It was business as usual this Friday afternoon at City Hall, even though the Plaza outside was filled with roughly 300 protesters who came to City Hall Plaza to rally against the gang injunctions.  As students and adults made speeches, protesters held signs up and the crowd politely applauded as each speaker took a turn.

As hot as the passions about the gang injunctions burn, this was a quiet, almost subdued event, with both police and demonstrators behaving politely. Big concerns: feelings that the injunctions target Latino youth, criminalize residents of local communities, and misuse tax dollars.

Although demonstrators said they had invited City Council members--and called for Mayor Jean Quan to come down and speak to them--no representatives of city government--except for the police--were in attendance.

Among the signs: "Injunctions Against Police, Not People,"and "Fight Like An Egyptian."  A judge will rule next week on creating a preliminary version  of the gang injunctions in the Fruitvale.

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