was still let out on the streets! no matter how much money , how much space, no matter what we need to keep these animals locked up.

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  • Ksera Sugarmail
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:58am

    And the question of the day…..

    Was the suspect in the country legally????

    Question #2: If the suspect was not in the country legally, with Barack Obama make another joke about moats and alligators????

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  • drago
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:49am

    I can hear the perps mother now….”he’s susch a goood boy”……..

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:37am

    Our lives have been enriched here in America by people like Mr. Ramirez. The government has told us we’re better off thanks to the diversity in America.

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  • mcFirst
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:34am

    looks like he will meet his fate.

    but i still think today’s sports marketing needs to be careful. it seems to condone mindless following at times even if their intentions are innocent.

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  • moonpeace
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:33am

    @everyone
    I sincerely apologize to you all for these repititious thoughts. I don’t know what happened, but it didn’t take the first time I tried to send it along. Anyway, good luck to Bryan Stow. May his recovery be speedy.

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  • moonpeace
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:29am

    We don’t even know if the victim Bryan Stow will even survive yet or will suffer permanent brain damage. It shouldn’t at all be surprising to hear about these animals doing what animals do. These people are not human. And it seems almost contagious. I mean how about the recent McDonalds’ episode in Baltimore? The same type of brutality. Listen, each of these defendants, if found guilty of putting even a single hand on the victim, should face a very stiff prison sentence, If I were the sentencing judge and they were found guilty there is no way I would give them anything less than the maximum sentence. Curiously, I wonder if there was a difference in race between attackers and victim as in Baltimore.
    In 1971, my friends and I went to a World Series game in Baltimore between the Orioles and the Pirates with their memorialized Roberto Clemente. He was the best I had ever seen. Growing up in Baltimore and following the “Birds”during their glory days of ‘66, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘79, and ‘83, I was an Oriole fanatic. At Memorial Stadium there were a whole row of Pirate fans in the seats right behind us. Sure, we joked and laughed at each other’s team, rubbing it in a little every time someone scored or made an error, but that was as far as it went. No profanities, no insults, just good-natured kidding and joking around. The Pirates went on to win, which made these Baltimore visitors very happy, and the Pirates did the same thing again to the Orioles in ‘79. Boo Hoo!

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  • moonpeace
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:21am

    I know the temptation for many is to crack a joke about this tragedy, but it is far too early for that. We don’t even know if the victim Bryan Stow will even survive yet or will suffer permanent brain damage. It shouldn’t be surprising to hear of these animals doing this. They just are not human. It seems to be contagious these days. How about the recent McDonalds’ episode in Baltimore? The same type of brutality. Each of these defendants, if found guilty of putting even a hand on the victim, should face a very long prison sentence. If I were the sentencing judge and they were found guilty there is no way I would impose anything less than the maximum sentence. Now, I hate to bring this up, but I was wondering if there was a difference in race between attackers and victim like in Baltimore.
    In 1971, my friends and I went to a World Series game in Baltimore between the Orioles and the Pirates with the great Roberto Clemente. Growing up in Baltimore and following the “Birds”during their glory days of ‘66, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘79, and ‘83, I was a diehard Oriole fanatic. At Memorial Stadium there were a whole row of Pirate fans in the seats right behind us. Sure, we joked and laughed at each other’s team, rubbing it in a little every time someone scored, but that was as far as it went. No profanities, no insults, just good-natured kidding and joking around. The Pirates went on to win, which made these Baltimore visitors very happy, and they did the same thing again in ‘

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  • Red Bubba
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:15am

    When does Obama give a speach about how “I ordered an investigation. I allowed the police to follow leads. I was told there was a suspect and I, personally, authorized…”

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:32am

      Can’tvc get to it right now!! Got some other stuff on the stove right now. . .Gotta get on over to Europe, kioda on the GL since Thurs-Fri. Need to check on gettin the G8 to pull some crap yareckon?

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  • craftiejackie
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:06am

    look the government and the left is the blame for the way people and kids are fighting and stealing people and the kids are rude and only care about themselves and what they want . the reason for this is you got government and all these left groups telling them you can do what you want express your self or you get judges just slapping them on the hand you got the government and the left talking about how they should have the same things that the rich have so now they just go and beat them up and take it. pr people go and steal it .i will bet that when this guy goes to court you will hear from the left about how he has anger problems and they will have him do anger management classes .that is what the court does all the time it is that or bipolar or adhd . you see the people use this kind of stuff when they get caught. the bottom line is they feel they have the right to do as they want they are being rasied and told by the left to think about just you everyone else doesn’t matter it is what you feel that matters. when ever people don’t get what they want when they want everyone around them will pay for it . the people do not have to account for anything and they just think everyone else owes them a living . so i have a feeling that in a few more years it is going to be a lot worse than it is now the people that have respect and work hard are going to end up getting robbed and worse

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    • leftcoastslut
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 9:08am

      “now let me be clear”.. i think there needs to be a federal investigation into the connection between sporting events and violence. i think that all sporting events be cancelled until this investigation is complete. yes even basketball and golf. why don’t we all forget about sports for the next 18 months and become “Team USA” and turn your anger towards this government which has Changed everyones life and not for the good, fight for something that is worthy, like your freedoms. frankly the POTUS has changed my life so much i don’t have the money to attend

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  • DonaldH
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:05am

    And thus is why myself nor my wife leave our home without my .45 and her 9mil………… I recomend every Anglo to do the same..
    Obama wil be re-elected in 2012 and the brazenness of the attacks without any remorse will only increase in severity and occurrence…

    God help my sons

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:04am

    I am glad that they caught this guy and I hope they catch the other guy and the lady that drove the getaway car. I feel bad for the victim and his family. May God be with you.

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    • Hephzibah
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:57am

      That was no “lady”. That was the female thug that drove the get-away car.

      I still contend that if stupid, low-life females wouldn’t hang out and give favors to creeps like this, many of them would clean up their acts, trying to get said females to hang out with them and give them those favors.

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  • WKRP_in_Cincy
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:02am

    I live in Cincinnati, and won’t go to a game, even if you payed me. I am sorry for your troubles when you went to the game. The thugs in this city are plentiful and unafraid.

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  • hojo
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:55am

    It’s just a game.Lighten up.

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:42pm

      No, it’s a crime.. At least whats being reported here is.. It’s about a few people that are willing to kill another human being for loyalty to a team, not their own.. It’s about the loss of control that makes a violent criminal a violent criminal, and the extent we are willing to go to to remove them from society.. Well done LAPD.. Now go get the rest of them.. And if this guy is an illegal, waterboard him to get the names of his confederates.. Just kidding.. Can’t do that “in country.”

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  • Miyegombo Bayartsogt
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:38am

    American sports have always been foreign to me. It‘s distant noise and conversations I can’t get into. Imagine, ultraviolence like this dished out based on solely on different colored sports jerseys. Men spinning around the earth, but there’s no earthly law and order. Likely, these two would stomped a stranger and given him the boot for little or no reason. This time it looks as if they did it for their team. Even rattlesnakes only strike out if threatened. This is atatvistic, killer ape stuff. Apocalypo at the ball park.

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:31am

    Yo….the internet lynch mob that pervades here. Tough talk from anonymous people is as funny as it gets.

    You spew the Constitution, then trample the rights of the accused.

    Do you know if this suspect IS the person responsible?

    (….No)

    So spare us the tough talk. My guess is that anyone that talks tough on here and says all this trash crap is about as tough as a wet noodle.

    Go back and re-read the Constitution/Bill of Rights – especially the part about innocent until PROVEN guilty.

    Hypocrites……

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    • DonaldH
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:10am

      Hoo-F***in RAH—- Try me and you’ll see just how “tuff” I am

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    • proliance
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:11am

      I‘ve never seen a person with tattoos on his neck who wasn’t a criminal. Just sayin’.

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    • logictrumps
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 10:50am

      How do they know? The parole officer shortly after the incident had an appointment with the accused. He saw that the guy was a mirror image of the sketch of the suspects but also noticed the guy had some NEW neck tattoos which looked to be covering up his previous neck tattoos. The neck tattoo was the one thing readily identified from the incident. The parole officer even brought him back a second time to take a closer look. The parole officer & LAPD showed the eye witnesses a police lineup and every eye witness identified the guy in custody as the assailant.

      Eye Witnesses identify via Police Lineup – check
      Neck Tattoos identified from the scene of the crime – check
      This guy was arrested twice for robbery & once for discharging a firearm in public. He has served time in prison and is the lowest degenerate filth and here you are defending him. You spoke with emotion instead of conducting research and speaking with logic and facts. You are in no position to lecture anyone.

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    • sickandtiredofobama
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Hey lib’s-are-dingleheads you do have a good point, but what if it was the other way around? would you be as so bold to accuse the white guy if he started the whole shenanigans or would you defend him like you are defending this gutter trash.

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  • Akira Gomi
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:30am

    Animals, fans can be rabid filth over a riduclous idea of chasing a ball around. I was in Cincinatti at football game and was approached by several drunk Bengal fans and feared for me and my son’s safety. They just knocked my hat off and pushed use around, but we ran and got to safety. Laws should be enacted if this isn’t a hate crime what is, oh let me guess, you have to be black getting beating. If you are white getting beaten by a black or mexican it’s social justice. My people never owned slaves or lived on the border, we payed way more then our share of taxes. Thanks federal government for making America more safe and hateful…

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  • Bushie
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:24am

    The electric chair would be too easy. They need to suffer a long time before being put to death.

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  • usmc62
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:20am

    Better Idea, make the tough guys put on a NY Gaints football jersey – put them in Philly – right after the Gaints win a football game in triple overtime, on a two bad calls in a playoff game the Eagles lose…..OUCH! That would be a wake up call to them!

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  • thejackal
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:05am

    Good now hang the animal filth. For Obama and Eric Holder’s (chief US racists) sake, they better not be illegal aliens.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:14am

      Now we will get to see if justice is done fairly and swiftly to them; or if they will be set free of all these charges by some bleeding hearted judge and lawyers who figure they were set up or the victim is the one who provoked the incident in the first place.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:26am

      More fodder for my wood chipper…….

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    • True2The_Word
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:02am

      I will wait to see the proof that this is one of the guys that actually did the dammage. If he is, may the full force of the law be leveled against him and ANYONE who helped in ANY way. Including thoes who heard the bragging!

      Now how about some “JUSTICE” for thoes who stood and watched! There in lies the REAL problem. If every time some violent fools started this (and any) “gang beat-down“ the people ”AROUND” steped in and detained all persons involved, this kind of $#@T would dimish in a heart beat.

      We need to make observers lible too.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:03am

      Morning, SNOW, don’t forget the age old excuse, “He couldn’t help it, he is a product of a broken home and a bad environment. Raised by a single mother, yadda, yadda, yadda”. I am so happy they have him in custody and pray they will get the others. Everyone needs to pray for Bryan Stow and that he will recover enough to lead a normal life. It sounds like it will be a very slow process.
      SNOW, hope you are feeling better today and that your allergies are getting better. Hot, hot, hot here!

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    • GODSAMERICA
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:08am

      @thejackal
      “For Obama and Eric Holder’s (chief US racists) sake, they better not be illegal aliens.”
      Actually for our sakes they better not be illegal aliens because if they are then obama and holder will do EVERYTHING in their power to have all the charges dropped and have him back on the streets within a day or two. They probably will tell him that he needs to be more careful about getting caught next time.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:14am

      Another bittersweet issue for the Marxist and his challenged sidekick, Holder.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:39am

      Morning Grandmaof5, true, forgot about that old quote; and thanks for the hope about my allergies, it is getting a bit better here lately. Just the fact the heat is going to be back to triple digits by thursday or friday at the latest.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:45am

      after putting 20 full-time detectives on the case who worked for more than 6,000 hours.

      I agree that the guy should be prosecuted for attempted murder, assault and any other charges they can bring up. My question is this…Were all the hours put into this search because the victim was gay? Or was he just an innocent fan?

      There are people that are brutally murdered that dont get this kind of manpower in a search…So if they put that search in simply because he is gay….thats so wrong.

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    • leftcoastslut
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:46am

      i would never consider taking my grandchildren to any athletic event, just go down to youth football games,, the violence has infected the parents there.

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    • Nepenthe
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 10:36am

      “Actually for our sakes they better not be illegal aliens because if they are then obama and holder will do EVERYTHING in their power to have all the charges dropped and have him back on the streets within a day or two”

      Is it really, really that hard for people, here at Blaze, to understand that the Obama administration has deported more people than the previous administration? And yet, we still see uninformed comments like this, simply because the president has a (D) next to his name, instead of an (R). Partisanship over truth and honesty.

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    • Edct
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:42am

      Stupid mexican animal trash…probably an illegal criminal mexican with a record…..

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 12:37pm

      What about hanging THIS animal filth that assaults old men in wheelchairs?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkJxw1mPoM&feature=player_embedded

      Abolish the Nazi Forces – AKA the Police.

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    • Barry
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 12:44pm

      Public execution please……. Plus don’t forget the dirt bags who were harboring these fugitives. Can anyone explain to me why gangs don’t fall under Homeland Security?

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 12:48pm

      Barry

      Homeland Security IS a gang, a gang of NAZI THUGS!

      SO ARE THE POLICE!

      THEY’RE ALL TERRORISTS!

      Abolish the Police AND the TSA.

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    • getalong
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:48pm

      This guy is probably illegal, and has been in and out of jail many times. Another fricking illegal criminal we now get to feed and house at taxpayer’s expenses.

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    • Wedge
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:44pm

      I’ll bet my last dollar they are illegal!! This country needs to wake up, unfortunately, it will be over and done with by the time the majority open there eyes!

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    • SteamedinMichigan
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:23am

      Let‘s hope they aren’t Black Panthers – they’d get off scott free then

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