This from Bridget Johnson, L.A. Daily News on recent events in Maywood, California. Don’t worry, this can never happen here. Right?

Toward the end of the counter-demonstration, those protesters raised the Mexican flag on the pole in front of the U.S. Post Office. Don Silva of SOS said one woman with his group was assaulted while trying to move through the opposition crowd, and some of their cars had tires slashed and were vandalized.

Maywood, regardless of its demographics, is still within the United States of America, and still falls under the laws of this country. Lobby against those laws if you feel they’re unfair; that’s the beauty of our system.

But when you have virulent protests that include a pre-teen boy yelling “f- that white b-” at a passing fair-skinned woman – me – something is seriously wrong. Especially when it comes from the side holding a banner that proclaimed “Say NO to racism.”

Bridget Johnson writes for the Daily News. E-mail her at bridget.johnson@dailynews.com.

PLease read the entire report here.