STOP HATE Crane Drop
by desert solidarity
Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Huge banner drop off of a Phoenix crane.
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STOP HATE
NO 1070. NO 287g
NO BORDERS.
Four protesters scaled a crane at the downtown CityScape project Wednesday evening, unfurling a large banner opposing SB 1070.
The protesters, two women and two men, climbed the crane's ladders to the top and walked out onto its work arm. Two then rappelled down below that arm on rope lines, unfurling the banner while dangling on the lines. Their partners stood atop the crane's arm to be sure the lines held secure.
The dangerous operation took place as a Phoenix Police Department helicopter circled the crane, its loud speaker blaring this warning: "This is the Phoenix Police Department. You are trespassing on the crane. You need to come down immediately."
The protesters disregarded the [silly] warning.
Shortly before 8 p.m., they began descending the crane in the darkness. Police officers arrested the four climbers plus a woman on the ground who had been communicating with the protesters via a two-way radio. Earlier, she had told authorities the protesters were experienced climbers.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/07/28/20100728arizona-immigration-law-protesters-climb-crane-brk.html
Link to YouTube Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DViZjWmmCo
sunset
by desert solidarity
Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 at 8:56 PM
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by desert solidarity
Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 at 8:56 PM
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