Nimbin's 'polite' protest over raid


	Nimbin's 'polite' protest over raid

tabsey

4-2-2009 5:42 AM

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Very interesting town. A culture of it's own.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/561f429a-3bab-41bf-953b-156fc0764539/1F898D2D-E685-4323-B69B-56EFA8F3171E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/" href="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.northernstar.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>YOU gotta have a bit of fun, said one Nimbin local as a dozen members of the 'Polite Force' marked the first anniversary of Nimbin's April Fools' Day raid.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>It was a year ago yesterday that about 50 police from around the State stormed the Nimbin Museum, Hemp Bar and Hemp Embassy, arresting eight and seizing four kilograms of cannabis.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.northernstar.com.au/img/5FB46A54-4F23-4F8F-ADCF-7A5730D41CC0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>Members of the 'Polite Force' stage their re-enactment of last year's April Fool's police drug raid in Nimbin's main street yesterday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>“Last year's raids had a huge impact on us as a community,” said former museum manager Michael Balderstone.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>Yesterday, under the gaze of international and local media, about a dozen locals dressed in the police garb of blue overhauls re-enacted the raid.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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