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= SA - 44-2889 "I then told Armando Acosta that we would have to go get our bus which was in Pecos. SRFbar ee wet tha tunie ana warn Seaétueninw & SiLSl WS Ye. SS sus, BN Welt POoeur mang the picketing area, we observed a Sheriff's Office car and the pickup truck of Mr. Jesus Luna pro- ceeding north on the main highway, about ten miles north of the picketing area. Mr. Luna's truck was filled with peopie who appeared to be farm workers. “We proceeded on to the picketing area. At the onion field, all of the workers had joined in the-strike. No one had been disturbed at this lecation by deputies of the Sheriff's Office on other law enforcement officers. "I then sent two law students to Pecos to determine what had happened. I told everybody else to go on home. "On the way back to Pecos, I was stopped by a Highway Patrol Officer, Texas Department of Publi a fader eskn ena ebaA eer cea Beeneesb hide fe SR eee Sake Ys Wil GSAISLATU LY Valle VG yY wiisbbiy 211 VIS Wa and my driver's license was all right, with the exception of the left h gh beam headlight which did not work. I was cited © the headlight at approxi- mately 11:30 AM. i “While the ticket was being written, a man, apparently a farmer, stopped and asked who spoke English. I said that I did. The farmer then said, ‘If you don't leave town, we'll kill you.' I called this to the attention of the Highway Patrol Officer who told me that .the Cotiity Sheriff handled problems of that nature, not the Highway Patrol. He also told me that the farmer had a right to freedan of speech. "After being cited, I drove on back to our headquarters. "Some reporters told us that on their police monitors they had overheard several conversations between officers which in essence, indicated that the officers which, in essence, indicated that the officers wanted to ‘get Orendain.' | a iS AV