El Centro de la Raza
Statement presented on Oct. 3, 2007
Community Conversation, Ethnic Center Foyer
Veronica Mendez-Cruz, Director
Part of the statement was as follows:

It is the position of El Centro de la Raza that the acts of Peter Lynch were acts of hate and should be treated as such.

Leah-Ann: The statement from the El Centro website was very helpful: when you have specific knowledge, as you seem to have in many areas, I find it very helpful to have it presented in an informational way.

I cannot speak for anyone else, but I do not react well to being informed how I ought to think and behave, but am always open to new information in order to be able to better form my own opinions.

I have concluded:

I believe that the Mexican Flag, flying alone on State or Federal property on Constitution Day was wrong regardless of where the blame should fall

I believe Mr lynch acted appropriately in removing the offending flag

I believe he acted inappropriately in destroying it

I believe that after he reported what he had done and offered to replace it, before the police were ever involved, El Centro escalated a situation unnecessarily, and then the DA saw a headline grabbing case and pursued it inappropriately

I don't belive I was unable to distinguish, I do know I had paid little heed until this afternoon, and as such I now know the difference between La Raza and El Centro De La Rasa, and wonder if our exchanges would be less contentious if you had responded to me more in this manner?

Originally Posted by Leah-Ann
My Dear Friend Pug, "La Raza" (I assume you are talking about the student organization that raised the Mexican flag, El Centro La Raza) didn't sue Mr. Lynch. They reported to police that someone stole their flag and destroyed it. The DA prosecuted him for the offense. (That's prosecutorial discretion for ya!) Why do you deem the reporting of a crime wrong?


By the way, the rule I cited YOU called a (federal) law, and I was asking for confirmation, and he didn't trespass, he was a student at NMU, where the plaque at the bottom of the flagpole states that the US flag should fly during day light hours smile

I guess NASCAR is off?

It's rarely rocket science, it's usually just math: then again if you can't do the math.......