Occupy Sacramento Day 1
The young and the old of Sacramento peacefully march in downtown Sacramento to Cesar Chavez Park on 10th street ns H to bring a message to the government.
“We want money out of politics, we want people in office who have an agenda for the people, not for themselves,” said a spokesperson for Occupy Sacramento Jeff Neves.
The message is simple but clear, they no longer want people with big bank accounts only running for office.
“It’s not about the left versus the right or my politics against yours, it’s about getting people in offices who represent what is best for the people,” said Neves.
A young man, Danny Garza, flew from the Occupy Wall Street protest where he has been since day one and wanted to help organize Sacramento and let them know what could be in store.
Garza said they were using laws from the 1800’s and arresting people without a verbal warning.
According to Garza the law from around the 1870’s that was being enforced was a group of two or more people are not allowed to cover their face and people were being arrested for this and also for writing on the sidewalk with chalk.
The police were also verbally threatening the occupiers by saying, “We are going to take you in and throw you in with the whores and pimps,” Garza said.
He said, “ The more the cops messed with us the stronger we became, it had the opposite effect that they intended.
Occupy Sacramento had around 150 people present at 4 P.M. Thursday, October 6th.
The occupation is peaceful and the focus is to remain the same as the other Occupy groups throughout the country, including Occupy Wall Street in New York, according to the press release.
“The more people we have here tonight the better off we will be,” said a legal representative from the ACLU.
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