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Hiroshi Nakamura Emerald
Almost 150 protesters showed up at the downtown rally Thursday to show their displeasure for allegedly abusive police action.
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blocking vehicular traffic would
be arrested. The protesters re
sponded with catcalls and shouts,
and the officers left without mak
ing any arrests. Several more offi
cers, two fire trucks and two am
bulances were stationed a block
away from the rally prepared in
the event that the protest became
unruly.
Later in the day a protester
placed two small plants on Char
nelton Street, and when a mo
torist ran one over he shouted,
“The first stone has been thrown.’’
Demonstrator Mary Ellen, who
was helping to hold a banner that
read “Stop Cop Violence,” said
the incident three years ago
showed the city that the “police
are out of control” by revealing
what she said were brutal meth
ods. She said the police should
work “to open a dialogue” instead
of picking on groups like the anar
chists, environmental groups and
campus activists.
Jan Power, the public informa
tion officer for the police depart
ment, said the department had
gone through a long process
through the courts and various
police organizations that settled
the issue. She also said that the
department had learned from the
incident.
“Things learned from that event
have caused changes in the re
view policy,” she said.
While protesters cheered each
other on and some anarchists beat
on a newspaper box like a drum,
employees in the Symantec build
ing looked down from second and
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Hiroshi Nakamura Emerald
An activist highlights the division between protesters and police with a plackard re
ferring to the use of pepper spray on three protesters in a 1997 rally.
third floor windows. Two police
officers filmed the rally from an
unmarked police car, and patrol
cars occasionally drove by.
One anarchist, who asked to be
identified only as the “best-look
ing black-masked guy here,” said
he was at the rally to let “the cops
know we’re not going to back
down.”
He also said he was there to
force the businesses and residents
in the downtown mall area to re
member what happened three
years ago.
“This is an act of psychological
retribution,” he said.
Two anarchists staged a puppet
show lampooning local police of
ficers. The show has become a
regular feature at rallies held by
the anarchists.
Some of the people at the rally
did not share the same protest fer
vor, however. David Counter said
he was at the protest three years
ago, and went to the recent rally
just to watch. He said the protest
ers should realize the urban hous
ing and development that was
added in the downtown area
saves open space outside of the
city
“It’s too bad the trees were cut
down,” he said, “but the city then
provided urban housing, which
has always been a goal.”
Counter also said the area in
which the trees grew was a park
ing lot, and the trees were not that
old when they were cut down.
His friend, who asked not to be
identified, was also at the event
three years ago, and said the pro
testers should not hold rallies to
commemorate the event because
it only worsens tensions between
police and activists.
“It’s over and done with,” he
said, “and we need to move on.”
Environmental activist James
Flynn is one of the three activists
police removed from trees in
1997. He said the police caused
him intense physical pain when
they used almost 20 cans of pep
per spray and excessive force to
remove him from the tree.
Flynn did not agree that the po
lice had changed since they
pulled him from the tree. He said
he had attended several Police
Commission meetings but had not
seen any positive policy changes.
Flynn, who also attended Thurs
day’s rally, said he was happy with
the number of people who came
out to remember the incident.
“I think it’s really good that citi
zens remember that day,” he said.