Month: October 2016

“Hopefully the City can take the actions necessary to eliminate this eleven year problem on a permanent basis,” were Cpt. Moody’s closing words.  He was referring to both the troubles at Finnegan’s Rainbow as well as the Cuckoo’s Nest.  The evidence Cpt. Moody assembled would enable the City Bureaucracy to prove that the Cuckoo’s Nest was a “public nuisance.”

Graffiti in the vicinity of the Cuckoo’s Nest, circa January 31, 1981.  Note, the last image appears to be shit thrown against a wall, not graffiti.  But perhaps art nonetheless?

These were taken by an undercover officer in the parking lot shared by the Cuckoo’s Nest and Zubie’s.  They are dated January 31, 1981.

These documents provide an overview of police activity during the five nights of the Special Enforcement.

These documents account for at least part of the punks that were arrested at the Cuckoo’s Nest, or its immediate vicinity.  Buried in here are Jack Grisham’s and Pat Brown’s arrest records.   The indices show arrests up through February 1, 1981.  Of course, more arrests would occur after that.

Here is an index of arrests at the Cuckoo’s Nest up until October 11, 1980, a few months before the Special Enforcement was implemented.  As you will see, arrests will skyrocket under the Special Enforcement.

These internal police memoranda show the origin of the Cuckoo’s Nest task force.