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DESCRIPTION:DEFEND PEOPLE'S PARK THIS SATURDAY, MAY 13, AT NOON !!!        Dear 
 everybody,                              Once again People's Park is having 
 a serious conflict between those who would defend it as place that poor 
 people and activists can assembly and provide mutual aid and the University 
 of California and its police force. Over the last 2 years we have lost our 
 Free Box first to UC frat boy twice. Since last fall we have rebuilt this 
 box several times often at great expense only to have the University tear 
 it down again. We waited sufficiently long to allow the UC police to go 
 after the drug dealing in the park by which they have justified attacking 
 our basic civil and human rights & the false claiming of the sidewalk as UC 
 property to prevent sleeping there giving no 647j warnings any more, have 
 strictly use a series of People's Park rules we have repeatedly challenged 
 at the People's Park Advisory Board which was discontinued for 6 months 
 when we did seizing people's possessions and preventing activists from 
 bringing stuff into the park. Now they have set up barricades to further 
 prevent access. Now they are threatening to cite anyone who brings and 
 leaves clothes and/or food in the park.              On Sunday April 23rd 
 Disabled People Outside Project activist Dan McMullan was coming into the 
 park for a meeting to deal with these issues. Being in a wheelchair he 
 asked his little boys to move the barricades so he could get access into 
 the park. Being the rambunctious boys they are they kicked them down. UC 
 officer Sean Aranas accused him of destroying UC property and put his hand 
 on Danny's shoulder. Danny called loudly "Don't touch me!" in part to alert 
 us fellow activists he was been messed with. Sean reportedly said he can 
 touch whoever he wants and puts his hand firmly on Danny again. Soon Sean 
 and another UC officer were pushing/yanking Danny out of his wheelchair 
 down to the ground where 6 UC police officers got on top of him including 
 one who repeatedly bet Danny in the stomach. Later despite Danny and my 
 telling UC officer O'Connor that Danny is disabled with a false leg 
 O'Connor insisted DAnny lean over the back of the squad car which we told 
 him would hurt Danny. Because Danny needed to go to the hospital due to 
 internal stomach bleeding from the beating he wasn't sent to jail. They 
 want to charge him with trespassing(for knocking over the barricades), for 
 resisting arrest. There are many witnesses that saw the incident and have 
 verified what I have reported here.                 WE have called a 
 protest this Saturday May 13th at high noon in People's PaRK(1/2 Block east 
 of Telegraph between Haste & Dwight) asking people to bring clothes and 
 food to People's Park. Saturday use to be when churches brought food to the 
 park but lately they are not doing so. Michael Delacouer has gotten a sound 
 permit to speak on Haste St. near the park. Andrea Pritchard of Copwatch 
 agreed to speak.                    We are hearing the University plans to 
 counter our protest with force.      Please help us reclaim People's Park 
 from the University that is no friend of the People.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/12/101253.php
SUMMARY:DEFEND PEOPLE'S PARK
LOCATION:Saturday May 13th at high noon in People's PaRK(1/2 Block east of Telegraph 
 between Haste & Dwight)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/12/101253.php
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