It is high time that people started speaking out against
the false charges leveled against a number of
alternative media reporters and community activists,
most of whom briefly entered the space & worked in
their capacity- filming, photographing and recording
interviews at a long-vacant bank building at 75 River
Street in downtown Santa Cruz last November 2011 when a
number of people Occupied the empty building for 3 days.
The Santa Cruz Police Department apparently selected a
small group out of the several hundred people who came
and went from the building. The "Santa Cruz Eleven" are
charged with felony vandalism, felony conspiracy to
commit vandalism and misdemeanor trespass. District
Attorney Bob Lee has presented no evidence yet that any
of the 11 actually committed any vandalism, nor
explained why a City Council member and the City Manager
who both spent time inside were not being similarly
charged if being there was "trespass" as charged against
the SC-11.
Below you will find a link to an editorial written by
Robert Norse about the Santa Cruz 11 and a sample letter
to send by e-mail or snail mail or to be read over the
phone if you call the 3 people in charge of prosecuting
the Santa Cruz 11. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
John Thielking
pagesincolor@yahoo.com
The Sentinel has restored the original editorial by
Robert Norse. It's now at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19998753?I
and the Sentinel titles it "Robert Norse: Occupy Santa
Cruz Trials May Turn Into A Costly Circus".
The charges are that each person allegedly involved with
the takeover of 75 River St is being charged with felony
vandalism (more than $400), felony conspiracy to commit
vandalism, and misdemeanor trespassing.
There is also a twitter account that has been set up to
support the SC-11 it is @supportsc11. You can view the
tweets by going to http://www.twitter.com/supportsc11
.
Recommendation: Call and e-mail the following people
every day until they move to drop the charges.
District Attorney Bob Lee
Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office
701 Ocean St, Rm 200, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
dao@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
phone: 831-454-2400
Martin Bernal
Santa Cruz City Manager
mbernal@cityofsantacruz.com
809 Center St, Room 10
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
phone: 831-420-5010
Santa Cruz Police Chief
Kevin Vogel
Police Dept
155 Center St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
phone: 831-420-5810
lobby hours: Monday-Thursday 9AM-4PM, closed
Friday-Sunday
askthechief@cityofsantacruz.com [note that this
e-mail address is no longer valid]
Selected questions may be posted on the Police Blog
located at: http://santacruzpolice.blogspot.com
Sample letter to mail or e-mail
To Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee
dao@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
CC: Martin Bernal
Santa Cruz City Manager
mbernal@cityofsantacruz.com
CC: Santa Cruz Police Chief
Kevin Vogel
askthechief@cityofsantacruz.com [note that this
e-mail address is no longer valid]
Dear Mr. Bob Lee:
Please work as diligently as possible to drop all
charges against the Santa Cruz 11 defendants who are
accused of felony vandalism, felony conspiracy to commit
vandalism and misdemeanor trespass at 75 River st in
Santa Cruz. The charges and the people charged were
reported in the Santa Cruz Sentinel article located
here: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19931484?source=pkg
These people are upstanding members of the community and
may currently be singled out for prosecution simply
because they are easy to identify and not because they
were directly involved with any specific crime that they
are charged with.
Also, please be sure to not bring additional charges
against any other defendants who were innocent
bystanders, but who may not yet be named in this case.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Your Name
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