Hal Netkin, the city's shrillest anti-immigrant gadlfy, won't be charged over that driving incident at a Minuteman Project protest in Orange County. Garden Grove police originally arrested Netkin after his van struck some protesters who surrounded him. The activists at L.A. IndyMedia disagree with the police version of events.
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