Posted on 05/02/2010 6:56:45 PM PDT by freespirited
Edited on 05/02/2010 8:34:37 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Close to 20 businesses were damaged after a May Day protest in downtown Santa Cruz turned violent, requiring police to call other agencies for help, authorities said.
Police spokesman Zach Friend said an estimated 250 people started marching through the city around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
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They tried to burn down a coffee party shop, obviously those were TEA partiers.
Mostly peaceful protests....
It was a peaceful but “unpermitted and unsanctioned event,” he said, until some in the crowd started breaking windows and spraying paint on retail shops that line the downtown corridor. A fire was started —————————But a TEA party dare not be where they are not ‘permitted’....
But SWAT teams were busy...
With elderly grandma’s and grandpa’s I’m sure...
Maybe that is because these were nothing but college brats that were not wearing masks, that are typically worn by organized anarchist?
Proof of what they are.
I’ll bet they were Methodists, too!
It’s going to be a long hot summer. Protect yourselves
Amazingly, the Times has no pictures! /s
An “unpermitted and unsanctioned event” in support of unpermitted and unsanctioned immigrants...who woulda thunk it?
Not that more details are necessary to anyone who can put two & two together.
They probably were keeping a close eye on those suspicious TEA partiers.
Unfortunately, the viewpoint of many PDs is that if it’s just property damage, then it’s not worth their time b/c insurance will pay for it. Guiliani had the right idea: if you don’t stop criminals from doing the little property crimes, they will escalate to larger and deadlier crimes.
It was a peaceful but "unpermitted and unsanctioned event," he said, until some in the crowd started breaking windows and spraying paint on retail shops that line the downtown corridor.
Peaceful??
Whoever they were, I don’t think this raised their approval rating with the American people.
That is a “duh!” but protesters sometimes think vandalism makes them seem serious in their beliefs.
They didn’t burn down any buildings, therefore, it was “peaceful “
I saw some clips on the news of the Che’ Day “rally” in Phoenix yesterday. Lots of Mexican flags and signs with obscenities about Governor Brewer. “Diversity” sure can get ugly.
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