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Keeping Santa Cruz Weird: Is Drumming a Crime?

by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
On September 10th, the City of Santa Cruz took measures trying to prevent the weekly gathering and drum circle in Parking Lot #4 alongside the Farmer's Market. New mesh fences and several police officers were not enough to prevent Raging Grannies and other free-thinkers from singing, playing instruments, sharing food and reclaiming an important community space under the trees. Police took surveillance photographs, passed out information, and harassed some people, but the drum beats and musical notes continued on for another week.
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For more information, check out:

Raging Grannies and Trash Orchestra Defend Drummers from SCPD
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/09/18534692.php
§Santa Cruz Community TV
by ~Bradley
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Interviewing Sergeant Harms
§Suzanne
by ~Bradley
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Seditious Beat
§Struck By Hit and Run Thursday
by ~Bradley
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§Cedar Street
by ~Bradley
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§Raging Grannies
by ~Bradley
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§Kid's View
by ~Bradley
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Is this child witnessing a crime?
§Shopper Support
by ~Bradley
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§Food Not Bombs
by ~Bradley
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§Djembe
by ~Bradley
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§St. Paul or Santa Cruz?
by ~Bradley
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Resistance in the Streets of St. Paul Despite Police Violence
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/30/18531223.php
§Drum and Tree
by ~Bradley
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§Car Photography
by ~Bradley
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The police acted very strange for issuing a registration ticket. It took a half dozen cops to eventually write a ticket.
§Joe Schultz
by ~Bradley
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§Kid Tastes the Soup
by ~Bradley
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§India Joze
by ~Bradley
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§Protect Us From a Sanitized Downtown
by ~Bradley
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§Chess
by ~Bradley
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§No 5 Story Parking Lot
by ~Bradley
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§Dancing
by ~Bradley
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