EPD warns anarchist flag contingent against aggression
Staff Report
Humboldt Sentinel
Protesters associated with ‘Occupy Eureka’ marched on the Eureka branches of the nation’s largest megabanks yesterday, bringing the attention of local law enforcement due to reports of intimidation.
At about 1:22 p.m., Eureka Police Department personnel reported their dispatch to the 5th Street branch of US Bank in response to a report of protesters causing a disturbance — but when they got there, no protesters were in sight.
It turned out that the protest had moved on to the 4th Street branches of Chase Bank and Bank of America , where the cops were subsequently sent to. EPD actually found the protesters this time, and warned them against “any further aggressive activities” according to sergeant Patrick O’Neill in a release.
According to the allegations of witnesses as reported by EPD, black-clad demonstrators, some of whom were wearing masks, entered all three branches, chanting slogans such as “Wall Street has blood on their hands.” One suspect was with the protesters and allegedly carried a large stick, one used to bang on the front glass doors of US Bank.
EPD supposedly heard from local residents later in the day, who allegedly had complaints “concerning the fear and intimidation that they experienced,” O’Neill stated.
These incidents were followed up today by an alleged theft from the 5th Street Starbucks outlet by a self-identified “Occupy Eureka” protester. EPD responded at 10:45 a.m. to the coffee shop, where an employee told the cops that a subject solicited the employee for a donation of perishables for their cause. Upon their request being rejected, the subject stole a carafe of cream on their way out of the store.
This suspect was described as a male in their 20s, wearing a light-colored sweater, brown worn-out Carhart pants and a brown beanie. This description matches the appearance of an unnamed person associated with PARC/Redwood Curtain Copwatch head Kim “Verbena” Starr who engaged in physical intimidation against a Humboldt Sentinel reporter last Thursday.
Upon dispatch to the county courthouse, EPD personnel could not find the subject; they did, however, find the carafe of cream. The stolen item was sitting on a table that “Occupy Eureka” uses for their supposedly donated food and drink items.
As Starbucks did not wish to have the matter prosecuted, no arrests were made, and the item was returned to the cafe. EPD is soliciting any information from local residents as to whether other such incidents have occurred.
The great coffee creamer fiasco! It was unfortunate that someone made some a dim decision to steal from Starbucks. Please don’t hold that against the movement! I’m a huge fan of the 5th street Starbucks and frequent the establishment often. I’m also a part of the Occupy movement and was irate when I found out a place which employs so many local citizens, many struggling financially through school and to support families was burglarized. The issue has been discussed and it is of the major consensus from what I gathered that nobody thinks this was okay to do. Whoever did steal the cream canister: SHAME ON YOU! Don’t hurt those who help support the movement. Starbucks may be a corporation, though it’s a great example of how not all corporations are COMPLETELY evil. Every big business will have their downsides, though Starbucks takes care of their own, the communities that welcome them, and when issues are brought to them, they take action unlike so many other businesses.
The march was LOUD! Everyone has a different way of doing things in each group, and the march against the banks was one method that many felt appropriate. It’s not my way, but if people are writing about it, then it was effective. The march was a way for citizens to express their anger at the banks. After everything the banks have done to the citizens of the USA, it seems like such a minor defensive march. Why are people so angry over some protesters when every day the banks are figuratively taking a dump on the economy?
stop harrasing protesters in their tents,tell channel 3 to stop their lies.
Nobody from the Sentinel has been entering anybody’s tent.