Colorado v. Humboldt County

(07-03) 20:38 PDT Steamboat Springs, Colo. (AP) -- The number of campers at the Rainbow Family's annual gathering in northern Colorado swelled to about 10,000 over the weekend, but there were no reports of clashes between campers and law enforcement, the National Forest Service said Monday.

Full Article, SF Chronicle, July 3, 2006. Some of this article, from the AP Wire Service, appeared in the Eureka Reporter of July 4th, but is not on their website, probably due to the expense of purchasing the reprint rights.


Now contrast the tranquility of Steamboat Springs Colorado with Humboldt "Hippieland" California:


A federal court jury in San Francisco yesterday found that Humboldt County and city of Eureka law-enforcement officers used excessive force on nonviolent protesters in 1997 when they swabbed them in the eye areas with pepper spray.
Eureka Reporter, April 29, 2005


Demonstrators and protesters gathered in front of the federal building on the corner of Fifth and H streets on Wednesday in an attempt to “end the Bush regime” and “bring home the troops.”
According to EPD Public Information Officer Suzie Owsley, EPD issued “numerous citations for a variety of offenses, including: walking against a red light, riding bikes on the sidewalk, and riding against traffic in the wrong lane,” related to the demonstration.
Eureka Reporter, November 4, 2005


And get a load of the Brown Shirts at the peaceful May 1st march in support of immigrants!
Eureka Reporter, May 2, 2006

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