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UCSC Students Block Traffic and Shut Down Highway One in Santa Cruz
On March 3, six students protesting tuition hikes at UCSC blocked traffic where Highway 1 meets Highway 17 in Santa Cruz by sitting in the highway and locking themselves to cement filled cans. One can was spray painted with the message, "Fight the Fees," which references the large tuition increases recently approved by the Regents of the University of California. As a group of Caltrans workers, California Highway Patrol officers, and other police worked to saw the students free, several dozen students marched onto the highway in solidarity, which triggered its closure and caused a major traffic tie-up throughout Santa Cruz. [Top photo: UCSC students lock themselves together to stop traffic on Highway 1.]
A police riot squad was eventually deployed to the highway, and after a notice to disperse was issued, students marched to the Santa Cruz County jail, where they knew the six lock down participants would arrive after being arrested.
As they waited, small groups blocked traffic on Water Street, and the driveways to the jail.
When the arrested students finally arrived in a Highway Patrol van, and accompanied by riot police and a procession of miscellaneous patrol vehicles, they were welcomed by the group, who wished them well as they were held inside of the initial processing area of the jail. In response, police riot squads set up a staging area at the Santa Cruz Court House across the street.
The March 3 highway shut down was organized by students at UC Santa Cruz as part of "96 Hours of Action," a series of demonstrations to oppose tuition increases, the privatization of education, and the expansion of mass incarceration.
For more information about "96 Hours of Action" and other student organizing at UC Santa Cruz, see:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberate-our-Education/1539062579666638
Alex Darocy
http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/
As they waited, small groups blocked traffic on Water Street, and the driveways to the jail.
When the arrested students finally arrived in a Highway Patrol van, and accompanied by riot police and a procession of miscellaneous patrol vehicles, they were welcomed by the group, who wished them well as they were held inside of the initial processing area of the jail. In response, police riot squads set up a staging area at the Santa Cruz Court House across the street.
The March 3 highway shut down was organized by students at UC Santa Cruz as part of "96 Hours of Action," a series of demonstrations to oppose tuition increases, the privatization of education, and the expansion of mass incarceration.
For more information about "96 Hours of Action" and other student organizing at UC Santa Cruz, see:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberate-our-Education/1539062579666638
Alex Darocy
http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/
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1 and 17 junction is the choke point for tourism and gentrification in santa cruz. nice action.
but if you people don't stop blocking our roads, the pigs are going to have to have their new bearcat delivered by an armored attack helicopter.
but if you people don't stop blocking our roads, the pigs are going to have to have their new bearcat delivered by an armored attack helicopter.
Thank you, Alex, once again-
You provide such consistent coverage of the myriad of issues facing this community.
Thanks for all you do - (& with John Malkin- you 2 make quite a team!) :~)))
+ see you in court! ~ April 6th, 10am
The next court hearing for the UCSC-Hwy-Six
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You provide such consistent coverage of the myriad of issues facing this community.
Thanks for all you do - (& with John Malkin- you 2 make quite a team!) :~)))
+ see you in court! ~ April 6th, 10am
The next court hearing for the UCSC-Hwy-Six
G
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