Os Cangaceiros
1st December 2011, 19:37
SANTA CRUZ - Santa Cruz police, clad in riot gear, moved to clear demonstrators from a vacant building taken over by Occupy Santa Cruz demonstrators late Wednesday afternoon.
Occupy Santa Cruz members and other demonstrators made entry into the former Coast Commercial Bank building at 75 River St. late Wednesday afternoon and hung an "Oocupy (sic) Everything" banner from the roof.
Just after 6 p.m., about 30 officers attempted to secure the entrance to the former Coast Commercial Bank building as demonstrators barricaded themselves from the inside using office furniture.
According to Zach Friend, spokesman for the police department, the officers were trying to secure the entrance so no additional people would go in and they were hoping to have a dialogue with the people inside.
Shouting "pigs get out" and "we are the 99 percent" demonstrators outside the building linked arms and moved toward the police. Police eventually backed up and moved away as demonstrators cheered and chanted.
Police left the scene because they didn't think it was safe, said Friend.
"We will evaluate new ways to open communication and hopefully this group isn't representative of a new aggressive movement," Friend said.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19442674
I guess the intentionally misspelled "Oocupy" is a reference to Occupy Oakland or something?
Anyway, it's cool that they successfully defended their building against an initial incursion by the po-po.
Occupy Santa Cruz members and other demonstrators made entry into the former Coast Commercial Bank building at 75 River St. late Wednesday afternoon and hung an "Oocupy (sic) Everything" banner from the roof.
Just after 6 p.m., about 30 officers attempted to secure the entrance to the former Coast Commercial Bank building as demonstrators barricaded themselves from the inside using office furniture.
According to Zach Friend, spokesman for the police department, the officers were trying to secure the entrance so no additional people would go in and they were hoping to have a dialogue with the people inside.
Shouting "pigs get out" and "we are the 99 percent" demonstrators outside the building linked arms and moved toward the police. Police eventually backed up and moved away as demonstrators cheered and chanted.
Police left the scene because they didn't think it was safe, said Friend.
"We will evaluate new ways to open communication and hopefully this group isn't representative of a new aggressive movement," Friend said.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19442674
I guess the intentionally misspelled "Oocupy" is a reference to Occupy Oakland or something?
Anyway, it's cool that they successfully defended their building against an initial incursion by the po-po.