Go Skateboarding Day ~ Free LOVE Park '05

As part of National Go Skateboarding Day hundreds of skateboarders (with a permit for their event) shredded the streets of Philly on the same day that hundreds of BioTech Activists were also taking their message to the streets. A little behind the scenes coordination lead to the skateboaders joining in with an unpermitted march on the the convention center and a stand off with the cops at Love Park. Love Park is a rountinely skated public park in the center of Philly and was an "official" stop on the skateboarders planned route for the day. After several speakers fired up the crowd by showing that when dealing with a Police State environment All People Will Be Repressd Equally... that skateboarding is not a crime... that we were all being denied acess to Our Public Space... the skaterboarders & activists together busted through the police line took some manhandling and a club to the head or 2 ... but they took the park.

Later, police used undercover snatch squads to arrest some people; but the park remained open and the police retreated to just blocking the fountain.. because some folks were hot & sweaty enough to get in it.

MORE ABOUT BIOTECH ISSUES @
http://fluxrostrum.blogspot.com/2005/07/biotech-2005-protest-actionthe-march....

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• skateboarding
• BioTech
• cops
• arrests
• police
• brutality

[TheMagicalPuffBunny]

Skaters this is our new slogan. Copy this on skate videos: This is the land of the free not the home of the asshole cops

[PunkBoy755]

filmed with a toaster?

[PuR3Skill5]

I believe it is the land of the free and home of the brave. Not the land of the asshole cops.

FREE LOVE PARK

[CodyinHD]

@tbgdanny They're just doing their job dumb ass. Blame the mayor.

[hedwrads]

i need pple to ride with in philly who love 2 skate. dnt matter where we ride jus as long as we do

[aceman6381]

shouldnt cops arrest dealers or murderers and they let homeless people chill there but dont let us sk8

[Mrsflyadanabirdii]

This is bullshit why would you take away something that kids and adults love. Would you rather them committing crimes, seriously cops need to focus on more important things rather than harrassing skaters for nothing

[marcosmonoyOfficial]

wow skaters should be freeee we deserv to do the thing we love skate let us be freeeeeeee

[Godzilion]

@sbarudzija I was there, we fucked the pigs up in numbers. Girls were stripping in the fountain. fucking awesome day. Freed Love Park

[PedroyItatiFan]

Fucking cops they should stop ruining the fun FUCKING PUSSYS FUCK COPS