The Title Should Read wrote on Mar 26, 2007 11:22 PM:"Anti- ILLEGAL-immigration activist charged". How can we take these stories seriously when you cannot even get the title correct?

jigsaw wrote on Mar 26, 2007 11:51 PM:Border agents Ramos and Compean were the first victims of a system that takes the word of an illegal over the word of a patriot. Who will be next? Don't worry Mr. Monti, while you bravely defend your name, me and others will carry on your mission.

1984 wrote on Mar 27, 2007 12:11 AM:What do you call it when whose duty it is to uphold the law side with the lawbreakers? What do you call it when an act of self-defense becomes a crime? What do you call it when reporting a crime becomes a crime itself? What do you call it when illegal aliens have more civil rights than American citizens? What do you call it when illegal aliens have any civil rights at all, beyond a safe and speedy trip back home? Answer: A Police State. We have arrived; it is here. Take a stand against the tyranny being perpetrated against John Monti, because they’re coming for you and me next.

Dan (Temecula) wrote on Mar 27, 2007 12:34 AM: Another victim of illegal aliens. Not only do they jump him, and take his stuff they all back each other stories up. Then the city attorney Mr. Michael Aguirre (Latino)also charges him with filing a false crime report. Illegals have more rights than citizens. They can get free handouts that are own citizens need but can't get. Some of are leaders are trying to reward those that have broken laws by voting for amnesty for 12 million that a majority of, would become even more eligible for free benefits, and social security.(As like there is enough social security for me when I qualify.) Shoot if they drive drunk, and kill someone they can just go back to Mexico, or where ever they may be from. Even are own border patrol go to prison longer than some murders do for shooting an illegal in the side of the buttocks. They where senteced to 11, and 12 years each, while this illegal who was shot in the buttocks had already been convicted for smuggling was prisoned, and deported. He was already here illegally that time too. Since then he has a civil lawsuit against the B.P. for 5 million,(a lawsuit he will probably win) and has been arrested for a 3rd time with smuggling. All three times he had reportly had 100's of pounds of drugs. Oh yea since the agents shot him in the butt he was given amnesty for his crime of smuggling, as well with citizenship, and we the taxpayer will pay for him, his family, and all his future family for generations to come. Goes to show that crime does pay in America as long as you are illegal. Maybe I should go south of the border hop the border, and create a new identity so I can get out of some old hospital bills from 4 years ago when I was only able to afford health insurance for my kids. Lets stop the madness people, and it doesn't matter wheater you are bronw, white,black, or whatever. God bless America, not illegal activties!!!!!

Unbelieveable wrote on Mar 27, 2007 5:49 AM:Oh now the not a minuteman or an SOS man. We are not racist, violent or liars. Whats wrong with putting your video camera in someones face, Battery, filing false police reports, interfering violating civil rights? We are citizens and we can do whatever we want to the lets see what non racist statement did Monti use hummm...Oh yes the "Mexicano Cochinos". No that is not racists. Please I hope this guy gets what he deserves. This type of behavior is disgusting and I am appauled that grown men are doing this type of thing. We have zero tolerance for violence in our schools and her we have this happening on our streets. We need to have zero tolerance in our streets to avoid this type of thing from happening again. NO it is not okay to attack, vandalize, demean, and hurt people no matter what their current immigration status is or what you preceive their current immigration status is. Stop already I am sick of it.

All Fall Down wrote on Mar 27, 2007 6:34 AM:Quite an outstanding day for our upstanding Minutement. One charged with nine crimes, two sued for defamation. It's so reassuring to know that those who scream "ILLEGAL" the loudest at others have such respect for the law.

City's Payback wrote on Mar 27, 2007 6:35 AM:The City of San Diego was embarrassed by letting illegal canyon camper in city canyons. Now the City is going after Minutemen. Too bad they did not have the same zeal when going after the crimes of the pro-illegal immigrant side. An anti-illegal immigration group was attacked and their meeting disrupted when they tried to organize two years ago. The NCTimes reported the story here: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/09/18/news/top_stories/22_18_179_17_05.txt A group called Gente Unida disrupted a meeting of the Friends of the Border Patrol in Mission Valley on September 17, 2005. A report by Jodi Baker of Fox 6 News shows the video. Another Fox 6 News report shows one of the radicals punching a meeting attendee. Search the internet for the videos. Stay firm Minutemen! We Americans know who is really trying to intimidate who!

Witch hunt wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:12 AM:This is again a witch hunt. Why after over 4 months have these illegals decided to make false charges on Jonh Monti? This is all back lash on Monti for exposing the child prostitution in McGonigle. John Monti is far from an Anti-Immigrant activist. He opposes to ILLEGAL immigration and CHILD prostitution. I have no Idea what is goning on here. Jonh Monti has been trying to get the police dept. to investigate HIS attack and the police dept. has done nothing but give him the run around and blown him off!

to Dan wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:13 AM:I don't think you can say "illegals have more rights than citizens." Neither is legally allowed to assault people or lie to the police. Just because a person is a citizen doesn't mean he can do anything he wants to a noncitizen.

The Fact wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:30 AM:John Monti DID NOT ATTACK ANYONE. JOhn filed a police report after he was savagely beat by these day laborers. He had the wounds and the blood on his nose and face . Where are the day laborers injuries and why did they wait 4 months to file a complaint? The Police directly told people that their had been an arrest made of a day laborer that attacked John Monti and in the same breath said there was an on going investigation and later on the news the same day in Nov. another LT. Police officer said he was unaware there were any suspects. There is Corruption in the SDPD. This will all be exposed. Anyone who opposes illegal immigration will go to jail do you not get it?

Mary wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:39 AM:Illegals certainly seem to have "sanctuary" from a lot of crimes that legal citizens don't have. From identity theft to driving unlicensed and without insurance to multiple DUIs where they just get a warning and a release until they finally kill someone like Any Kortlang or Tyler Londin. Statistics from Texas show that illegals get arrested 6 times before the feds will get up off their lazy asses and deport them. I smell a set-up, and I suspect this man Monti is innocent.

Nanchi wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:52 AM:Folks - these guys are nothing but racists, next they will be after you. I had one man put a camera in my face and scream at me that I was breaking the law, when I picked up my neighbor, an American citizen who looks hispanic, at a shopping center on El Camino Real. It's sad that our troops are fighting for our freedom, and these ...at home are intimidating us.

Mary is right. It makes me wrote on Mar 27, 2007 7:57 AM:sick and ashamed of our government, who protects the drug traffiking illegal immigrants and persecute American citizens who are trying to bring the fact that they are NOT enforcing our laws to the front page of every paper.

Recall Against Aguirre wrote on Mar 27, 2007 9:35 AM:This traitor must go!

Charlie S wrote on Mar 27, 2007 9:44 AM:Civil Rights of an illegal? Why should someone in our country illegally and breaking the law have any rights? I think the only right they have is the right to a fast deportation!

To The Fact wrote on Mar 27, 2007 9:56 AM:Know this - I have seen, both in person and on their videos, these minutemen who insult and taunt and bully. John Monti would not have "been attacked" were it not for his insults, "accidentally" bumping into people because he didn't "see" them and being "in-your-face" with someone who decided not to take it. If you poke someone enough times in the chest, claiming that you were not attacking them, and they return the favor with some more intensity, who started it? A coward goads someone into violence and then runs to the authorities saying "He hit me.", what a cowardly cry...

Original Report wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:02 AM:The original report of the incident can be found at http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/21//news/sandiego/6_00_5511_20_06.txt

Jury Nullification wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:03 AM:Historical examples include American revolutionaries who refused to convict under English law, juries who refuse to convict due to perceived injustice of a law in general, and the perceived injustice of the way the law is applied in particular cases.

To Charlie S. wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:04 AM:It's a little thing maybe you know it? It's called the U.S. Constitution the 14th Amendment. Where ANY PERSON can not be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to ANY PERSON within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. I will reserve my judgement of the innocence or guilt of this man for more facts. I do have my suspicions and I would love to be on the jury!

Selective Prosecution wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:13 AM:The state Vehicle Code (22520.5)prohibits vending or solicitations on freeways, offramps or onramps, or on any road within 500 feet of a freeway ramp. A first offense is considered an infraction and a second can be charged as a misdemeanor. Last summer a student in Encinitas received a $148 ticket from a San Diego Sheriff's deputy for 'vending on the freeway' while he was portraying a homeless person for a senior English class project, called 'Walk a mile in my shoes.' http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/07/14/news/coastal/20_21_097_13_06.txt This alleged crime by the Minuteman activist took place at Rancho Penaquito under Highway 56. Did Aguirre file any charges against those violators?!

To "All Fall Down" wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:30 AM:Thanks for the breath of fresh air in this putrid swamp.

Business License wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:38 AM:San Diego requires independent contractors working in the City of San Diego to have a busines permit. The cost is at least $76. All businesses found to be operating without a license must pay a surcharge of $68. http://www.sandiego.gov/treasurer/businesstax/how.shtml How many day laborer have business permits? Failure to have a business license is a misdemeanor. SDMC §31.0121 Just another example of illegal immigrant crimes ignored by the SD Police and the SD City Attorney.

14th Amendment wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:44 AM:If equal protection is be followed, why wasn't a Gente Unida activist charged with assault for attacking a Friends of the Border Patrol activist at an organizing meeting held in Mission Valley on September 17, 2005? Fox New 6 captured the attack on video. Equal protection is not equal if if is not applied equally. Do a search for the video. Then lecture about equal protection.

ILLEGAL doesn't mean anything..... wrote on Mar 27, 2007 10:56 AM:ILLEGAL doesn't seem to mean anything unless you're a resident of this country. The Constitution (nice to see this mentioned, BTW..) says ALL are afforded equal protection of the law, but how is this applied when ILLEGALS are not in compliance with those laws? I'll pay the extra $$$ for products (we are already, actually, everything is going up...), our heads are in the toilet already, we need to blow bubbles. ... RULES, go look at him...

Education wrote on Mar 27, 2007 11:28 AM:Illiteracy is the biggest threat to mankind. Illegals are human beings like you and me. They are not some people from out of space or creatures you don't know. I think with this situation( illegals) some people have to go back to high school or college inorder to come to grip with reality. Haters, for once look beyond your little niche. They are here and there is notting you can do about it except deport them all. Unfortunately the government can't deport all. Haters or lazy people come to grip with reality, because my 10 year old son has already.

To Education 11:28 AM wrote on Mar 27, 2007 12:15 PM:So you're teaching your 10yo that it's okay to violate the law because there are too many illegals to deport? And those who want to restore law and order are haters and/or lazy? How many illegals will your kids tolerate and take care of when they are adults? 50 million? 100 million? 200 million? Seems to me like a peculiar education you are teaching your kids.

Reardon wrote on Mar 27, 2007 12:51 PM:Question: Since robbing banks is a federal crime, if someone is suspected of assaulting a bank robber, is the person doing the assault arrested because that is a local crime, but the bank robber let free because their crime was federal?

Hey Jose the Abogado wrote on Mar 27, 2007 1:28 PM:NCT, what happened to my post from this morning? I simply wanted to know why you know and publish Mr. Monti's residency, but no such information on Senor Estanislao Gonzales or Senor Roberto Pena. Don't we desire to know those facts? Are the victim, or witness good upstanding citizens with impeccable credibility or are we wasting our court's resouces for political purposes?

Country in need of real justice wrote on Mar 27, 2007 1:37 PM:Any one knowing John Monti knows he's the victim and he was attacked. This is in response to a long line of trying to silence the anti-illegal crowd. It's NOT going to work. It will make us stronger. Where's the SDPD when all the video of attacks happen and they somehow don't feel like pressing charges? Pictures of John's injuries are evident, yet after his complaint goes in against the SDPD, then they decide an illegal's word against him is enough evidence to charge him. How does Claudia Smith, an activist know about charges being filed almost two weeks, announce it on national tv, before the person they are filed on? Sounds fishy to me. NCT, how about you print the correct terms: Anti-illegal activist!

Answer to Reardon wrote on Mar 27, 2007 2:55 PM:Robbing a bank is both a Federal and state crime. Assault is only a state crime unless it involves a civil rights violation, possibly the case with Monti. My question to Reardon is "What bank robber got set free?"

Alf wrote on Mar 27, 2007 2:57 PM:Well, "Reardon", in theory the person doing the assault is arrested and the bank robber is also arrested, then turned over to the Feds. The reality may be another thing entirely.

Bill wrote on Mar 27, 2007 3:11 PM:No matter how rude calling someone a "dirty Mexican" is, it is arguably within one's constitutional right. As far as sticking a camera in someones face, the TV news and papparazi do it all the time. I think we would see less behavior like this if the authorities (Border Patrol) would get their people down there with cameras, handcuffs and buses. Lots of busses! Its not like these illegals are hiding or anything. Why have a Border Patrol and INS if they are not going to do their jobs? The simple fact is, that since the Reagan years, it has been the unofficial policy of the government to flood our nation with cheap labor for their rich friends in business. There will NEVER be any serious enforcement.

Chris wrote on Mar 27, 2007 3:22 PM:It's unbelievable that a public newspaper would put out such apparently racist and blatantly false reporting. To label this man an "anti-immigrant" is incorrect and reflects a bias in your newpaper. There is a huge difference between those who do not support "illegal immigration" as opposed to "legal immigration". This distiction always seems to be missed by those who report less that the truth and have an an agenda. The man was obviously attacked by a group of reportedly illegal immigrants. Harassment of this individual by the San Diego District Attorney seems abuse of power to me. To take the word from pro-illegal immigrant group or illegal aliens over physical evidence of assault on an American citizen is troubling.

Reardon wrote on Mar 27, 2007 4:58 PM:Duh! That was the import of my question. Why was ot that the "day laborers" were not questioned as to their legal status? ALL people are liable to present identification when demanded by authorities...so if the "day laborers" were no able to present documentation, why was not ICE called? Of course I know the answer to that also -- San Diego is a "sanctuary city" that will not permit police to ask for citizenship documentation...so IF the "day laborers" were illegal (which is to say they had broken a federal law, local police will not enforce THAT federal law, whereas they would enforce other federal laws. Selective enforcement.

To NTC wrote on Mar 27, 2007 5:32 PM:As several have already pointed out, the NCT has done a disservice by labeling this man an "Anti-immigration activist". As far as I know, his efforts are directed towards ILLEGAL immigration, a noble cause in my opinion. Some of your columnists and a few people posting comments can't seem to comprehend the difference between legal and illegal.

Mary wrote on Mar 28, 2007 6:58 AM:The reason the pro-American- sovereignty protesters have to film all their rallies and demonstrations is because the pro-illegal-alien demonstrators often physically attack them, or make false charges against them. They have to film everything in order to protect themselves from pro-illegal aliens and their violence and lies. This isn't the first time a false charge was cooked up against a pro-American-sovereignty activist by a pro-illegal alien enabler. Visit www.immigrationwatchdog.com for regularly posted videos showing in detail how pro-American demonstrators are routinely physically attacked by the "progressives" who take the pro-illegal alien side. There is currently a video showing how an elderly pro-American woman protester was hit in the chest by an unopened coke can thrown as a projectile from a high window. The proprietor of the watchdog was also falsely accused by pro-illegal aliens in an attempt to shut him up.

Gilbert wrote on Mar 28, 2007 12:49 PM:Your headline should read anti illegal immigration NOT anti immigration. Please keep to the facts and not editorialize. Thank you.

Dante wrote on Mar 29, 2007 5:32 PM:You know this is what happens when you have an angry group of people that are self-righteous, do not pass any background checks (or maybe can’t) and are always angry. What can you expect to happen!

SDPD Retribution? wrote on Apr 1, 2007 11:02 AM:John Monti filed a complaint asking for an investigation of why the SDPD has refused to acknowledge and investigate the existence of prostitution and human trafficking in Rancho Penasquitos in spite of numerous eyewitness reports and information provided by the local migrants.

SDPD Retribution? wrote on Apr 1, 2007 11:07 AM:The Grand Jury complaint was filed on March 1st. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/02/news/sandiego/11_38_773_1_07.txt Suddenly, San Diego is filing based on an incident 5 months ago.