Police facing growing protest at UC Berkeley

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: AP

Police in riot gear and holding batons are facing off with a growing number of protesters lined up outside a University of California, Berkeley where other protesters have chained themselves together on the ledge of an upper floor of the building.

Television video shows hundreds of protesters on the ground yelling and chanting, while several protesters have chained themselves together on a narrow ledge of the fourth floor of the building.

The protest Thursday comes after university police said they arrested 17 people late Wednesday when they refused to leave a campus building during a protest against state education cuts.

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[drm604]

1. Deja Vu

Didn't I live through all this before?

[RKP5637]

3. Same old struggle for what is correct! n/t

[amandabeech]

9. Yeah.

I suppose Afghanistan seems awfully familiar, too.

[NV Whino]

2. Batten down the hatches

It's Berkeley.

[CLANG]

4. The more the merrier I always say!

[wysingm]

5. Send Pizza

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[wysingm]

6. Update

8:42p.m.

It has just been announced that the protesters on the ledge of Wheeler will come down without facing arrest. They are also currently arranging a meeting with Chancellor Birgeneau to discuss Operational Excellence.

Additionally, those protesters facing student conduct charges from the last year and a half - including those from the Nov. 20, 2009 Wheeler occupation - will be offered the option of probation until the end of the semester.

http://www.dailycal.org/article/112208/live_blog_protesters_gather_atop_wheeler_hall

[ReggieVeggie]

7. kick for Berkeley

[SnakeEyes]

8. But it's Berkeley

they protest all the time