Wednesday, May 16, 2001 Long Beach Press-Telegram

L.B. to move to recoup protest costs

By Jason Gewirtz
Staff writer

LONG BEACH … The city will attempt to recoup nearly $100,000 incurred during a May 1 anarchist protest that shut down part of downtown, despite calls by protesters that police overreacted.

The City Council on Tuesday backed the Police Department's response to the protest, and urged the city prosecutor to seek the maximum penalties for those protesters found guilty.

The council also urged the prosecutor to include some repayment of the city's costs to respond to the incident as part of any plea bargain.

The city spent $93,000 in direct and indirect costs to respond, Assistant City Manager Gerry Miller said.

The May Day protests lead to roughly 100 arrests. Police closed several downtown streets during the unrest and fired rubber bullets and beanbags to control the protest. Sharpened sticks, M-80 firecrackers, spray paint and bags of urine and feces were later found at the scene.

"These to me were folks who came out to desecrate our city with no valid purpose," said Vice Mayor Dan Baker, who proposed the motion.

But several people who were arrested during the incident told the council that police overreacted. Jeff Hendricks, a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, showed up with his arm in a cast from wounds he suffered in the incident.

"We were there practicing our Constitutional right of peaceful assembly," he said.

"I never heard any order to disperse," added 19-year-old Whitney Tays, who also protested that day.

But Councilman Jerry Shultz, who is a sheriff's deputy when he's not a councilman, said he had no sympathy since the protesters broke city laws.

"You were peaceful until the point you moved onto our public streets," he said.

Police May Day enforcement cost $93,000? The police are just so stupid, I can't even get over it! What a waste of money that could have gone to house and feed many homeless Long Beach families for a long time!

Whatever happens, those innocent people who were arrested while standing up for all of our rights shouldn't have to pay for a decision those stupid police made themselves. Maybe police should be attending rational decision making group therapy classes rather than trying to murder innocent youth, and clog up the streets for hours while doing it!

If innocent protesters are forced to pay to support the fascist police state, then there needs to be retaliatory damages imposed upon the fascist police state of Long Beach that will hopefully be much more costly so that the police learn their lesson and stop trying to murder innocent youth!

From the article: But Councilman Jerry Shultz, who is a sheriff's deputy when he's not a councilman, said he had no sympathy since the protesters broke city laws.

"You were peaceful until the point you moved onto our public streets," he said.

Whose "PUBLIC" streets? OUR DAMN FUCKING SHITHOLE UGLY PAVED STREETS TO DO WHATEVER THE FUCK WE WANT WITH THEM!!! Jerry, we are part of the same fucking earth as you, you fucking elitist bastard shithead stinky fucking classist scum!!!!! Fuck off you nazi murderer!!!!!!!!!

Soft drill will not tolerate this grotesque travesty.
jerry shultz and dan baker will be held accountable.
I promise you!

To: matt <mattdw@iprimus.com.au>
Subject: jerry shultz

MILITARY SERVICE:
Served five years in the U.S. Army, four of which were in Vietnam. Jerry is a decorated combat veteran who was awarded with the Bronze Star.
EMPLOYMENT:
Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for over 20 years.
FAMILY:
Married, four children. Jerry’s two eldest children graduated from David Starr Jordan High School in North Long Beach.
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dan baker Subject: soft driller at LB
Dan is an attorney with Marron & Associates, a Long Beach based, private practice that specializes in Maritime law. Before practicing law, Dan was a federal law enforcement officer with the US Customs Service for eleven-years. He served as a Supervisory Customs Inspector at Los Angeles International Airport and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and worked to keep illegal drugs out of the U.S


They have been warned here and at their given email addies

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You have been nominated for a soft drill maiming(see cinci pd)
Any comment before sentence is published?


Some public minded citizen care to call on the man,please.TIA.matt

It's obvious that the police are once again at fault. Unless the crowd was becoming violent, the police response far exceeded any alleged threat. The group had an absolute right to protest, no matter what their views. It amazes me that more Long Beach residents aren't standing up to their City Council.