It looks like we can longer voice a dissenting opinion anywhere. On Saturday the 22nd, about 45 people congregated at Stearns Park in Long Beach to have a peaceful demonstration against the war on "terrorism". From the very beginning the LOng Beach Pigs decided to show up and say that they were there for our protection because we were demonstrating an upopular opinion. They wanted to know what we were going to do in case things got out of hand and such.

After the pigs left we had an open mic session and then decided to hand out flyers along the shopping center to people walking around. There were a few people yelling at us and giving us the finger but overall people were receptive. That is until we were told to vacate the premises because we were trespassing on provate property. One of the people was a lawyer and he felt as though he was not trespassing, little did we know it is a crime to raise awareness against the war. He was arressted along with someone with an AP pass. The Long Beach police then showed up in emasse to try to regulate a situation that did not need to be regulated. They carried it out of hand and may the tension run a lot higher than it was before. When asked for the proof of the registering of the complaint, they did not have it. When asked for their badge numbers they were not cooperative. But these police were there to protect us? Fuck them and fuck the police! How much longer are we going to tolerate this outward suppression of information. The long beach police are nothing but Testerone loving freaks who have no clue what to do in situations that do not go their way, and they end up arresting and trying to provoke militant action on the protesters part. We held strong and did not feed into their trap as much as we wanted to. It is time to see what the LBP are really about and what this state is really about, suppression of speech and the freedoms that we are supposed to have.