Bill.Scarborough@p0.f4.n382.z1.fidonet.org ADAPT COLLECTIVE 04/30/1991 20:08 (Bill Scarborough) (05/07/91)
Index Number: 15435
[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
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From: ADAPT COLLECTIVE (Tuesday) 04/30/1991 20:08
ATTENDANT-SERVICE-FORUM
To : ALL
ADAPT's second day of actions was another success.
At around 3 pm ADAPT marched over to the Social
Security complex, but instead of going to the main
buildings as we did yesterday, we took the cops and SS
staff by surprize, turning into a driveway across the
road. Our target was the Disability Determination
building, which was in a small area with only one way
in our out. Our blockade was like a cork in a bottle.
No one was getting in or out.
City, county, state and federal cops swarmed the
area. They even circled overhead in helecopters, as
did the TV reporters. More and more cop cars and
buses ekpt arriving, but no one could figure out what
to do. ADAPT's show of force intimidated them from
arresting; where would they put 200 of us. At one
point they marched around in military style, and most
were dressed in full dress uniform. When they pulled
out the latex gloves and bags of plastic handcuffs, it
seemed they had finally decided they were going to
arrest us. But ADAPT countered by climbing, and being
helped from our chairs and lying on the ground.
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