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Differentiate on MAD

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:44 PM MST

In the interest of fairness I believe that given the horrors of the Arivaca murders perpetrated by the Minutemen American Defense (MAD) that henceforth whenever you publish a letter using the name “Minuteman or Minutemen” in it that you differentiate what group the letter writer is talking about. Otherwise, don’t publish it.

The anonymous “Louise” found it useful to use the name “Minutemen” in a broad brush attack on all Minutemen, referring to them as a “vigilante group” that takes the law into their hands. Nothing could be further from the truth.

We are an “observe and report” group that reports illegals to the proper authorities (i.e. Border Patrol), which is what every citizen should do. We notify the Border Patrol and the Sheriff whenever we go on patrol and work closely with them when we are on patrol.

We are the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC), not the Minutemen American Defense (MAD). MAD has never been a part of MCDC.

Sherman Frey, Green Valley


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jack239 wrote on Jun 23, 2009 11:54 PM:

" msm knew this in the beginning and were unspecific intentionally "

Lee wrote on Jun 24, 2009 4:59 AM:

" She was once considered a rising star in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, as evidenced by this quote from a “call to muster” the group posted on its Web site in 2006: “We have identified leaders among us like Shawna Forde, Bob and Kathy Dameron and Rody Martin, and we are now getting into confronting employers who break our laws by knowingly hiring illegal aliens.” "

scvalleygirl wrote on Jun 24, 2009 7:36 AM:

" Investigation of this horrific incident are just getting started. It sounds like several local and federal agencies are involved. We'll see what happens. The truth will come out. Always does. We'll see if Forde and her group were just a few nuts in the tree or if there are more. But for now, it doesnt look good. They were Minutemen with what appears to be close ties to key members with contact with some of those members right up to the end. I'm sure you know the old saying "Where there's smoke, there's fire." "

caasduit wrote on Jun 24, 2009 12:03 PM:

" Thank-you for posting the truth. Never has a MCDC member accosted any illegal aliens, never. This has become a gross missconception. They have actually rescued illegal aliens, when they were physicaly unable to go on, they have saved lives. "

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