May Day "Riot" aka Rave in Downtown Santa Cruz

[34thncrenshaw]

STUPID FUCKING SLUGS!

[SilverNrGy985]

you kiddin me ? this people are just hangin out and listening to some electronic music, this is softcore compared to the freetekno parties in europe

[Gmancrap]

God I love it. Two of my fave things raves and riots. WHY DO I HAVE TO LIVE ON THE EAST COAST! 

[amyisaiah]

chinga tu madre pendejo>>> como se te ocurre decir que estas avergonzado

de ser mexicano chinga tu puta perra madre date un valazo pendejo

[DitchFlicks]

A bunch of dumbass white kids who thought they were going to a party but instead were used by a small group of anarchist to cause a riot. The fools dont even see how they were being used. The militants know that all they have to do is get a group of white rich kids fucked and start throwing rocks and the rest will follow. Sheeple.

[waterman1976]

i'll bet most of the participants were out-of-town, ucsc transplants. valleys go home. not in our name.

[MrChameleon2010]

yeah.. smash windows. They pay rent and need to have their store windows smashed in. and while we're at it.. lets smash car windows too. Yeah.. who cares if they have to pay hundreds or thousand for their windows of buildings they rent. I mean why should a renter pay a property owner for a fuking window they didnt break? because they write on their lease contract that they're responsible for property damages. You Libtards suck. What happen to the hippy love crap. You're enviormental thugs.

[jimistreets]

Pinche animales! Estoy avergonzada de decir que soy un Mexicano. Estos manifestantes no hablan por mi o todos los otros inmigrantes legales que llegaron aqui de la manera correcta!

[Just4TheeTaste]

@jimistreets Este disturbio no tuvo nada que ver con inmigración, fue un desfile por el día del trabajo internacional pero cuatro personas realizaron el vandalismo. Nunca avergüéncese de su carrera.

[bigdatut]

The streets.. the streets... the streets are on fire! Hey, look at my middle finger! You know what's funny... I was born in Santa Cruz. None of these "reeeeelly cool people" are from there. And they are the one's giving the place a bad name.

[bindingxvines]

I feel bad for Subrosa cafe. I'm sorry but they would not be sending some dumb ass kids down the street to brake some windows. plus one of the guys who was arrested shoplifted at my work last week on LSD.

[snfnglue]

If Jesus were alive today you'd call Him a godless socialist and nail Him to the cross on national TV

[poopedkey]

yeah heads will roll remix!!!

[jsz430]

this is something from a future movie....the lady with the robot voice she sounds like this is the new WaaVE of the future!

[xekul]

man, just think is this HAD been a tea-party protest. keith olbermann would be frothing at the mouth and obama would be all over the news with a big "i told you people who oppose me are violent nuts" grin on his mug.

but since it was a may day (i.e. workers, i.e. left-wing) rally, it gets almost no national coverage. obama and the rest of the MSM must be disappointed that the times square bomber is a pakistani and not a tea-partier.

[snfnglue]

@xekul oh man, you so got linked to this from alex jones didn't you?

[xekul]

@snfnglue nope, read about it on NPR then googled for more and found stories about how it turned into this. in any case, i steer clear of inforwars.

[branciforte3241]

People, this had nothing to do with illegal immigrants. It wasn't even advertised as an immigration protest. There were flyers for a May Day street party, a bunch of young people showed up to see what it was about, then the organizers put on black masks and used the crowd as cover while they vandalized public property. That was the FBI's conclusion. Sure, they were assholes, but this had nothing to do with immigration.

[Just4TheeTaste]

@branciforte3241 THANK YOU, so far I think you are the only person besides snfnglue to understand what ACTUALLY happened. This wasn't a "Tea Party" event. It was a bunch of young college age kids who wanted to have a reason to parade the streets and a few individuals decided to take it too far. That's it. No mas. It amazes me that so many are willing to condemn before trying to rationalize it. I

[certhaltomcity]

@Just4TheeTaste

lol off subject but wow you have a sexy voice :P

[blackmesa10]

@branciforte3241 anarchist

[branciforte3241]

@blackmesa10 really? an anarchist? Is the FBI an anarchist organization as well, since I am just quoting their findings?

[rochellelee5]

I miss the old Santa Cruz.

[jeffmagic32]

communist idiots. All of them have rich parents.

[north005]

I wonder if all those protesters are willing to open up their homes to illegal immigrants. Let them stay in the spare bedroom for a while.

I was really hoping a tear gas round was going to bounce of some punk's forehead in that video. Oh well.

[jp3711nc1]

So these people think that Illegals should be treated like Americans when they them self's are not Americans what ever happen to a nation of laws I guess when it comes for cheap labor they call you a nazi to get it.

[Just4TheeTaste]

hahahaha reading these comments are cracking me up. Note to most of you - learn how to spell and to make a structured sentence that doesn't make you out to seem like just another opinionated jackass who spends waaay too much time arguing online rather than going out and seeing what you can do to help assist with the damages that are making all you patriotic citizens cry out in vain. Yes, boo-hoo they broke some windows, get over it. We have far more bigger problems...

[jp3711nc1]

@Just4TheeTaste So you just going to give them a pass would you do that if it where Tea part goers I think not stop being a hypocrite.

[snfnglue]

@jp3711nc1 good job assuming what someone would say and then calling them a hypocrite. From what Just4TheeTaste said, it sounds like if it was a Tea Party protest she still wouldn't be calling for blood. Nothing in her comment was politicized, her point was that some property damaged occurred because of a few individuals, not because this was a sanctioned riot and people shouldn't blame a whole group because of a couple dumb people, whether they are so-called anarchists or Tea Party members.

[stormsg1]

@snfnglue - The point you can't understand w/o experiencing it first hand is; if this were a side event with an outside chance that there may have been a couple people that the NATIONAL FRICKIN MEDIA, with all of their power and might to mold opinion, could have possibly tied to a tea party or to the right in general, this would've been on a loop the entire weekend and into the beginning of the following week. Their agenda has resulted in left wing violence on us, sorry if we're a litl sensitive

[snfnglue]

@stormsg1 no i understand completey, I just don't agree. The Tea Party is a national movement, hence national coverage if shit goes down. This was a student/civilian parade where a couple people broke windows, nothing national about it. Why should people in Oklahoma hear about this? And yes, the media does jump on the Tea partiers, again, because of their national image. As liberal as the think the media is, watch reports from 9/11 or the beginning of either Middle Eastern wars.

[snfnglue]

@stormsg1 they followed the Bush administration hook like and sinker, turning against it only towards the end when most Americans were getting fed up with what was going on. Yes, the media does have an agenda and it's to report on anything that will give them ratings. If you have socialists host tv shows as popular as Glenn Beck, then when things like this happen, there will be more sensationalism and more reporting.

[snfnglue]

@stormsg1 *As liberal as you think. . .* and "hook, line and sinker. . .". sorry for the typos, running on fumes at this point.

[snfnglue]

@stormsg1 . . .Oh, also, my original point was that this incident already has been blown way out of proportion. You get mad when reporting on the Tea Party is misrepresented and that's my feeling on this incident. Because of a couple stupid people causing PROPERTY damage, people in my town (most who had nothing to do with this) are being threatened with physical violence and death. It's completely sensationalized. Whether you like my ideas or not, we are citizens of this country and have

[snfnglue]

@stormsg1 the right to our own lives and ideas. The key is respecting others even if you don't agree with them instead of factionalizing everyone into "us vs. them." Like I responded to someone earlier, I'm sure you don't like being lumped together with KKK members that are in the Tea Party and not all anarchists go around smashing windows for no reason. Stupid people do stupid things, that doesn't mean it should be reported coast to coast and turned into a national issue.

[snfnglue]

@jp3711nc1 sub-question: from your comment it seems like you're in support of the Tea Party. How do you feel when liberals claim that all Tea Party members are ignorant, racist nazis? If it angers you to be compared to a small number of people in the party who you might not associate with, then you shouldn't do the exact same thing to others, even if they are the dreaded left.

[Drumboy5165]

@Just4TheeTaste Dang straight, we have bigger problems, many of them include this type of actions though. It is this vandalizing and basic criminal behavior that sets them back...not anyone who's opinion differs from theirs. This is how people act in third world countries, we are supposed to have civil discourse, but I think those days are past.

[jcornibe]

@Just4TheeTaste That was a run-on sentence if I ever saw one. LOL just messin. I agree with you completely

[33hmk33]

@Just4TheeTaste Wow was that a run on sentence or just the longest perfectly 'structured' sentence? I like that your statement, in which you criticize others spelling and ability to structure a sentence, is a grammatical nightmare. I love the irony.

Thanks for the laughs.

[Just4TheeTaste]

@33hmk33 Oh I am terribly sorry. You see I was writing as though I were actually talking to you sots in a very fast and frustrated manner. I don't give one damn that it was a run on sentence lol. The point was that people were leaving out whole fragments of sentences out of their arguments and then continuing on as though they knew what the hell they were talking about. So thank YOU for taking the time to comment I hope you boosted that poor little ego of yours ;)

[WildBluebonnet]

What a pack of animals.

[740Turbogreasel]

Since the 89 quake, Santa Cruz has adopted a model that puts businesses ahead of locals, or even people in general.  And now this happened...I wonder why

[anglcazn]

Everyone does that the anarchist idiots hijacked the demonstration, right? It has already been concluded from investigations by the FBI and local police. I support the demonstration but anarchists came along, hijacked it, and has now officially ruined it like they ruin everything else.

[juliganp]

Obviously the program "Run this Town" has been downloaded enough to prompt this scene.

[bw01a]

Good grief, the university really has become the stupidest place in America, especially an university in Crapifornia.

[Hellpig]

kill'em all

[orbust]

@SIGN666

How about you, lets destroy you, so that a birth can replace you with a realistic human being.

[snfnglue]

Nobody was killed and as far as I know there were no injuries. You want a riot, head down to Watts. Because all you got here were just a bunch of amped up kids trying to have fun with a few being stupid, just like in everyday society. America means freedom, even if it's the freedom to be dumb.

[snfnglue]

Secondly, while IT'S COMPLETELY JUVENILE AND LAME to smash windows and do nothing else, this "riot" got blown way out of proportion. Most of the businesses targeted are able to pay for the damage without batting an eye (really, who gives a fuck about Urban Outfitters? If you do, get your priorities straight and stop shopping at over expensive crap stores that claim "underground" status), and for those locals that got knicked, why not set up a community fund to help pay for the damages?

[orbust]

@snfnglue

So as long as a business is able to pay for the damages then its ok? You idiot, maybe since your parents can by you dentures, someone should kick your teeth in.

[snfnglue]

@orbust hahahah oh orbust, trying to start a fight over the internet with a stranger. . .classic. And if you're going to call someone an idiot, make sure you proofread your post or learn the difference between "buy" and "by."

[JLOVE11562]

@snfnglue Yea lets destroy all the successful business and maybe next lets find their private houses and destroy those they can afford it, What a brilliant person you are, You should run for office.

[snfnglue]

@JLOVE11562 clearly you should be the one running for office since you're so good at twisting people's words around. I never said "destroy all successful businesses" or "let's go kill the capitalists and burn their houses down." Since you missed my point so blatantly, let me spell it out. This is a town where someone gets stabbed or shot every couple of weeks, there's a huge gang problem with a kicker of hard drugs to boot. Every Halloween there's a stabbing downtown, like clockwork. When approx

[snfnglue]

@JLOVE11562 300 people gather downtown for a "riot" with the aftermath being only a few broken windows and some graffiti, then the story that's being told is just a tad bit sensational. In case you didn't actually read my whole previous post, yes, it was a completely juvenile act that really didn't prove anything, but at least the handful (reports are saying 4) of people responsible mainly damaged companies that could afford the damages, unlike the jewelry and Velvet Underground. I'm all for

[Drumboy5165]

@snfnglue Much like the 'reporting on the Tea Party rallies...it's not about reporting, it's about A.D.D. sensationalism. If reporters told the truth, it would probably not lure as many people in than if they make everything headline news.

[snfnglue]

@JLOVE11562 starting a fund to help the local businesses out because that's what a community does in times of hardship. But for everyone to get all pissed off to the point where they're calling for blood and blaming everyone at the downtown protest/party/whatever is ridiculous. I remember the L.A. riots, I remember the fires, the killings, whole blocks turned into war zones with 24 hour news coverage. No, Saturday night in Santa Cruz wasn't a riot, it was basically a parade that got out of hand

[snfnglue]

@JLOVE11562 because a couple of people decided to be stupid. And in fact, if you watch other videos you will clearly see people from the march ganging up and trying to stop the individuals from smashing windows. Hell, the one person who has been arrested wasn't a student and possibly not even an "anarchist" but just a drifter from Fresno.

[snfnglue]

@JLOVE11562 So yeah, it sucks that it happened, but maybe people are also blowing it just a little out of proportion. Or, you know, maybe we should fuck shit up and kill 'em all, i don't really care.

[snfnglue]

First off, May Day isn't a Communist Labor Holiday, it was established as a LABOR holiday during the days when Unions actually mattered and people gave a fuck about working classes. After the Haymarket "riot" of May 4, 1886 (which also started out as a peacful assembly until the cops showed up), May Day became internationally know as Labor Day in recognition of the people who lost their lives. For all you claiming Soviet intervention, it's actually about as American as apple pie and exploitation

[cptcosmo]

Time for a national uprising of Charles Bronson type Vigilantes to do the work the Feds and Pigs refuse to do.

[cougarcatgirl]

i am talking about the smashing of the storefront windows. i have never known ucsc students to do that kind of thing. that would be another group. IMO. i'm not crazy about all the students, but i don't think they are responsible for the damage.

the gathering was one thing, idiotic or not. what's the big deal about a gathering. the violence and the damage, i don't see them doing it. these were reportedly people wearing dark hoodies. hmmm.....

[cougarcatgirl]

there's more here than meets the eye maybe. another group is probably responsible for the damage done to the store fronts. i am glad nobody was shot, stabbed, etc.

[scottishrocket]

douchebag convention in SC was a huge smash....

[irisojects]

Hey, where are the SWAT police or do only sic them on Grandma's with flag tee shirts and folks with Constitutions?

[Wilbur665]

So typical.

[MrEMR1976]

I don't think I saw a person over 25 years of age in that entire crowd. Our youth are nothing but a bunch of self-absorbed idiots.

[clemtoe]

@SIGN666 that would be how a republic works, with an accountable state possessing a monopoly on the use of physical force.

ah, but you assume that violence, when anyone and everyone is "allowed" to use it, would disappear. or it would be more just or something.

[kryz24v]

That is so.... cool. Looks like fun. We should do this more often. I mean be free and have fun in a relatively peaceful way. What can you do? Join the party have some fun make some new friends.

[ToddonCapeCod]

I thought only Tea Partiers were supposed to be like this.

You mean.... GASP! ..... the left-wing media LIED?!?!?!?!

Say it isn't so!!!!!

[Eterna1Soldier]

Most of these people are white. so I guess they're racist or something. Also, wheres the MSM? Oh that's right, they're focused on all of the tea party violence that never happened. Yet every time lefty's gather you can almost guarantee violence and vandalism.

[PlanetoftheAtheists]

LOSERS!!!! Get the fuck out of my town you little wannabe anarchist trust fund babies, the only reason you are doing this is to escape your parent's suburbanite upbringing and give yourselves something to brag about at Pergolesies.

[shatterglass]

"They're monochromatic, right? Meaning they're all white. All of them, every single one of them is white. Yeah, well what's that about?"

[scola91660]

I don't see any rioting going on here. I do know that flaming torches and lefty sons and daughters of hippies are an inherently bad combination, though.

[clemtoe]

mayday is the day progressives and "anarchists" celebrate the past glories of soviet tanks rolling over the skulls of formerly free peoples.

it's analogous to what it would be like if skinheads were granted parade permits to march in celebration of krystalnacht.

[frednoname1]

Must be tea party people... oh wait...

[NCMan28025]

Criminals doing criminal things. What's so shocking? If you enter the US illegally you are breaking the law. Why should we expect these criminals to act civilized?

[HeroOrAZero]

May 1st is Communist Labor Day - It is celebrated in many countries All the big one you would expect but also ... including Mexico

Those people are Communists... Hey look pretty .. nice intelligent people not like Biker Gangs... BUT THIS IS THE NEW DEAL infiltrate our society.

It is disgusting

[kritspoherson]

@SIGN666

How does employing residents of SC not contribute. Yeah, so they pay crap, but I don't see all you lazy assholes willing to get off your bums and actually perform hard work?

you'd rather panhandle and eat off the the lunch lines.

If you don't like a store don't shop there.

[FloreGuy]

Mind numbed robots. You contribute nothing. You gain no respect. You think you are free thinkers..... you're not. You just follow a different crowd.

[kcfingers]

This is incriminating to both you (since you were obviously there) and the rest of the people in the video. I would suggest removing it asap.

[herestheskinny]

a friend of mine just posted some pictures of the mess on facebook.. smashed windows, glass EVERYWHERE, graffiti on the walls.. it's incredible. fucking idiots

[loonh2o]

burn it down? how bout build it up? destruction is easy and juvenile...

[frankjwitt]

burn that sh"thole down !

[DevilDoll1978]

What you captured, V... was not so bad... when it got bad.. it got bad. Cowards.

[corncat]

.... a dance party involves trashing dozens of local businesses?

[FrancescaGianna]

@corncat America is turning 3rd world. How fucked up is that?

[TheNickRussian]

fuck'n santa cruz, ill never understand it either