EL CAJON, California (Staff Report)–The Anti-Defamation League of San Diego has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who have been attempting to intimidate Estela de los Rios, director of the Center for Social Advocacy here.
At a news conference, ADL Regional Director Morris Casuto called the community’s attention to three incidents at the CSA headquarters at 227 East Lexington in this San Diego County city, east of San Diego.
In the first while De los Rios was inside her office, a man pounded on the window and screamed at the immigration-rights advocate: “We know what you’re doing! We’re going to kill you!”
In the next incident, the word “Bitch” was sprawled grafitti style outside the office.
And, in the most recent incident, the window on which the man had pounded was broken, and a computer was removed from the office.
Casuto told a news conference on Thursday, May 6, that the “attempt to intimidate and silence an organization is outrageous and unacceptable. To the degree that a legitimate organization is silenced all our freedom is diminished.”
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Preceding based on information provided by the Anti-Defamation League