The moonbats want their own garden plot to grow sprouts for the less fortunate.
Via KTVU
A protest march in Albany became even more impassioned Thursday evening, after a driver tore through the demonstration, knocking a few people to the ground.
It happened on San Pablo Avenue, as a group of about 60 “Occupy the Farm” activists made their way back to two disputed lots slated for commercial development.
“Farm in, Sprouts out, farm in, Sprouts out,” the crowd chanted, declaring their opposition to a Sprouts grocery store on land owned by U.C. Berkeley.
They have long lobbied for a community garden on the fenced-off plot.
U.C. Police were monitoring the gathering, and Albany Police were escorting the march, when a Cadillac blaring its horn drove into the midst of the group.
When protesters reacted angrily, pounding on the car, the driver hit the gas and sent one woman tumbling.
Emotions on both sides were already high.
“There’s a grocery store people can go to, two blocks down,” argued a young woman from Occupy, face to face with counter-protestors, who welcome Sprouts.
“This isn’t a wild space, this is an urban area where we live,” insisted an Albany woman, holding her own sign supporting the store.
In addition to the retail space, a senior living facility is approved for a site across the street. Opponents sued to stop the development, but lost in court.
Many residents complain the protesters don’t live in Albany.
“I know that having something in town that would bring in some taxes would be a wonderful boost,” Marsha Skinner told KTVU, “and I have friends who would like to live at the senior facility.”
Several years ago, about the time the Occupy movement emerged, the “Occupy the Farm” faction claimed the space as public farmland.
It sits next to the Gill Tract, where U.C. already conducts agricultural research and community gardening.
The area also has a large student housing complex, an elementary school, and Little League ball fields.
“I want you to know this struggle right here matters,” shouted an activist into a bullhorn, as protestors cheered.
“We are part of a global movement,” she continued, identifying herself as Alexandra from an organization called Food First.