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Benjamin Soto's Skateparks First Rally

Posted by Steve on May 16, 2011 in News, Photos, Politrikkks, Random | 0 comments

So Sunday we had our first ever rally for the Ben Soto Skatepark. It happened right outside of the Skatepark that once existed on Father Capadano Blvd. It was actually a really cool event. Jenny got a permit from the precinct so we could do it legally. Thank You Jenny! We showed up and the police brought our own metal barriers and stuff so they could cage us in like the animals that they think we are, and there were anywhere from 3 to 5 cop cars there throughout the whole day (really shows where your tax dollars are going towards!). But besides that, it was real cool to see what a $45 permit could get us, it was pretty legit. The turnout wasn’t as big as we were expecting, but the weather wasn’t helping much either. Either way, about 50 people showed up and we had a good time and got our point through to the community

We started the day at about 11:30. It was rainy and gross out.

Me and Ed took a walk to the gate to see that the Benjamin Soto Skatepark sign was no longer there. We were then asked to leave by the Pep cops because we “werent allowed there”

It started off slow with only a few people

More people started to show up once the weather cleared up a little

Making some signs to show his support

They got paid to do this, all day

A future skater now has no where to learn.

Joe Irlinger got taped to a tree

Carolyn from CD skateshop was familiar with a bullhorn, and Cara made shirts that made a lot of sence. This one said “we want to see and engineer’s report, not osama’s body, so lighten up and produce it”..This is the same woman who gave us “we are Ed Pollio!”, its quite evident that she has a bag full of expressions that make loads of sence