top
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
Sun May 6 2012 (Updated 05/18/12)
Demonstrators say, "Bob Lee, Stop Wasting Money! Drop the Charges!"
Community Members Rally for Charges to Be Dropped Against the Santa Cruz Eleven
On May 4th, community members gathered at the Santa Cruz Courthouse for a press conference and rally to demand District Attorney Bob Lee drop the charges against the Santa Cruz Eleven, who have all been charged with felonies arising from the occupation of a vacant bank building last fall. Organizers of the rally believe the DA should, "re-examine the basis for the charges, and the Court must ensure that these activists are not being selectively prosecuted."

Approximately 100 people were in attendance at the courthouse rally, and after a brief press conference that had seven of the Santa Cruz Eleven introducing themselves, the group marched through downtown Santa Cruz. Those of the Santa Cruz Eleven who spoke included Brent Adams, Franklin Alacantara, Bradley Stuart Allen, Desiree Foster, Gabriella Ripley-Phipps, Grant Wilson, Becky Johnson, and Robert Norse. The Santa Cruz Eleven are either journalists or activists supportive of the Occupy movement.

imc_photo.gif Read More and View Photos | imc_video.gif Photos Part 2 & Video | imc_photo.gif Photos by Pocho-1 | Support the Santa Cruz Eleven

See Also: imc_pdf.gif ACLU-NC Submits Brief in Support of Indybay's Bradley Stuart Allen and Alex Darocy

Previous Coverage: imc_photo.gif Demonstration at Wells Fargo in Solidarity with 75 River St. Arrestees || imc_photo.gif Occupy Santa Cruz Marches to Protest Repression of the Occupy Movement || imc_pdf.gif imc_audio.gif Indybay Journalists Charged with Felony: Conspiracy to Make Media || imc_photo.gif Demonstration at Wells Fargo in Santa Cruz: "Drop the Charges! Bust the Banksters!" || imc_pdf.gif ACLU Statement of Support and Petition for "Journalists, Local Press and Activists" || imc_pdf.gif WILPF Condemns Local Law Enforcement and Supports Eleven Local Activists || Judge Burdick Dismisses Charges Against Four of the Santa Cruz Eleven || Occupy Santa Cruz Supports the Santa Cruz Eleven
2025-07-29 Bay Area Gray Whale Deaths at Highest Level Since 2000 Environment & Forest Defense | East Bay | California | U.S. | Animal Liberation2025-07-28 Senator Alex Padilla Called Out for Supporting Bills That Fund Genocide Health, Housing & Public Services | Anti-War | San Francisco | California | U.S. | International | Palestine2025-07-25 Musk-Owned Company Subjects Primates and Pigs to Deadly Brain Chip Implants East Bay | Animal Liberation2025-07-25 Wells Fargo Funds Toxic Pipelines, Genocide, and Deportation Front Page | Environment & Forest Defense | Racial Justice | Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | San Francisco | U.S. | International | Palestine | Immigrant Rights2025-07-24 Stakeholder Group Takes Action After Exposure to Fire's Massive Pollution Cloud Environment & Forest Defense | Health, Housing & Public Services | Santa Cruz Indymedia2025-07-22 Palantir Makes Billions Off Surveillance, Deportation, and Genocide Front Page | Anti-War | Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | Peninsula | U.S. | Palestine | Immigrant Rights2025-07-21 Program Pioneered Harm Reduction Model that Centered Voices of Drug Users Front Page | Health, Housing & Public Services | Drug War | Santa Cruz Indymedia2025-07-20 Protests Continue at Trader Joe's Stores Over Chicken Supplier Petaluma Poultry Front Page | East Bay | North Bay / Marin | California | Animal Liberation2025-07-16 Kayakers Declare We Must Fight to Defend Rivers and Wild Lands from Donald Trump Front Page | Environment & Forest Defense | Central Valley | California | U.S. | Government & Elections2025-02-22 Musk and Trump Blasted for Attempting Fascist Takeover Front Page | Labor & Workers | Central Valley | San Francisco | South Bay | East Bay | Peninsula | North Bay / Marin | California | U.S. | Government & Elections | Santa Cruz Indymedia2025-01-14 Healthcare Profiteers Encounter Protest at Investors Gathering Front Page | Health, Housing & Public Services | San Francisco | Palestine
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$195.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network