Police Officer Attacked!

by Scofflaw Hakkarainen

Fri, Feb 16, 2007 10:50AM

A police officer was attacked on Pacific Avenue Tuesday evening, the first night of a concerted city effort to crack down on bad behavior downtown. Allegedly, an unidentified rookie cop was ticketing someone, when an assailant hit him in the back of the head, then punched him in the face! The cop fell to his knees, then fought back. Another officer on foot patrol nearby rushed to the scene, and the pair held the assailant until a third officer arrived.

Sentinel coverage is, of course, sycophantic lackeyism to the police:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/February/15/local/stories/01local.htm

Attacking individual cops may not be the most effective of tactics at resisting the police state, but it shows more than anything else that we're still alive, despite being ground the heel of the jackboot! It's sad to hear that the cop only sustained minor injuries, while the alleged assailant has been thrown in jail at $50,000 bond, facing charges of "aggravated" felony assault. The Crackdown initiated by City Council will continue, let's see what violence may ensue!

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§awaoo

by pal

Fri, Feb 16, 2007 11:20AM

hitler based nazi germany on the native indian holocaust in the united states. in a sense this IS nazi germany! hitler copied the united states, so really , the energy intent of the united states is a corollary of nazi germany! just realized that myself , when i heard someone mention that. those ARE ''the gestapo'' , the police! i should know , they nearly killed ME. a non agressive native person. this IS nazi ger4many! alert everyone!

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§A better way to fight back is to join a federal lawsuit

by Becky Johnson (becky_johnson222 [at] hotmail.com)

Sat, Feb 17, 2007 6:42AM

With a sweep of campers in the Pogonip driving people to town, no-loitering rules at the Homeless Services Center where people used to hang in the daytime, and the no-parking late at night signs going up all over the city (with a lot of poor people's cars getting towed and confiscated), the only place left for them to go has been to come downtown.

Hence, the City itself has created this problem by concentrating homeless people in a small area.
Now they are conducting an economic and social cleansing of the undesirables on the front page of the Sentinel ----and guess what??? THEY are the victims!!

The day when the front page of the Sentinel says "Homeless Man attacked by heavily-armed officer" will be the day when we get fair and balanced coverage in the Sentinel.

For homeless people who are being victimized in this process, I urge you to contact HUFF, add your name to the list of plaintiffs in a federal law suit to stop the City anti-homeless sweep.

For more information: http://www.huffsantacruz.org

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