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COLA Strikers Take Base of UCSC Campus; Arrests Made (video/mp4 350.2MB) The main entrance to UC Santa Cruz is shut down right now. Over a dozen COLA strikers were arrested today. (Videos from today. Credit: Kyron Foo)...
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:51PM
Blocking the intersection (video/mp4 394.7MB) https://payusmoreucsc.com/...
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:03PM
City Council Votes 6-1 to Approve $235K SCPD Taser Purchase (video/mp4 308.9MB) On January 14, the Santa Cruz City Council City Council Voted 6-1 to approve a $235K Taser purchase request from Santa Cruz Police to re-outfit the entire department with new Taser guns. (Video: Taser discussion from the January 14, 2020 Santa Cruz City Council meeting.)...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:40PM
Santa Cruz Police Department Seeks Council Approval for $235K Taser Purchase (video/mp4 6.3MB) The Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking approval from the City Council to finalize a contract with the Axon Enterprise, Inc. to re-outfit the entire department with new Taser Guns at a cost of $235,439. SCPD's Taser purchase proposal has been placed on the consent agenda for Tuesday's City Council meeting. The consent agenda is reserved for non-controversial issues, however the use of Tasers by police is a topic of concern for those advocating against police brutality, who want the weapon...
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:30PM
Statement by Juan Gomez, Executive Director, MILPA (video/mp4 121.0MB) “If there was any confusion, let me make it clear: MILPA, and I, as Executive Director, of MILPA, do not promote violence, illicit or gang activity. We believe that we can heal our community of trauma inflicted by all types of violence, including systemic violence that is rooted in racist ideology. Our mission as an organization is to promote healing, restoration, safety, and well-being in our community. [Video: MILPA Collective Executive Director, Juan Gomez, issues a press statement on Octo...
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:34PM
Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women Strays from its Charge (video/mp4 35.6MB) Gillian Greensite, the co-founder of the Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW), and its first Chair, spoke to the Santa Cruz city Council on October 8 about how the Commission has strayed outside of its original charge, of "sexual harassment, rape, and domestic violence," when it moved to endorse a censure of Councilmembers Chris Krohn and Drew Glover. Greensite added, "I have no doubt that the complaints that the women brought forward [against Glover and Krohn] were...
Posted: Wed Oct 9, 2019 4:56PM
Outburst from Councilmember Donna Meyers at the September 24 Council Meeting (video/mp4 41.1MB) ...
Posted: Sun Oct 6, 2019 4:26PM
Community Member Calls out Councilmember Meyers and Mayor Watkins (video/mp4 243.7MB) ...
Posted: Sun Oct 6, 2019 4:26PM
Video: Donna Meyers walks out of City Council candidates forum at UC Santa Cruz in 2018 (video/mp4 42.4MB) In 2018, Santa Cruz City Councilmember Donna Meyers, then a City Council candidate, walked out of an elections forum held at UC Santa Cruz when she received a c...
Posted: Mon Oct 7, 2019 7:19PM
Video (video/mp4 41.1MB) Video of Councilmember Donna Meyer's outburst....
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:49PM
Video: Santa Cruz United Canvasser Manuel Mirabal Attempts to Pick a Fight (video/quicktime 284.5MB) Video of Santa Cruz United Canvasser Manuel Mirabal pulling his shirt off and trying to fight me just as Santa Cruz Police arrive....
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:55PM
Video: After Asking his Name, the Canvasser Smears Grease on my Camera Lens (video/mp4 11.8MB) This canvasser has given community members several different names while canvassing for the recall campaign over the last few weeks. (Update: Since the filming ...
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:50AM
Video: After the Arrest, the Canvasser Admits he is being Paid (video/mp4 35.9MB) Santa Cruz United canvasser Manuel Mirabal admits he is being paid....
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:05AM
Santa Cruz United Signature Gatherer Calls me the N-word and the F-word (video/mp4 49.2MB) Santa Cruz United signature gatherer Manuel Mirabal calls me the n-word, the f-word, bitch, pedophile, and other names, shortly before he threatened to fight me...
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:38AM
Recall Canvasser Detained by Police at Whole Foods for Threatening and Harassing Staff and Customers (video/mp4 466.0MB) A Santa Cruz United recall signature gatherer was handcuffed and detained by Santa Cruz Police at Whole Foods Market on September 10 for harassing and threatening customers and management, and for blocking the entrance to the market repeatedly, according to Whole Foods management and police. The man was eventually released without arrest, after he agreed to move away from the market's entrance to the Whole Foods "free speech zone", which he did. He then began to aggressively solicit signature...
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:48PM
Federal Judge Orders City of Santa Cruz to Halt Closure of Ross Camp (video/mp4 48.7MB) Today Federal Judge Edward Davila granted the plaintiffs suing the City of Santa Cruz in Quintero v. City of Santa Cruz a restraining order that prevents the city from removing, seizing, or destroying the property of the homeless residents of the Ross Camp until the matter can be heard on Friday in federal court. Quintero et al v. City of Santa Cruz et al, a historic lawsuit filed by a group of homeless residents living at the Ross/Heroes' Camp, is the first lawsuit of its kind initiated by h...
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:01PM