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Posted on 05/02/2010 2:37:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SANTA CRUZ - A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker's and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Many in the group were carrying makeshift torches as they marched, breaking storefront windows and writing "anarchist graffiti" on buildings, according to Capt. Steve Clark.
Many businesses sustained multiple broken windows including very large storefront windows at Urban Outfitters and The Rittenhouse building.
Police believe at least 15 businesses suffered damage.
The violence was initiated from a group holding a rally at the town clock for May Day.
Windows at Jamba Juice and Velvet Underground were left shattered and graffiti including anarchy signs were tagged onto buildings.
Because of the size and violent demeanor of the crowd, Santa Cruz police asked for help from all agencies in the county to break up the riot.
At one point, protesters lit a fire on the porch of Caffe Pergolesi and blocked access to firefighters, officers said.
Police were able to clear out the demonstrators before more damage was caused.
A large rock sat outside Verizon Wireless on the 100 block of Cooper Street, where vandals tried to break the window twice, according to Clark.
"The damage that was caused was without purpose," Clark said. "It was senseless violence that victimized a community who cannot afford to be victimized in this manner.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
If you ask the protestors, they'll probably tell you it's Santa Cruz, Aztlan.
More tea party violence. We all know this could never be left-wing violence. They’re always peaceful.
Good info. Thanks.
BUMP
Illegal aliens don't have "rights" as citizens do. But, hey Alia Wilson, it's much more fun to play the Orwellian word games isn't it?
Those pesky racist Amish Tea Partiers are up to no good again. < /sarcasm >
I think we should just annex all of Mexico.
This needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Just bring out all the K9 units.German Shepherds have a way of restoring people’s civility and reason.
Great post!
Give our country to Mexico instead, it appears as though that is what Washington D.C. wants.
They don't ask that around Santa Cruz, growing weed up in those mountains is big business.
What will Bill Clinton say about this?
all registered Democrats are enemies of the USA!
“Give our country to Mexico instead, it appears as though that is what Washington D.C. wants.”
They certainly do act that way.
They’re more worried about tea party grandmas singing patriotic songs. You need riot police in case they break out in a game of bingo.
The horror.
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In one day of so called, “immigration rallies” there has been more incidents of violence and intimidation than in thousands of Tea Party events over the last year.
Still our so called, “Secretary of State” and director of “Homeland Security” are still warning of the need to quash the “angry, white” patriot movement.
What hope have we when two feckless lesbian apparatchiks defend the violence and threats of violence from mobs of lawless non-citizens over salt of the earth peaceful citizen patriots? (Sound of crickets)
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