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] ------------------------- 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. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!382!4.0!Bill.Scarborough Internet: Bill.Scarborough@p0.f4.n382.z1.fidonet.org