----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 6:50 AM Subject: [STOPNATO] WINDSOR BECOMES A POLICE STATE STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM In a message dated 02/06/00 8:26:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: san: arrests continue in windsor Date: 02/06/00 8:26:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helen Luu) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] here is mandy's account of yet another arbitrary arrest (it is now the 2nd arrest) made in windsor, 2 days away from the first day of OAS meetings. police presence here in windsor has intensified, people are being questioned and IDed on the streets by kops, helicopters constantly fly overhead, etc. 3 american activists were also strip searched at the border and refused entry. for the latest news updates, check out windsor.indymedia.org. -- Arrests Continue in Windsor . . . by icm 8:59pm Fri Jun 2 '00 stopftaa.tao.ca account of an arrest in windsor, june 2nd windsor update -- june 2nd this evening around 7pm i was walking home from the teach-in and witnessed the following arrest: a guy was riding his bike down the other side of the street in the other direction. he waved at me, i waved back, then i noticed two cop cars (310 8EF and 313 9EF) pass the car in front of them and race down the road after him. they cut him off, and according to another witness, as they screeched to a halt dirt flew up in his eyes so that he put his hands to his face and fell off. an unmarked van (345 4EF) had pulled up behind them at this point and i couldn't see him on the ground. as i was trying to get close enough to take some pictures a couple of cops came towards me and told me to take off, so i stayed put and took down license plates instead. as i stood there a guy on a red motorcycle pulled up and started talking to the cops. i'm pretty sure he had something to do with the whole thing, they seemed like they knew each other. eventually the cops got really pissed off that i was there and came towards me so i crossed the street with the other witness. one cop came over to ask me if i knew the guy, to see my id., if i was in town for the protest, etc. i asked if i was under arrest to which he replied "you just jaywalked." i asked him again and he said no. an emergency services police truck pulled up and the back door opened up to let more cops out. there was about ten cops at this point for one guy already on the ground. inside the truck was what looked like a whole lot of riot gear. they put the bike in it. another windsor police car and then an opp car arrived. then the wagon (337 OEF). the other witness told me they were pushing the arrestee up against the bumper of the wagon, then i saw him sitting on the bumper being drenched with water. they put him in the wagon and took him away. according to whoever answers phones at the cop shop, it would be a breach of privacy to let us know if they have him at the station or not. it's nice that the police are around to keep us safe... peace, mandy :-) >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
