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Subject: FLA, AIM halts Chasco Krewe Float
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 04:27:39 EDT

Subj: Florida AIM halts Chasco Krewe Float
Date: 4/9/01 6:15:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: <A HREF="mailto:Aimfl">Aimfl</A>
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Greetings:
Twenty members and supporters of the American Indian Movement of Florida
(Florida AIM) moved into the street during the annual Festival of States
parade in Saint Petersburg, FL and blocked the Chasco Krewe float-which was
replete with 75 white people dressed up in Pebble's and Bam Bam outfits, face
paint, "war bonnets" doing woops and behaving in a grotesquely stereotypical
manner. Florida AIM members and supporters blocked the floats passage for 4
1/2 minutes as Saint Petersburg Police officers roughly shoved AIM members
off of the street and attempted to sieze the AIM banner used to help block
the floats passage. Florida AIM executive director Sheridan Murphy was
attacked by a Saint Petersburg Police officer who threw his bicycle at him,
Mr. Murphy tossed the bike back at the officer.

Florida AIM vows that the Chasco Fiesta and the West Pasco Chamber of
Commerce will know no peace until the festival is changed, and will be able
to appear nowhere without being confronted and challenged. Florida AIM
executive director Sheridan Murphy vowed to escalate the efforts from here.

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