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Court Support for DAMN Member Arrested at Houselessness Protest

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Date:
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Time:
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Type:
Court Date
Organizer/Author:
Direct Action Monterey Network
Location Details:
Santa Cruz County Courthouse
701 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

DAMN member Max was arrested a few weeks ago by Santa Cruz police for his involvement in the Freedom Sleepers sleep-outs in front of Santa Cruz City Hall, which occurs every week.

Please join Max and supporters at Max's court date to show your support and to demand that the charges are dropped!

Thursday, March 16th at 8:30am
Department 2 at the Santa Cruz Superior Court, 701 Ocean Street in Santa Cruz
Added to the calendar on Thu, Mar 9, 2017 5:49PM

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by Fly on the Wall
Max was falsely arrested at 10:3 based on a warrant filed by Sgt Forbus, with the court after midnight after the arrest not before. Also Forbus wrote in the document "he obstructed an officer in the line of duty" but the idiot wrote the wrong code and the court wrote "the warrant was for resisting arrest." (Forbuses seem to have a problem with getting their codes correct. Doesn't a warrant precede an arrest. Isn't the defendant of a warrant usually notified so they can volunteer to turn themselves in? I guess Santa Cruz police don't believe in following laws and proper procedures dictated by the US Bill of Rights.

Well it was confirmed and documented with the FBI. They confirmed Max's civil rights were violated! Should be interesting to see if the DA Rosell will uphold the constitution's Bill of Rights or dig himself deeper into the pile of crap with SCPD?

Anyways Max has himself a good case for suing the SCPD and city for false arrest and civil rights violations. Word on the street is he has a few attorneys sniffing around. A lot of us would love to see a victory against the corrupt city, police and DA.
by Robert Norse
Hopefully someone will post the date of Max's pre-trial hearing and/or his trial. I assume he'll be waiting for an hour and a half and then plead "not guilty" in Department 2 after which the judge will set a date for subsequent trial and pre-trial if he wants one.
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