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REDLANDS: Tea Party activist accuses police, Secret Service of "bullying behavior"

Vice President Joe Biden embraces then-Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar during a Nov. 1 campaign stop in Colton. A local tea party activist is accusing Colton police and the Secret Service of "undemocratic and bullying behavior" against protesters outside the Biden rally.

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A Redlands Tea Party activist is calling for an investigation after accusing Colton police and the Secret Service of undemocratic and bullying behavior during a protest of Vice President Joe Bidens visit.

John Berry, California co-coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, sent a letter to the Secret Service and Colton Police Department this week. On Nov. 1, he and others picketed outside Colton High School, where Biden rallied support for Redlands Mayor and Democratic congressional candidate Pete Aguilar.

Protesters held signs supporting Aguilars opponent, Republican Paul Chabot. Aguilar beat Chabot last month for the right to represent the 31st Congressional District.

During the protest, Secret Service agents and police attempted to seal us off from the event by blocking protesters views with moving trucks and refusing to let them cross the street, wrote Berry, a cabinet member with the Redlands Tea Party Patriots.

They blocked our movement despite their willingness to let Aguilar supporters cross the street whenever and however they wanted, he wrote.

The Secret Service later drove large moving vans to block protesters view of the rally, wrote Berry. We couldnt help but notice that the agents were laughing as they drove the vans into place, he added.

Berry accused the agencies of engaging in partisan political behavior.

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REDLANDS: Tea Party activist accuses police, Secret Service of "bullying behavior"