To Danny Trejo, the people who hurled water balloons at him during a Fourth of July celebration in Sunland-Tujunga are “bullies” and “cowards” who racially targeted the Latino screen legend and his friends. “I’m sad. I’m just sad that there’s still people like from the ‘50s and ‘60s that still feel the same way,” he said about the incident to TMZ , “because no one else was targeted.
” The “Machete” star and Trejos Tacos restaurateur, 80, opened up about his experience in the water balloon incident and the subsequent brawl that went viral during the holiday. A fight broke out Thursday during a parade hosted by a local Rotary Club, where Trejo was a guest. Trejo and his friend, Mario Castillo, were among the people driving down the parade route in a white convertible low-rider on Foothill Boulevard.
The vehicle came to a stop after someone threw a water balloon at the car, according to the video shared on social media, and the “From Dusk Till Dawn” actor stepped out to confront a group of attendees on the sidewalk. He would not have left his vehicle if someone hadn’t yelled that the balloon was filled with acid, he told TMZ in a video interview. “That’s when I got panicked,” he explained, before adding he was concerned for the bystanders surrounding his car.
Arnie Abramyan, president of the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce, told The Times last week that there was a designated area on the parade route where people could use Super Soake.
