“Law and Order Monte boys Style.”
Mounted Rangers: Capt. Bud King
Nineteenth-Century Western America: Wars, towns, squatters, vigilantes and injustice as a means to control crime; local formations of groups and revolts to the injustice; Monte boys going outside to neighboring communities seeking out trouble only to add trouble, a not so Cinderfella story.
From 1856-1887, El Monte coerced in adhering to the vigilante Monte boys: “Law and Order Monte boys Style.” In short, a made up and frequently changed code of pseudo-law that allowed to accuse, judge, sentence, and execute anything the famed Monte boys imposed, in El Monte and its neighboring towns. In 1856 the Monte boys participated, endorsed, and embraced any opportunity to seek out trouble.
In El Monte they were most famed and celebrated. Outside El Monte they were more often regarded as criminals under the guise of law enforcement; a disgrace to what real law enforcement works for. Public executions were the Monte boys favorite method of “solving” anything they judged as crime. Lynchings and hangings were common and celebrated during this time.
Still, the El Monte boys are historically revered as heroes and the ideology that good prevails bad. Understanding the truth about the Monte boys is important.
It demonstrates the frightening fact at how easy violence and corruption was accepted in 19th century El Monte. More frightening, it sheds light on the fact that 21st century El Monte, is still suffering from easily accepted violence and corruption today.
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