Occupy Berkeley

Occupy Berkeley is an ongoing series of demonstrations in Berkeley, California based in front of a Bank of America. It is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Events

On November 9, 2011, police used violence to clear Sproul Plaza, beating Robert Hass, his wife Brenda Hillman, faculty Celeste Langan and Geoffrey O’Brien at an Occupy Berkeley protest.^[1] This use of force gained national recognition, which is controversial for many affiliated. ^[2]

Hass wrote a New York Times opinion article about the beating.^[3]

Jim Chanin said:

Using a baton to go through a nonviolent crowd is as inappropriate today as it was in the South when they used it to enforce segregation in the 1960s ^[4]

See also

• Occupy Cal

References

1. ^ Tracey Taylor (November 14, 2011). "After Oakland eviction, Occupy focus shifts to UC Berkeley". Berkeleyside. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/14/after-oakland-eviction-occupy-focus-shifts-to-uc-berkeley/. 
2. ^ Tracey Taylor. "Police use of force at Occupy Cal gets national attention". Berkeleyside. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/11/police-use-of-force-at-occupy-cal-gets-national-attention/. 
3. ^ Robert Hass (November 19, 2011). "Poet-Bashing Police". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/at-occupy-berkeley-beat-poets-has-new-meaning.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all. 
4. ^ Will Kane, Demian Bulwa (November 11, 2011). "UC cops' use of batons on Occupy camp questioned". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/11/MNH21LTC4D.DTL. 

External links

• http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/02/occupy-berkeley-consolidates-camp-supports-oakland/comment-page-1/
• http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/08/occupy-berkeley-plan-to-shut-down-chase-bank-saturday/
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2FMNVL1LOB5K.DTL
• http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/occupy_movement_gains_traction_among_college_students_in_the_u.s.