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Riot Breaks Out In Santa Cruz, Fires, Shop Windows Broken

May 2, 2010 - 2:14 pm - by Ed Driscoll

The San Jose Mercury News reports:

A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker’s and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Many in the group were carrying makeshift torches as they marched, breaking storefront windows and writing “anarchist* graffiti” on buildings, according to Capt. Steve Clark. Many businesses sustained multiple broken windows including very large storefront windows at Urban Outfitters and The Rittenhouse building. Police believe at least 15 businesses suffered damage.

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The violence was initiated from a group holding a rally at the town clock for May Day. Windows at Jamba Juice and Velvet Underground were left shattered and graffiti including anarchy signs were tagged onto buildings.

Because of the size and violent demeanor of the crowd, Santa Cruz police asked for help from all agencies in the county to break up the riot. At one point, protesters lit a fire on the porch of Caffe Pergolesi and blocked access to firefighters, officers said. Police were able to clear out the demonstrators before more damage was caused.

A large rock sat outside Verizon Wireless on the 100 block of Cooper Street, where vandals tried to break the window twice, according to Clark.

“The damage that was caused was without purpose,” Clark said. “It was This did nothing to add credit to whatever they believed their cause was.”

But once again, no one on the right was involved, so the legacy media can quickly move along; nothing to see here.

* “Anarchist graffiti?” On May Day? Doesn’t sound very anarchistic to me.

Filed under: Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal, Liberal Fascism, The Future and its Enemies, The Return of the Primitive

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6 Comments, 4 Threads, 2 Trackbacks

  1. 1. David Thomson

    It was a bunch of Tea Party people disguised as anarchists. Rush Limbaugh was their leader. When will the violence stop? Only Bill Clinton can save us.

    May 2, 2010 - 2:30 pm   Link to this Comment
  2. 2. Delia

    I guess the refried bean swastikas were just not dramatic enough.

    May 2, 2010 - 3:24 pm   Link to this Comment
  3. 3. Independentforever

    David, are you delusional or a comedian?

    May 2, 2010 - 3:26 pm   Link to this Comment
  4. 4. K

    David, are you delusional or a comedian?

    No he’s not. Limbaugh and his gang of Glen Beck fan club members dressed up as peace loving progressive protesters to try and sabotage the hope and change which is flowing from our Washington leaders for the first time since the Clinton administration. They were emulating the first so called “Tea Party” when selfish anti-tax anti-government agents operated in disguise in order to pin the blame on the peaceful native Americans.

    Signed
    Keith Obermann

    May 3, 2010 - 8:36 am   Link to this Comment