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Parade Held for Santa Cruz Eleven as Final Four Defendants Prepare for Trial

by Alex Darocy (alex [at] alexdarocy.com)
Community members in downtown Santa Cruz took to the streets on February 11 to parade in support of the final four Santa Cruz Eleven defendants, whose trial begins on March 3. They were charged in association with the 2011 occupation of the vacant bank building located at 75 River Street, which occurred during the height of the Occupy movement. [Top photo: the parade passes 75 River Street]
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The parade traveled down Pacific Avenue and made brief stops at the Town Clock and City Hall. The group passed by 75 River Street at one point. The bank building that was occupied in 2011 still sits vacant today.

A large number of supporters held signs and wore shirts printed with the statement, "I was in the building."

Hundreds if not over a thousand people entered an exited the building over the course of the three day occupation in November and December of 2011. Eleven people were first singled out for prosecution in February of 2012, but by January of 2013 that number facing charges was reduced to four by the judge.

Two of the four facing charges were in attendance at the parade, Gabriella Ripley-Phipps and Brent Adams.

Grant Wilson, Robert Norse, (as well as this reporter and Bradley Allen of Indybay), who all had their charges dismissed by Judge Burdick in different pre-trial hearings, were also at the parade.

For more information about the Santa Cruz Eleven, see:
http://santacruz11.wordpress.com/


Alex Darocy
http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/

All photos copyright 2014 by Alex Darocy. Use by permission only.
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§Gabriella Ripley-Phipps
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§Brent Adams
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§Grant Wilson with bubbles
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§Gabriella Ripley-Phipps
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§75 River Street
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§Steve Pleich
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§A variety of SCPD patrol vehicles monitored the parade
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Norse and another individual went inside council chambers during the city council meeting when the parade stopped at city hall.
§City Council Chambers
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Comments (Hide Comments)
by SC11 Fan
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Dan Coyro, the number two photographer at the Santa Cruz Sentinel, left this comment on a friend's photo posted on facebook of people at the Santa Cruz Eleven parade today.....he called participants "Street Vermin".

He was one of the photographers who covered Occupy Santa Cruz for the Sentinel in 2011.
by 75 River
No one wants me any more, boohoo.
by Robert Norse
http://www.santacruz11.wordpress.com .

There's also a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzEleven .

Earlier tweets about the Santa Cruz Eleven are at https://twitter.com/SantaCruzEleven .

Another website is http://66.147.242.176/~santacv5/santacruzelevencom/ .

Indybay also has a wealth of stories about the Santa Cruz Eleven.

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