ucdavis: UCB terrorism redux

Talisein (

talisein) wrote in

ucdavis,
@ 2009-12-17 15:17:00

UCB terrorism redux
So maybe the whole march on the chancellor's house wasn't as crazy as the UCB press release made it out to be.

The student Activism blog has an update on what facts have come to light since last week. The 8 students who were picked up on felony charges, while they had their bails set over $100k, the DA decided there was no case and all of them were released, but not before three of them had posted a non-refundable $13k bond.

UC Davis professor Bob Ostertag wrote an article defending two of his students who were among those 8.

In the end whatever happened during Live week ended up with students, admins, and the police at each others' throats.

My Conclusion: Everybody in Berkeley is crazy.

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	solid_snack 2009-12-17 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Why limit it to Berkeley? The whole protest in general is a joke. (Reply to this)

chiaki777
2009-12-18 04:16 am UTC (link)

Ah, I was waiting for an official report on this. I looked into the matter on Monday and found no justifiable lead to really go off of in terms of investigation. Them keeping mum to the press also hampered my ability to contact anyone.

I will say, I probably should have gone to the area and poked around the campus to find someone or something that told me about the riot on Friday night.

In any case, seeing as I've found out what I needed from the above accounts (and most importantly, an official statement from David Morse).

While at this time I can't say I can provide any assured action to help or further any set cause. I will be working to see how this entire situation is being handled and was carried out last week. You can bet on it that I am not at all pleased with what was reported.

Considering renewed reports and the confusion currently running through the media. I can't really say everyone is crazy in Berkeley just yet.

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	halfjapanesesal 2009-12-18 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for continuing to post about this. (Reply to this)

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