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On Driving Away Homeless People From San Lorenzo Park on Saturday Moring
SC Patch reports a memorial for Shannon Collins,at the San Lorenzo Duck Pond yesterday. She was the Camouflage owner slain last month whose death has resulted in a hysterical call for crack-downs on innocent homeless people by old-time bigots like Take Back Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Neighbors, and the Sentinel. What SC Patch didn't report was an earlier police sweep denying dozens of people their right to be in the park apparently in order to clear the area so that the "proper people" could be at the Memorial later in the day. Such was the impression I got speaking with folks yesterday afternoon who'd been run off under threat of arrest.
I left the following comment on the SC Patch story at http://santacruz.patch.com/articles/friends-and-family-gather-to-remember-shannon-kathleen-collins?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001#photo-10258770 :
"Earlier that day, reportedly four or more squad cars arrived to drive away homeless folks who were resting in the park. "Leave or be arrested" was the mantra used by the police according to three who were builied into leaving.
I don't think Ken Vinson and Shannon Collins would have been happy to see this kind of dark bigotry--which has been on the rise recently.
I've written about this recently in the Sentinel at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_20783297/you-see-it-leaders-push-anti-homeless-agenda .
I had brief contacts with the folks at Camouflage myself, but they were one of the few businesses that posted a sign supporting the rights of the homeless. (See http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/12/18607255.php).
My thanks to them again for their courage and common sense.
The SCPD (and whoever prompted the earlier "homeless cleansing" of the park) should be ashamed."
"Earlier that day, reportedly four or more squad cars arrived to drive away homeless folks who were resting in the park. "Leave or be arrested" was the mantra used by the police according to three who were builied into leaving.
I don't think Ken Vinson and Shannon Collins would have been happy to see this kind of dark bigotry--which has been on the rise recently.
I've written about this recently in the Sentinel at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_20783297/you-see-it-leaders-push-anti-homeless-agenda .
I had brief contacts with the folks at Camouflage myself, but they were one of the few businesses that posted a sign supporting the rights of the homeless. (See http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/12/18607255.php).
My thanks to them again for their courage and common sense.
The SCPD (and whoever prompted the earlier "homeless cleansing" of the park) should be ashamed."
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Update requested
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:55PM
Some Notes from Someone Who Was There
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 6:14PM
Tom's Testimony Will be Aired Sunday
Sat, Jun 16, 2012 7:34AM
More Direct Testimony of Homeless-as-Untouchables Police Interference
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 2:47AM
The only hysterical call I hear is yours
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 1:03PM
San Lorenzo Park Belongs to Everyone
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 12:08PM
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