{"article":{"id":128831,"heading":"Court Solidarity Needed for O22 Protestor in OC","author":"Ce Coatl","created":"2005-06-10 18:10:49","modified":"2005-06-11 02:13:02","last_modified":"Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:13:02","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p>Court Solidarity: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 <br>  <br> at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-47, Central Justice <br>  <br> Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, <br>  <br> California <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Read below for details: <br>  <br>   <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> On Friday, October 22, 2004, four persons were <br>  <br> arrested by Santa Ana Police at an anti-police <br>  <br> brutality march held in conjunction with the National <br>  <br> Day of Protest against Police Brutality. Two persons <br>  <br> were taken into custody for allegedly obstructing a <br>  <br> police officer in the performance of his duties; <br>  <br> another two were arrested because they were carrying <br>  <br> bullhorns. <br><br> Since that time, three of these cases have been <br>  <br> settled in Orange County Superior Court. Two protestors plead guilty to a misdemeanor and were given a year of informal probation, required to pay a small state restitution fund fee, and perform several hours of community service; another person agreed to pay $350 as part of a \"civil compromise\" in return for the criminal charge against them being dropped. <br><br> Naui Huitzilopochtli, one of the protestors arrested <br>  <br> by Santa Ana Police on the night of October 22nd for <br>  <br> carrying a bullhorn, has decided to fight the <br>  <br> criminal charge pending against him. He has retained <br>  <br> the services of both Victor Cueto, Esq. and <br>  <br> Ronald Talmo, Esq. -- the latter being a prominent <br>  <br> Orange County Civil Rights Attorney -- to defend <br>  <br> him in court. <br><br> The Santa Ana City Attorney's office is prosecuting <br>  <br> Huitzilopochtli for allegedly violating Section 10-153 <br>  <br> of their Municipal Code which states in part that <br>  <br> \"[i]t is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, or <br>  <br> permit the emission or transmission of any loud or <br>  <br> raucous noise from any sound-making or <br>  <br> sound-amplifying device in his possession or his <br>  <br> control\". <br><br> In the trial brief that Naui's attorneys filed on his <br>  <br> behalf at his last court appearance, they argued that <br>  <br> the the Santa Ana City Ordinance regulating the use of <br>  <br> a \"sound-amplifying device\" violates the First <br>  <br> Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because certain <br>  <br> provisions within it give the police too much power <br>  <br> and discretion to decide how it should be enforced. <br><br> Although the Santa Ana City Attorney's office asked <br>  <br> for yet another extension at his last court <br>  <br> appearance, we expect the case, \"People of California v. Naui Huitzilopochtli\" (Case No. A61170), to finally go <br>  <br> to trial on the morning of Tuesday, June 14, 2005 <br>  <br> at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-47, Central Justice <br>  <br> Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, <br>  <br> California. We ask that those persons who attended <br>  <br> the last court appearance come to this one -- and <br>  <br> bring a couple of friends! Bring as many people <br>  <br> as possible! <br><br> Show your solidarity with Naui, who, like three <br>  <br> other protestors on the night of October 22nd, was <br>  <br> arrested in a capricious and arbitrary manner by <br>  <br> Santa Ana Police merely for exercising his First <br>  <br> Amendment right to free speech and __expression <br>  <br> during a non-violent demonstration! <br><br> REMEMBER: AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL! <br><br> By showing up to this trial, we'll be sending a strong <br>  <br> message to Santa Ana Police that we will no longer <br>  <br> tolerate them trampling all over our constitutional <br>  <br> rights! <br><br> TAKE A STAND TO DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES! <br><br> For more information, please e-mail <a href=\"mailto:atlachinolli_front@yahoo.com\">atlachinolli_front@yahoo.com<\/a> <br>  <br>   <br><br>  <br>  <br> ============================= <br>  <br> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONLINE <br>  <br> ============================= <br><br> Article posted online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocorganizer.com\">http:\/\/www.ocorganizer.com<\/a> <br>  <br> offering a brief summary about what transpired at the <br>  <br> Friday, October 22, 2004 anti-police brutality march <br>  <br> in Santa Ana, California and some actions that occured <br>  <br> in response:: <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocorganizer.com\/html\/reports_from_the_hood.html\">http:\/\/www.ocorganizer.com\/html\/reports_from_the_hood.html<\/a> <br><br>  <br>  <br> \"Defendant's Trial Brief\" that was filed by Civil <br>  <br> Rights Attorney Ronald Talmo in \"People of California <br>  <br> v. Naui Huitzilopochtli\", Orange County Superior <br>  <br> Court, <br>  <br> Case No. A61170: <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/uploads\/trialbrief.pdf\">http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/uploads\/trialbrief.pdf<\/a> <br><br>  <br>  <br> Excessive force complaint filed by the author of this <br>  <br> message with SAPD Internal Affairs Unit on 11\/19\/04 <br>  <br> re: arrest of protestor at O22 march; and SAPD's <br>  <br> letter of 2\/15\/04 re: results of their \"investigation\" <br>  <br> of the complaint: <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/uploads\/sapdcomplaint_response.pdf\">http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/uploads\/sapdcomplaint_response.pdf<\/a> <br><br>  <br>  <br> Two articles posted online at la.indymedia.org <br>  <br> regarding a well-documented 2003 incident at a City <br>  <br> Council meeting showing that Santa Ana Police contempt <br>  <br> for civil liberties is not a relatively new phenomena: <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2003\/02\/31849.php\">http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2003\/02\/31849.php<\/a> <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2003\/03\/36505.php\">http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2003\/03\/36505.php<\/a>  <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"atlachinolli_front@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Court solidarity requested-read below for more information","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/06\/128831.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}