Police Review Board to hold open forum tonight
The UC Berkeley Police Review Board will hold an open forum Monday night to hear statements regarding the events of the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest in order to help further the board’s investigation.
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UC Police review of Occupy Cal protest critical of administration, justifies baton use
Review says outlawing Police use of pepper-spray was inappropriate
A review released Friday concludes that police use of force against students in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests was within reason, but criticized the UC Berkeley administration’s response to the event. The operational review was conducted by Jeff Young, assistant chief of police at the UCLA Police Department, and Read More…
UC may have violated state Public Records Act, experts say
The UC has refused to release billing costs associated with a suit brought against it by Occupy Cal protesters.
The University of California is refusing to disclose legal bills generated by a San Francisco law firm’s work defending the university against a pending lawsuit — a decision experts say may have left the university in violation of the state Public Records Act. The university has contracted Crowell & Moring Read More…
Berkeley Faculty Association calls for Birgeneau to condemn criminal charges against Nov. 9 protesters
A group of UC Berkeley faculty members is calling upon Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to request that charges filed against demonstrators involved in Nov. 9 protests be dropped. The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently circulating a petition that states that the chancellor should ask the Alameda County district attorney to drop Read More…
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…
Police Review Board holds final meeting to hear Nov. 9 testimony
The UC Berkeley Police Review Board held its final meeting to hear video and verbal testimony about the use of police force at the Nov. 9 protests from advocates for police and protesters Tuesday night. At the public meeting — which was a continuation of testimony that began Monday evening Read More…
Police Review Board meeting involves testimony of Nov. 9 protest
Videos and verbal testimony from the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests were presented to the UC Berkeley Police Review Board by UCPD representatives and advocates for student and faculty protesters Monday night. At the public meeting, participants had the opportunity to explain to the board — which will eventually make recommendations Read More…
Student Police Review Board representatives field questions, solicit input
Around 10 members of the Berkeley community attended a second UC Berkeley Police Review Board workshop Monday night hosted by student board representatives to discuss the process of investigating the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest events. The overall goal of the meeting — which was organized by ASUC representative Omar Kunbargi and Eve Weissman, campus Read More…
Student Police Review Board representatives to hold meeting Monday night
Student representatives from the UC Berkeley Police Review Board will be holding an additional meeting Monday night as part of an investigation of the events that occurred during the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau charged the board with investigating and writing a report on the protest by Read More…
Submission of police conduct report regarding Nov. 9 protest delayed
Five days before the UC Berkeley Police Review Board’s deadline to submit a report of police conduct detailing the Nov. 9 protest events to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, the chair of the board announced that the board will not meet its deadline. In a Jan. 27 letter to Birgeneau, UC Berkeley Read More…