Fiesta baile marred by royal scrap

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RAMBO wrote:

Is just Santa Fe Locals at their best!!! You can expect more from them!!

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DriveByPoster wrote:

p.s. any white girls want to take on the chicas?
we can make this an annual event.
in albuquerque.. the indians promote this. here? we can have the fiesta council.
(i'll put $5 on a goth chick)

Get with it wrote:

A physical altercation involving several people taking part the city's main annual celebration? Where was the police report? If someone suffered a bruised shoulder during an altercation at a public event, why was it not reported as a battery?
If there was a police report, why did the New Mexican only tell us about it a month later? Did the New Mexican ask for a police report or, just between us girls, we don't consider that kind of violence criminal?
And about that reporting... how many people observed this incident? How many people usually attend the Grand Baile? One would think, a month after the fact, a reporter could find one or two people who could describe the size of the crowd -- and whether there were any police or licensed security personnel involved.
Violence at the annual celebration of a supposedly "peaceful reconquest" might relate to how Santa Fe confronts violence in its collective narrative. If Santa Fe refuses to acknowledge its violent past, it will not likely find a solid foundation for a peaceful tomorrow. A local newspaper's forgetfulness does not help matters.

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Annoyed wrote:

Of course this sort of story opens up a platform for bigots like DriveByPoster and Sick to malign Hispanic culture in general. Their behavior is mainly due to their ignorance, not because they are Hispanic. You've got to be joking if you think white people are much better.
Other than that I LOL'd at this story. God bless northern New Mexico.