Crime & Courts

Charges against UC Berkeley professor involved in Occupy Cal dropped

A protester holds a sign in front of California Hall to support dropping charges against those arrested in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests. Celeste Langan's charges were dismissed Friday morning.
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A protester holds a sign in front of California Hall to support dropping charges against those arrested in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests. Celeste Langan's charges were dismissed Friday morning.

OAKLAND — The criminal charges against UC Berkeley associate professor of English Celeste Langan were dismissed at a hearing Friday morning almost six months after her initial arrest at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations. Langan, one of 13 protesters and the only professor charged after the Nov. 9 demonstrations, Read More…

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Investigating injustice

CAMPUS AFFAIRS: UC Berkeley must speed up its police accountability review process to match the timeliness of the legal system.

By its very nature, experiencing the due process of law is not a punishment. While the Occupy Cal protesters being charged with crimes for their actions on Nov. 9 surely endured grave wrongs under police baton, they should not be exempt from their day in court. However, when the mechanisms Read More…

Crime & Courts

Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protester does not plead guilty

UC Berkeley graduate student Jasper Bernes did not plead guilty in a pre-trial hearing today regarding the charges standing against him for his involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations. The case could not be resolved in court today because Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Chris Cavagnaro would like Read More…

Crime & Courts

Four stay-away orders for Occupy Cal protesters lifted

Four of the 12 stay-away orders barring Occupy Cal protesters from the UC Berkeley campus were lifted Monday. The stay-away orders for BAMN organizer Yvette Felarca and UC Berkeley students Joshua Anderson, Zakary Habash and Jasper Bernes were all lifted Monday, according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa Drenick. The orders Read More…

Crime & Courts

Four Nov. 9 protesters issued criminal charges

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has issued criminal charges to four Nov. 9 protesters, documents show. UC Berkeley students Ricardo Gomez, Zakary Habash and Ramon Quintero and associate English professor Celeste Langan face several charges, including resisting arrest and remaining at the scene of a riot, according to county Read More…