You cant stop the Rock! Hip Hop Claims Victory in The South Bronx!
On Saturday, July 28th 2007 the South Bronx community celebrated its victory over the NYPD at The Jardin la Roca/The Rock Garden. At about 4:30 pm, the NYPD issued the amplified sound permit to the organizers and the show at The Rock went on! It was a victory for the Hip Hop
community in the South Bronx, it was a victory for youth and for community residents. The NYPD had no choice but to give the sound permit. This is an example of what communtiy organizing can
accomplish. This time, they messed with the wrong peeps. How many folks get constantly harrassed by the police and because they don't know their rights, it goes unnoticed? This was a clear example of the Hip Hop Police and their attempts to further criminalize Hip Hop
youth. Our sruggle this week exposed their sloppiness and lack of interest in the communities they oppress and harrass. Their lame attempts at shutting us down did not hold up! They knew they were wrong and made a last minute attempt to fix their mess.
The people showed up at the garden anyways. With or without sound, the show was
going down! Hip hop was gonna occur, the way it should occur. Free and in the community for all to enjoy! And what better location, than the South Bronx? The birthplace of the culture the NYPD is heavily policing, the site of heavy gentrification, the new location for a planned prison?...
