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DESCRIPTION:Support Gary Johnson in Judge "No right to sleep" Gallagher's court.  
 \n\nJohnson has already been sentenced to six months for "sleep crime" (PC 
 647e).  He was one of the most undaunted and persistent activists asserting 
 the rights of homeless people during PeaceCamp2010 from July to October of 
 that year.  \n\nHis attorney Ed Frey will be present representing 
 him--though Ed is under House Arrest for his nightly support and presence 
 at the protest.   \n\nBoth have been sentenced to 6 months in jail.\n\nGary 
 was again arrested, jailed, tried, and convicted for sleeping on a bench 
 with a "Sleep is Not a Crime/Legacy of Cruelty" sign outside the courthouse 
 in a protest this winter independent of Occupy Santa Cruz, for which he 
 received a suspended 2 year sentence, also by Judge Gallagher.  Gary 
 doesn't know if Gallagher will take this opportunity to send  Gary to jail 
 for the full 2 1/2 years.\n\nThe Santa Cruz police blog reports that the 
 second highest number of citations given out last week was for being in a 
 "forbidden zone"--that is, areas where homeless people sleep such as the 
 levee, the Pogonip, and the parks.   To avoid the appearance of torturing 
 the homeless population in Santa cruz (which has no legal shelter--95% of 
 them), authorities have taken to using other ordinances to criminallize 
 being asleep at night.\n\nThere will be coffee and cocoa  available at 8 AM 
 in front of the courthouse.\n\nGary himself has no particular interest in 
 seeing people come to court--since he feels the whole process is 
 illegitimate.  However other activists feel that the ongoing harassment of 
 homeless people requires a public protest.\n\nCheck 
 http://peacecamp2010insider.blogspot.com/ for Gary's blog on the subject. 
 \n\nThe public can donate money to Gary at the county jail as Gary is a 
 vegetarian and needs $25 a week to buy beans and rice from the 
 commissary.\n\nAnother Persecution Needs Community Support \n    Linda 
 Lemaster is seeking funds to enable her attorney Jonathan Gettleman to take 
 a writ to District Court to challenge the constitutionality of Santa Cruz 
 deputies and prosecutors using the same "anti-lodging" law (647e) to crush 
 political protest against the inhumane laws used against socio-economically 
 challenged citizens (and Occupy Santa Cruz activists).\n\nLinda covered the 
 broader SleepCrime prosecutions against PeaceCamp2010 at 
 http://www.thestreetspirit.org/arrested-for-%E2%80%98sleepcrimes%E2%80%99-at-peace-camp-in-santa-cruz/ 
 . \n\nHer current legal fight is chronicled at 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/11/18715182.php("Appeals Judge 
 Upholds Anti-Homeless "Lodging" Law Against "Lighthouse" Linda Lemaster"). 
 \n\nSee 
 also:\n\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/11/18719314.php\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/19/18707733.php\nhttp://beckyjohnsononewomantalking.blogspot.com/search/label/Gary%20Johnson\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/23/18720157.php
SUMMARY:Outspoken Homeless Sleepseeker Faces Six Months Jail...Again
LOCATION:701 Ocean St.  County Courthouse  Dept. 2  Judge John Gallagher
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/23/18720157.php
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