Posted on 05/02/2010 8:45:10 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
A 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.
Windows were left shattered and graffiti including anarchy signs were tagged onto buildings. The Rittenhouse Building, Urban Outfitters, Jamba Juice and Velvet Underground all had windows broken, according to Capt. Steve Clark.
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. This did nothing to add credit to whatever they believed their cause was."
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Hmmmm.... wonder how much play and spin this will get in the lamestream media....
Those dang tea partiers.
Because Hussein goes out one day to "rally the base" by playing the race card, and fomenting unrest, and then later makes a statement to the MSM about "civility" only to provide himself cover.
It’s like Rodney’s “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”.
I went to a riot and a leftist demonstration broke out. Night follows day, day follows night.
I will bet any 0dumbo supporter this will NOT make MSM news.
Theyn are still to busy doctoring up news that Tea Party events cause violence
Uh, that's why they call themselves anarchists.
BTW, what are "anarchy signs"? Anarchist signs, ok but "anarchy signs"?
Or, maybe she meant "their presence showed signs of anarchy"?
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Now people are demonizing leftist protestors?
I am sure the MSM will play up the potential Tea Party violent backlash angle. Granny is pissed angle.
The police should have sent in the violent Quincy Illinois grandmas to quell the crowd.
angry mob
From how areas usually look after a Tea Party protest, if they had one the following day they probably would have swept up the broken glass and maybe even installed a few replacement sheets of plate glass.
The rioters were largely peaceful when they weren’t throwing rocks.
Santa Cruz is a drug infested area and a college town that is extremely liberal. It doesn’t surprise me.
And they want to be citizens. Hell we already HAVE citizens who burn stuff down. We do not need any more.
msnbc blaming the bomb found last night in times square on RIGHT WING EXTREMIST. I guess they doing the rioting in
California too.
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These illegals and their supporters tear up a city and they are excused as being a little too exuberant.
To think the Lame-Stream Media has no idea why their ratings are slipping into negatives numbers.
No mention of any SWAT teams, or are they too busy with the old ladies at the Tea Party!
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