Oscar Grant Rally in Santa Cruz Against Injustice and Police Murder

In the background, demonstrators look up at two men on a rooftop surveilling and photographing during the entire demonstration.

There were even more police surrounding the demonstration than the ones shown in the photos above. I counted at least 12 - 15 cops, depending on how you count police spokesman Zach Friend and the two men doing rooftop surveillance.

For numerous demonstrators, the corporate reporters, along with their video and cellphone cameras, were getting too close for comfort. But it was over-the-top when a lady wearing an NYPD shirt walked into the middle of the demonstration.

After instigating and arguing with demonstrators, the corporate media began interviewing this lady about how much she loves the cops, right there in the middle of the demonstration.

The cop loving disruptor and corporate media quickly became frustrated during the interview, in the middle of the demonstration, when they did not appreciate the chants which began emanating, "Fuck the Police, and Fuck the Corporate Media. Fuck the Police, and Fuck the Corporate Media. Fuck the Police, and Fuck the Corporate Media."

SCPD or Property Owners or FBI Agents ???

At one point during the demonstration, I was holding the large sign seen above in the second photo which reads, "Police Can Murder! No Justice"

I crossed the street to talk to someone who I thought I recognized as Fred Keeley. I don't know him personally, but in 2002, as co-founder of the Student Environmental Center (SEC) at UC Santa Cruz, I helped to organize both the "Campus Earth Festival" and "Campus Earth Summit" where Fred Keeley was a featured speaker and participant due to his progressive environmental record as an elected official.

Keeley was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 27 which included parts of Santa Cruz County and Monterey County from 1996 to 2002. He is currently the Treasurer-Tax Collector for Santa Cruz County.

I was expecting to say hello to Fred and maybe talk with him about the demonstration. But then I assumed it was not Fred Keeley, because this man became absolutely irate when he read the sign I was holding and got right up in my face and kept walking at me while I was backing up. He insisted that justice was served, and that I did not sit on the jury, so therefore I shouldn't be holding the sign, because I don't know all the facts of the case. He kept asking me if I knew what the definition of murder was.

At this point, I figured he was just a random crazy and aggressive guy, that happened to look like Fred Keeley, and I asked him to give me some more space. I repeated my request, pointing to the ground and asking for a "square of space" since there are visible squares there on the sidewalk pavement. But this guy refused, kept getting in my space, told me that if I wanted space I should go the fuck back to the other side of the street.

Two young women were passing by and intervened to tell this guy to leave me alone because I was not doing anything wrong; I was just holding a sign. I thanked the women who then went into Urban Outfitters.

Then the aggressive man said, "Oh, what are you gonna do now that your ladies are gone." Even though there were police all over Pacific Ave., this man was taunting me and then followed me to the sidewalk area in front of Palace Arts.

At this point, a man standing on the sidewalk beside his bicycle said, "Fred, you should calm down."

I've done and experienced a lot, and should know better than to have been surprised about any of this, however I went into some form of shock to realize that the angry aggressive man with his finger next to my face was indeed Fred Keeley.

If I had known for sure at the beginning that it was Fred Keeley, I might not have backed up when he got in my space.

While Keeley was in my space, a female police officer approached to diffuse the situation. Keeley stated to the officer, "We're just having a spirited disagreement." To which the officer replied, "That's fine, but you need to give him his space. He's backing up and you keep walking forward at him."

A day later, I looked on wikipedia and learned that Fred Keeley worked for "Law Enforcement Training and Research Associates."

I am going to speculate that this had something to do with his aggressive behavior in reaction to me holding a sign that says, "Police Can Murder! No Justice"