The protest was peaceful and non-violent until the police rushed the crowd and arrested people for no reason. Though it is unconfirmed until the tapes are reviewed, witnesses claim that the arresting officer placed his club in the peaceful protesters mouth. If you want to show solidarity, you can go to 11301 Acacia Pkwy Garden Grove, CA 92840-5310, US and stand with the people. More reports to come throughout the night. Check back here for updates.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Activists were arrested for no reason. People are going to the Garden Grove Police Department to show solidarity and demand their release.","numcomment":10,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2005\/05\/1.jpgyohurg.jpg","filesize":"10.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2005\/05\/127233.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2005\/05\/1.jpgyohurg.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2005\/05\/1.jpgyohurg.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":127234,"heading":"Police began to rush the crowd","article":"More pictures to follow in the next day.","author":"1Planet1People","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-05-27 02:40:32","modified":"2005-08-15 03:11:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/05\/2.jpgbouftb.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/05\/2.jpgbouftb.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":127236,"heading":"Police Dept. Phone Numbers","article":"Garden Grove Police Department\r\npline\r\n\r\nPhone Numbers\r\n\r\nEmergency \t911\r\nNon-emergency \t714-741-5704\r\nInvestigations \t714-741-5800\r\nRecords \t714-741-5719\r\nTraffic Enforcement \t714-741-5898\r\nCrime Prevention \t714-741-5760\r\nSpecial Investigations (Vice\/Narcotics) \t714-741-5850","author":"a","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-27 02:56:08","modified":"2005-05-27 02:56:08","fileurl":""},{"id":127288,"heading":"Join the Virtual Sit-In against the MinuteMen","article":"Join the Virtual Sit-In against the MinuteMen\r\n\r\nSWARM the Minutemen - May 27th to May 29th (2005)\r\n\r\nWe invite people from all over the world who oppose racist violence to join the Electronic Disturbance Theatre action on May 27th, 28th and 29th, 2005 to engage in a virtual sit-in on the MinuteMen website during their "Unite to Fight" Summit.\r\n\/\/\r\nSWARM the Minutemen Invita gente desde todo el mundo quien estan contra la violencia racista a una el accion de Electronic Disturbance Theatre en el 27, 28 y 29 de Mayo, 2005 para un "virtual sit-in" el el sitio de web de los MinuteMen durante sus conferencia de "Unate para Pelear".\r\n\r\nComplete call to action here:\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2005\/05\/127112.php\r\n\r\nFor more info see http:\/\/swarmtheminutemen.com\/","author":"SWARM the Minutemen","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-27 15:25:54","modified":"2005-05-27 15:25:54","fileurl":""},{"id":127444,"heading":"Beaners without a clue","article":"Non-violent protest my ass.
Next time you had better show up wearing Kevlar. You cholos are going to need it.","author":"Your Worst Enemy","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2005-05-28 00:06:05","modified":"2005-05-28 00:06:05","fileurl":""},{"id":127514,"heading":"Sorry everyone","article":"I'm not sure what protest these pics are from... If they're from the anti-minuteman protest, it sure does paint a bad picture of our segment of society when the people we hate and protest didn't have to resort to violence.","author":"Mountain Biker","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-28 15:41:13","modified":"2005-05-28 15:41:13","fileurl":""},{"id":127640,"heading":"MM Protest in GG","article":"These are from the minutmen protest in Garden Grove.","author":"1Planet1People","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-29 13:26:52","modified":"2005-05-29 13:26:52","fileurl":""},{"id":127733,"heading":"1 planet... nice try...but no","article":"With only one person with "minor injuries"...and video tape proving hal's innocense... whats your case? The police our on Hal's side.... Go ahead and preach conspiracy...the worlds out to get us now....\r\n\r\nNetkin was released after police watched a videotape that showed protesters surrounding the vehicle, banging on it and refusing to move, said Garden Grove Police Lt. Mike Handfield. About 300 protesters at the scene were \u201ctrying to intimidate him and refused to let him pass,\u201d Handfield said. By night\u2019s end, five demonstrators had been arrested. \r\n\r\n{snip}\r\n\r\nThe protesters blocked the entrance and tossed soda cans and cans packed with marbles at police and attendees, Handfield said. They kicked, banged and threw rocks at cars; some wore latex gloves and hoods so they wouldn\u2019t be identified by police, Handfield said. Some attendees decided not to enter the building because they feared violence.\r\n\r\nUnBIASED OUT","author":"Unbiased_VA","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-30 17:40:00","modified":"2013-11-11 00:33:23","fileurl":""},{"id":127737,"heading":"Re: 1 planet... nice try...but no","article":"Reality check: the cops say they have a video that exonerates them, so it must be true. Who's seen it? You, "Unbiased"?\r\n\r\nWe have witnesses, the cops have Handfield, so, according to the "Unbiased" comments, the demonstrators are liars, the cops are telling the truth.\r\n\r\n"All politics put aside" my ass. Politics according to Unbiased_Va are that the police must be right be telling the truth because they're the police. I don't know anyone who's fallen for that one in forty years, except a few yokels up in the hills.","author":"The Morr\u00edgan","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-30 18:02:23","modified":"2026-10-25 17:02:53","fileurl":""},{"id":127755,"heading":"All photos are real...my apoligies to 1planet","article":"I just want everyone to know that all photos are real... I used poor word usage by saying doctored... I meant to mean one sided... nonetheless... I'm sorry to 1planet , ...his photos are 100 percent real!!! \r\n\r\nUnbiased OUT","author":"Unbiased_VA","parent_id":127233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-05-30 18:18:15","modified":"2005-05-30 18:18:15","fileurl":""}]}