HERE IS SOME OF THE ARTWORK OF THE OAKLAND P.D. WHEN PROTESTERS ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK SHIPMENTS TO OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ. WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THEM...LOL
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.
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They choose Santa Cruz,one of CA’s most liberal cities, to act out because they know they won’t get their butts kicked, and they’ll get support from brainwashed students who don’t know the difference between green and red.
These are anarchists and eco-terrorists who are using the illegal Mexicans as an excuse for the chaos. They hope to ignite a revolutionary spark among the illegals, but I doubt they will be successful.
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Yes I did, did you?
And have you ever been to the Santa Cruz area? I haven’t seen a lot of the anarchist trash who were illegal immigrants.
The anarchists are the American born punks who hate everything about civilization. A immigration rally is as good as an excuse as anything else for them to start a riot.
Next week they will be at the no drilling rally and start the same riot.
Illegal Mexicans just doing the rioting that Tea Party Americans won’t do...
It has got my vote.
I certainly did and your original comment was not referring to the anarchist-type that shows up at any and all protests which was the prominent part of the article... and yes, I have most certainly been to Santa Cruz, many times, we have good friends who live there and I grew up in California......
That's okay, Santa Cruz is a ultra-liberal leftist town. Let them trash it.
My daughter lived there for 4 years while attending UCSC. There are more hippy nuts there than anywhere else in California.
My response to said poster; was that was probably not likely; but more likely they were the anarchists (who were rioting); as illegals tend to not go around painting anarchist signs.
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