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Judicial Watch Victory: Court Gives Green Light to California Civil Rights Lawsuit On December 8, 2001, a group of peaceful activists rallied in opposition to illegal immigration on the steps of Anaheim City Hall. What began as a simple _expression of 1st Amendment rights turned into a violent crime scene when left-wing counter-demonstrators became physically abusive. Despite the brutality and numerous pleas for help from the victims, including some senior citizens, uniformed police officers refused to intervene in an attempt to "teach [the demonstrators a lesson]." Now it is the Anaheim police who are to be taught a lesson. On July 29, 2002, Judge Ronald S. W. Lew ruled in favor of Judicial Watch in its case against the Anaheim police and other city officials who refused to protect the civil rights of the demonstrators who were brutally attacked. The defendants had filed a motion to dismiss, which Judge Lew denied in its entirety. The case, which was filed on behalf of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform, will now move forward. "Each of the Anaheim Defendants took an oath to uphold the Constitution," said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. "They violated that oath on December 8, and they will be held accountable." Among the violent counter-demonstrators were pro-Iranian anarchists, communists, and advocates for rejoining the southwestern states to Mexico.
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