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UPDATE FINAL ARGUMENTS TODAY TUESDAY.
COURT WILL CONVENE IN D. A. CONFERENCE ROOM FIFTH FLOOR, 830 am!
Humboldt County Courthouse, Supes Chambers, ground floor, 830 AM
WE need people to show up and support Verbena in her struggle against EPD corruption and oppression! This will be the last day or two of court! PLEASE COME SUPPORT!
More details here later. Check back.
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Grassroots Getdown: May 10 benefit for Rhizome features circus, bluegrass, folk, + DJs
By Editor on May 3, 2013 in Blog, Events, The Rhizome Info-Shop
Come on Friday May 10th for a fun-filled night of circus performance, Humboldt bluegrass, local folk music, beers, DJs and dancing till late with friends old and new.
Featuring:
Sunshine and Yellabird (raucous folk)
Mad River Rounders (Humboldt bluegrass jams)
DJ Derail (Liberation Soundclash)
and circus performances by Circus of the Elements.
+ $2 Mad River Brews! (with ID)
$5 at the door gets you in to the party and helps support your local grassroots community!
All proceeds will benefit the Rhizome Infoshop, a radical lending library and community resource center in Eureka. We offer anarchist books and zines, free Internet, and low-cost copying.
The Rhizome Infoshop is inside the Ink Annex (47B W 3rd St in Eureka), 1 block south of the Eureka Co-op in the 3rd Street alley.
Bring your friends and come party for the cause on Friday, May 10th at 7:00 pm @ the Ink Annex in Eureka. See you there!
Contact: rhizomeinfoshop@gmail.com
Phone: 707-440-9310
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PLEASE come support the three civil rights small claims lawsuits against the City of Eureka and Eureka Police officers! Thanks to everyone who has been coming. It makes all the difference!
9:00am Board of Supes Chambers 1st Floor of Humboldt County Courthouse, Eureka
Should go into the afternoon, but get there as soon as you can! Please sit visibly behind me (on the same side of the room). Beware of creepy cops, politicians, and lawyers.
See you there!
Thank You. SOLIDARITY
~Verbena
[Verbena's opening statement to the court, Starr vs. City of Eureka, May 7th, 2013, Humboldt County Superior Court, Humboldt County Superior Court Case SC120438]
Good Morning
The First Amendment protects the right to gather information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record matters of public interest.
We are here because the City of Eureka and many officers of the Eureka Police department, acting under the color of authority, began, on November 7, 2011, a vicious campaign of intimidation against a popular political demonstration. While I was filming them from a “comfortable remove,” they arrested, then incarcerated me without legal cause. They also arrested and incarcerated others without legal cause, stole and destroyed tons of personal and political property, seriously discouraged and indeed crushed mine and others’ exercise of our Constitutional rights. Although, on November 7, 2011, I filmed the beginning of this repressive campaign including the Eureka police making several arrests, exercising a particularly violent use of force on one person, and staging an intimidating attack in the dark on non-violent demonstrators, no one will ever see my video because the Defendants erased or ruined all that I recorded -and put me in jail.
Videotaping police activity in public is a Constitutionally protected right.
During the early morning hours of November 7, 2011, I was unlawfully arrested and my clearly-established First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated. I was standing across the street from the Humboldt County Courthouse and filming the police action on the Occupy Eureka protest site. By across the street, I mean across the three lane 101 North (also called 5th Street). The 101, in this particular stretch, also has parking lanes and wide sidewalks on both sides.
In front of the Humboldt County Courthouse, the entrance of which is on the 101 (5th St), between K and I, there is a cement plaza area with two wide sets of stairs, a few benches and a large planter; the courthouse lawn spans from the benches and planter to the sidewalk on I Street. Across the street, which is often referred to as the south side of 5th Street, there is a sidewalk, manicured greenery and a large parking lot for the public health building.
Early mornings of November 2011 were dark on the courthouse lawn and plaza area, and although the 101 north, and that spot in particular is a busy auto traffic area, there is not so much traffic in the early morning. On November 7, 2011, many police officers and vehicles came to the Occupy Eureka site about 3:30am; some people were asleep on the lawn and some under the only weather awning; some people were awake near the information tables, chatting near where they could talk to passers-by.
I was not there; I received a quick call for copwatch; a nervous, emergency call that lasted about 3 seconds.
I am a seasoned copwatch person, meaning I carry a video camera and film officers on the street and at protests. For years, I have been exercising my right to watch and film police officers when they are in public encountering members of the public. For years I have filmed local police officers. I have also been, for almost a decade, facilitating workshops on exercising basic Constitutional rights -when one is approached or pulled over by police and when watching and/or photographing police.
The First Amendment right publicly to record the activities of police officers on public business is clearly established. I work with Redwood Curtain CopWatch, one of many groups that has exercised this right in order to increase direct police accountability to communities, to participate in police reform and oversight, to encourage civic participation by community members, and to promote justice and transparency. In my experience, the protection and exercise of the right to record police activity in public places has been necessary to further those goals and to realize the aims and principles underlying the First Amendment’s guarantees against government misconduct through active public involvement. It is common knowledge that copwatch groups, such as the one I work with, post videos online for public awareness and/or preserves recordings to be used as evidence in criminal and civil cases. Indeed, videos taken by civilians observing police or while they themselves were encountering police have prompted investigations, indictments, prosecutions, and acquittals. All copwatch groups encourage and educate about the importance of common people, whether or not affiliated with a group, learning to stop, watch and film when government agents are encountering civilians. It is especially crucial, due to historical harassment by police of certain groups, to copwatch when police engage with homeless people, youth, people of color, and folks involved in political protest. Fortunately, Californians, unlike people in a few states such as Illinois and Maryland, have a well-established and long-time tradition of asserting their Constitutional right to observe, photograph and record police activity in public places. For instance, Berkeley CopWatch began in 1990, and Redwood Curtain CopWatch in 2007.
During the local Occupy Eureka demonstration in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse, which began in early October 2011, I often did shifts with my camera to film any possible interactions with police. I am well aware of the right to film, I keep up with court developments regarding this basic right, and understand and respect the balance between the right to film and the right of officers to keep a safe zone around themselves. I know that the right to videotape officers has been repeatedly and recently upheld by U.S. courts. I refer the Court to Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F. 3d 78 – Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit September, 2011. Documenting is important because photos, video, and sound are helpful if something happens- better for it to be documented.
The evidence in this case will show that on November 7th, EPD officers were opposed to people filming what they were doing. Defendant O’Neill directed the officers to prohibit videotaping or phone use by people at the public protest site, while Eureka Police carried out their action. All of my video, which I took standing across the street from the protest site on the morning of November 7, 2011 was deliberately erased or destroyed by defendants, most likely Michael Guy, who, in my presence, slammed my camera on the back of the police car. You might be imagining what that looked like. Guy caused the innards of the camera, the batteries and recording disc to fall out, and interrupted the camera in its processing of the video I recorded during the intimidating and chilling November 7 police action. If the slam didn’t ruin the video, Guy sent it to the Eureka police station when he and Defendant O’Neill unlawfully arrested and incarcerated me, instead of sending the camera with my jail property- All of my video was gone seven hours later, when I was released from jail.
Beginning in September of 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement spawned thousands of demonstrations across the U.S. and beyond. Occupy Eureka, staged in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse, was a popular, broadly supported, diverse movement; a series of demonstrations, forum for discussion and example of democracy and people standing up for economic and social justice. The defendants have displayed a serious disdain for the people of Eureka filming police activity; a disdain for people gaining popular support locally around issues of injustice, wealth disparity, government corruption, and theft of the commons; and a disdain for protests gaining traction and broad support. The Occupy movement, globally and locally, intrigued and involved many people who had never encountered police and could be easily intimidated by police fear tactics. It also involved many people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, who can also be easily intimidated by the all-too frequent presence of police in their lives.
On November 7, 2011 Defendants began an intense police campaign to wipe out the Occupy Eureka demonstration by depriving protesters of both basic human necessities and the ability to express their messages; by discouraging and instilling fear and terror in the protesters, supporters, and the public at large; and by defaming protesters and lying about the impetus for police action, lies which they continue today. Defendants created a chilling effect . Testimony, video, and document evidence here will show that the City of Eureka and Eureka Police acted to marginalize the local and popular political movement using scare tactics. They created a chilling effect, inhibiting people from continuing their support for and participation in the protest. On November 7th, 2011, Defendants, led by Patrick O’Neill, carried out a large, intimidating attack on protesters, documenters, and anyone who might consider coming to the courthouse to hang a banner, hold a sign, set up a literature table, share food, or participate in the melting pot community that was being cultivated. Through fear, violence, theft, unlawful arrests and arbitrary orders, Defendants planned to make it impossible for the demonstration to continue.
Prior to November 7, 2011, there had been no tension to speak of between the people at Occupy Eureka and the Eureka police. Sometimes, the police would say, your banner is covering that street sign, please move it, and a person would. The Defendants had no justification for the paramilitary-style raid on the Occupy Eureka demonstration on November 7th- relations between the police and the demonstrators had been amicable. Neither the police nor the City, before November 7th, had provided any letters, requests or demands upon the demonstrators. Occupy Eureka participants had pro-actively communicated with the City of Eureka and the County of Humboldt, inviting any and all government officials to nightly assemblies and requesting a publicly held meeting if any local body had issues with the demonstration. Defendant City failed to take the Occupy protest up on any of their invitations. However, bout two nights (or early mornings) before the 7th, I got calls from the demonstration; twice, in the dark, Eureka officers had driven to the far side of the County Public Health parking lot across the street, faced the demonstration, shined and flashed their headlights, simultaneously got out of the cars, then got back in and drove away. They deliberately made the demonstrators nervous.
Evidence obtained through a California Public Records Request will show that emails beginning on November 2, 2011 between the Humboldt County District Attorney and other government officials (including Defendants, gave rise to the raid although the DA stated that “..[he did] not believe that any individual out there intends to do any harm to the county government, county property, or any individual…” The Defendants, according to this email, already had a plan to take out Occupy Eureka, and treated me and others as if we were criminals. On November 7, 2011, Defendants systematically set me and others up for arrest and to lose our property.
The defendants goals, coming to Occupy Eureka in the dark wee hours of the morning, in riot gear, was to intimidate people and shut down the protest. The only reasons for Defendants on November 7th, to swarm in large number, carry FN Police Rifles, shine bright lights on the demonstrators, forbid filming and cell phone use, and steal every piece of property they could was to intimidate people and shut down the protest. Defendants retaliated against community members for successfully organizing together to exercise, en mass, the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
The evidence will show that on November 7th, Defendants directed people on site early morning at the Occupy Eureka protest, to “get all your stuff and get out of here.” Defendants also directed people to bring all of their personal property and the protest property across the street to the south side of 5th. They created a deliberately confusing situation. Defendants told people they could film from across the street, but they arrested me doing just that. Defendants cuffed and uncuffed people, gave varying orders, made arbitrary and varying commands. Defendants were disingenuous and gave the protesters impossible tasks. They told protesters to quickly move all of the property, tents, canopies, a full kitchen, supplies, signs, banners, personal gear, information tables, EVERYTHING across the street. Two people loaded their personal pick up trucks as fast as they could. But Occupy participants were forbidden from using cell phones to call for more help. The police took one person’s phone preventing him from calling anyone for help to move or load the equipment and banners.
Some of the homeless protesters on site who had found safety at the demonstration left immediately, never to see their property again.
When someone stayed on site to hold a sign, he was arrested.
When someone inquired as to Defendants purpose, she was arrested.
When people didn’t move fast enough, they were arrested.
From across the street, I filmed.
Many of the protesters hurriedly brought things across the street where I and four or five other witnesses were observing and/or filming the goings on.
One protester made many trips back and forth, carrying lots of protest materials across the street, per police orders.
The police suddenly decided he would no longer be allowed to move property, so they chased him to the South side of the street, abused him while he was on the ground, Defendant Guy wrapped his limbs with nunchukas while he was down, and arrested him. I filmed. It was extremely upsetting, but I did not interfere, I filmed.
By the time every protest item was on the south side of 5th street, where it had been directed by defendants to go, defendants had arrested almost everyone who had brought it there. Then, Defendants came and arrested those of us on the South side of the street. There was no unlawful assembly. I was committing no crime nor did I intend to. I was not committing violent acts or inciting others to violence. It felt like a set up. As I waited to go to jail in handcuffs, Defendant Guy slammed my camera, I watched two more people get arrested, and watched and heard the police throw without any care, the property that had been brought to the south side of 5th street into a large boarded up City truck -brought for that purpose. I heard things break as Defendants threw 1000′s of dollars worth of property and meaningful signs into the truck. Defendants filled boarded up truckloads and drove it all away.
Defendants had no intention to allow anyone to remain and exercise Constitutional rights. By 6 in the morning, the area in front of the Courthouse and across the street was a ghostly empty site- no people, no signs, no protest. Yet, 2 weeks later, officers SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS state that the plan had been to allow the 24/7 protest to continue, once all the property was across the street. But the Defendants made that impossible. Those they didn’t scare away, they arrested. Defendant officers’ November 7th deeds and their reports about that date are full of dissonance.
Defendants destroyed much of the property they stole. For instance, the poles from every tent confiscated on November 7, 2011, returned over 4 months later, were cut and disconnected.
The City of Eureka violated mine and others rights because it did not want the Occupy protest to grow or gain even more popularity within the community . The City and other Defendants flagrantly targeted the protest, stripped people of their expressive signs, stole and destroyed survival gear, food, literature, and freedom, creating a chilling effect and interfering by force, intimidation and coercion with my exercise and enjoyment of my rights. In addition to stripping me of any due process, and protection from restraint and unreasonable search and seizure, the defendants created an environment of fear and distrust that served to systematically deprive me of my 1st amendment rights. Contrary to the untrue, convoluted, and deliberately prejudicial story that Defendants put before this Court through their Motion to Consolidate, Defendants faced no danger, threat, or interference on November 7, 2011 from the Occupy Eureka demonstrators or the observers.
They did not face any danger from me or anyone there, and I was across the street. They knew that I would only film them. Defendants wanted to “get the last cooperatives to jail”, “throw everything in the truck and get out of here”as the CAD report indicated.
Eureka Police stole over $1,000 worth of my property and property that my organization had loaned the demonstration. Had I not been arrested while filming, I could have documented the massive theft of property, and perhaps been able to retrieve my own. Also, had anyone been given prior warning, I could have removed some of that property. However, the City chose to give no warning, and make a surprise attack in the dark. Video, document, and testimonial evidence will show that the Defendants failed to follow any procedure for taking possession of property or for booking so-called evidence. Defendants failed to log all of the property they took on November 7, 2011, except the few items worn by people they arrested. Defendants destroyed every anti-police brutality sign and banner, many of which had historical significance with Redwood Curtain Copwatch and the community. Defendants failed to inventory the property, failed to return much of it, destroyed a lot of it, and lied to us at every turn when we tried to get it back.
I am asking that each named Defendant be found to have, under color of authority, interfered by force, intimidation and coercion with my exercise and enjoyment of my constitutional and statutory rights including but not limited to rights guaranteed under the 1st, 4th, 5th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article 1 section 2,3,7and 13 of the California Constitution. In addition, the named defendants violated my right to be free from bodily restraint or harm as guaranteed under section 43 of the California Civil Code. I am asking that the court require them to pay a civil penalty of $2,500 as outlined in section 52.1 of the California Civil Code. $2,500 is a lesser amount than I am due, but in order to stay within statutory limits in Small Claims, I am suing for that amount.
Hollering “We love you” to people getting arrested is protected speech.
Chanting songs and repeating protest phrases is protected speech.
Calling out police brutality is protected speech.
Scolding police for improper behavior is protected speech.
Filming police activity is protected activity.
On the other hand, false arrest is a civil rights violation. False imprisonment is a civil rights violation.
Targeting someone for filming police in public is a civil rights violation. Destroying someone’s property- a civil rights violation. Creating a chilling effect, seriously discouraging the exercise of Constitutional rights is a civil rights violation.
Defendants have no lawful justification for the harm they inflicted on me and others, and to the spirit of the First Amendment.
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Suing Eureka Police for Violating Civil Rights During Occupy Eureka Protest: SUPPORT IN THE COURTROOM IS VITAL!!
Tuesday, May 7th at 9:00am 2nd floor, Humboldt County Courthouse Courtroom #6 with visiting Judge Johnson
This email is similar to the last one about this with a few additions in bold:
Please support the civil rights lawsuits against the Eureka cops who intimidated, hurt, stole from, incarcerated, and violated people during the Occupy Eureka demonstrations! Verbena is suing the cops in small claims court for 3 separate arrests, massive theft, huge police attacks, for being arrested and jailed for FILMING, and being jailed for participating in a demonstration.
The trials are to start on Tuesday. Your support in the courtroom is vital.
Lawyers are pretty much prohibited in small claims, but the police and City defendants have had a cadre of lawyers with them (on our dime, of course)
Recently the cops represented that they have no police audio from the big November 7th raid of Occupy Eureka. Eureka Frank Jager was supposed to give the audio to me (after he realized what that ALL officers had audio recorders running) and failed to give it to me before this weekend.
In the courtroom with Murl Harpham, Frank Jager, Officer Guy, Officer Liles, and Officer O’Neill, and the wretched lawyers that defend the police for abusing and killing– your support and lots of good people behind me in the courtroom makes a huge difference! Please tell a friend who cares about civil rights, the right to video the police, the right to be FREE from abuse, police theft, incarceration, and INJUSTICE!
May 7th at 9:00am
2nd floor, Humboldt County Courthouse
Courtroom #6 with visiting Judge Johnson.
SOLIDARITY IS THE WAY!
Please remember that one must pass through a metal detector to come into court. No ID is required to enter. Almost all courtrooms are on the second floor.
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Greetings!
Please donate $20 or whatever you can for PARC’s May rent and bills. We haven’t asked for money donations for a month or so because we were blessed with enough to cover expenses. Now, we need more help.
Also, WEPAY, which is the online donation transfer service we are/were using appears to be pulling a paypal trip on us. Meaning, they are asking for “more information”- don’t know whether that means they will require a government tax ID number or something official like that. We don’t have one of those and we don’t operate as part of the non-profit industrial complex (not saying that non-profits are bad, but the whole non-profit system and the culture around it are problematic for grassroots struggles and projects). The WEPAY thing might be no problem, but we don’t want to risk a frozen account (where you can put money in, but they don’t us access it!)
So, if possible, for the time being, please send or drop off a money order, cash, or check.
To donate to PARC, please:
Address Money Orders to Kimberly Starr
Address Checks to James Decker
and Cash or any of the above can be mailed to:
PARC
P.O. Box 5692
Eureka, CA 95502
or dropped off at PARC between 9:30am and 9:30pm every day (directions below). Please call first!
(707) 442-7465
All donations go to the operation of PARC: rent, bills, printing paper, copies (through the Rhizome Infoshop in Eureka), laundry (towels, donated clothes and blankets), toilet paper, dish soap, hygiene supplies for people who need ‘em- the necessities. We are quite resourceful, and all PARC’s work, organizing and resources are volunteer and donation-based.
Directions:
PARC is in the Q Street alley between 3rd and 2nd Streets, Eureka
From the south, go past the Eureka library on 3rd Street, go down 3rd Street toward the Samoa bridge, take a left on Q and a right into the alley (There’s a green house at the head of the alley where you turn right) Once in the alley, you will see (on the right) the PARC sign, yard, carport, Mumia banner, and front door.
From north of Eureka, take a left onto Q Street from the 101 South (also called 4th Street). Continue on Q Street for a quick moment after the 3rd and Q Stop sign, take a right in the alley. (There’s a green house at the head of the alley where you turn right) Once in the alley, you will see (on the right) the PARC sign, yard, carport, Mumia banner, and front door.
Thank You- for supporting, working toward and dreaming of a just, caring and healthy world- where no one need fear a system that operates to hurt and destroy. Stay strong and aware.
~Verbena
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from Bill Holmes humboldt.organizer@gmail.com
I think we should consider changing the city council election system before the next election cycle.
We should implement a primary election for City Council in Eureka in June with a run off in November between the top two vote getters.
This is the way democracies operate in the modern world.
I know that this is not quite the ranked choice voting that the Greens support, but it is simple and it works even if its not so elegant a solution. With a top two run off (two round system) there will be no more spoilers in the Eureka Council elections, and I would think that both Democrats and Greens and independents would favor that.
I ask if possible for Linda Atkins to bring this simple proposal forward for the council to act upon now. If they fail to act I would be interested in anyone willing to circulate an initiative to implement this simple but much needed change to bring basic democracy to the Lost Coast. This could be a big tent effort for any lovers of small “d” democracy.
I think as an initiative it will be a very easy sell to the voters. It will be no problem getting signatures for it to qualify, given a crew of a dozen volunteers or so.
And just think, no more spoilers.
have a peaceful day,
Bill
– A People’s Initiative for a $12.00 An Hour Minimum Wage for Large Employers http://fairwages.org info@fairwages.org
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I struggled with nicotine addiction for most of my adult life. I started nicotine at age 18, before marijuana and long before alcohol, which I started at age 21. I never would have considered smoking marijuana if I hadn’t smoked tobacco first.By Phillip Smith on April 15, 2013
UPDATE: When I attended the Eureka City Council “Visioning” session last friday I engaged Mayor Frank Jager in conversation during a break. It may interest you to know that our Mayor is a proponent of full legalization of marijuana. In fact he is welcome to grab a legalize it sign and come stand next to me on 420 on the boardwalk. Mostly the Mayor and I disagree on mostly everythng but on this we see eye to eye.
have a peaceful day, Bill
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I’m going to make 10 or 15 full color posters of this nice Don’t Tread On Me flag above and I will give them away free to the first people who show up and want one.
I have about 20 of these nice black and white “Freedom” posters too, for the signless. They will be free to anyone who is pro-cannabis.
If Safe Access is your issue I have a few signs for you too! Just meet me after 330 at the foot of F St. First come first serve! Come down and represent!
The Respect Our Rights poster is most likely the one I will carry. But then I am a radical, I actually believe that cannabis users have civil rights, constitutional rights and human rights that extend back in time before any government. I have a few of these to share as well.
Some of us will want to remember our sisters and brothers who have been cruelly and wrongfully imprisoned over the Herb in neoslavery in for profit corporate prisons. Yes we can share a couple of these too.
SET OUR PEOPLE FREE!
Want to Grow the Economy? So do we, and we have a few signs.
On Saturday April 20 I am going to go to the Eureka Boardwalk with a sign at about 3:30 in the afternoon and I hope that five or six of you nice people join me to demonstrate for herbal rights and herbal freedom. Commencing @4:20 pm we will stroll the boardwalk between F and B sts, with our signs. I am only asking for a few people to come out and represent, I am not trying to compete with or harsh anyones buzz. I am not asking for civil disobedience. This will be for Eureka residents who want to represent for Medical Marijuana Rights, general herbal rights, Full Legalization of Cannabis, those who represent for the spiritual use of cannabis, or those who want to legalize industrial hemp, for anyone who is pro-cannabis but whose civil rights are not being respected. Lets be a big tent. This will be for Eureka residents who want to represent but have trouble getting to other venues, but of course it is open to anyone who lives outside Eureka who is pro-cannabis.
We will meet around 3:30 at the foot of F St. At 420 we will start strolling peacefully up and down the boardwalk with our signs, for about an hour. Let’s have fun, lets meet new friends, let’s organize. I welcome other diverse community organizations to come to the boardwalk and table! I want to meet people who want to get some dispensaries in Eureka, lets get it done.
Would be nice to have a drum circle or two, just saying.
This does not have to be a big thing, but it is an important thing.
I am just thinking about this and it is evolving. I welcome your input.
Is there anyone who can design a flier for me? Something readable quarter page (4.24 in x 5.5 in)
I will play a few songs too between 3:30 and 4:20, including of course “Free the Weed.”
How about a few poetry slammers and a few more street musicians? It’s a Big Boardwalk.
email me humboldt.organizer@gmail.com
I will be there. I just need five or six people.
Thank you everyone!
have a peaceful day,
Bill
Free Colorado:
Free Washington:
Freedom Leaf:
Grow the Economy:
Safe Access:
Free All Pot Prisoners NOW
RESPECT OUR RIGHTS:
Suing Eureka Police for Violating Civil Rights During Occupy Eureka Protest: SUPPORT IN THE COURTROOM IS VITAL!!
Wednesday March 27th at 9:00am 2nd floor, Humboldt County Courthouse Courtroom #6 with visiting Judge Johnson.
Please support the civil rights lawsuits against the Eureka cops who intimidated, hurt, stole from, incarcerated, and violated people during the Occupy Eureka demonstrations! Verbena is suing the cops in small claims court for 3 separate arrests, massive theft, huge police attacks, for being arrested and jailed for FILMING, and being jailed for participating in a demonstration. One of the trials is likely to finally start on Wednesday. Your support in the courtroom is vital. Although lawyers are pretty much prohibited in small claims, the police and City defendants have had a cadre of lawyers with them (on our dime, of course) and doing unethical things like communicating with me on behalf of the defendants and writing & filing a motion on the defendants’ behalf. In the courtroom with Murl Harpham, Frank Jager, Officer Guy, Officer Liles, and Officer O’Neill, and the wretched lawyers that defend the police for abusing and killing– your support and lots of good people behind Verbena in the courtroom makes a huge difference! Please tell a friend who cares about civil rights, the right to video the police, the right to be FREE from abuse, police theft, incarceration, and INJUSTICE!
Wednesday March 27th at 9:00am
2nd floor, Humboldt County Courthouse
Courtroom #6 with visiting Judge Johnson.
SOLIDARITY IS THE WAY!
Please remember that one must pass through a metal detector to come into court. No ID is required to enter. Almost all courtrooms are on the second floor.
How much would it cost the city of Eureka to subsidize one (1) fresh produce truck to operate 5 days a week in the city limits?
Really it seems like the truck could generate enough income to partially support itself, even if prices were kept low.
The truck would spend one day a week in each of Eurekas five wards. Maybe tuesday through saturday. maybe mornings one place and afternoons another. So 10 opportunities a week for the community to buy fresh food. Food could be locally sourced when possible and reasonably priced. this would go a ways in remedy of a few serious food deserts in our community. Henderson Center and Old Town East are a couple of obvious ones. I am sure there are more.
Is this worth talking about? Yes I know it would compete with the farmers market. On the other hand it would actually BE a market for local farmers and they wouldn’t have to spend their time at a booth in Eureka, they could spend their time growing food.
have a peaceful day,
Bill
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