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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,
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The ends don’t always justify the means. Eleven of the 13 protesters arrested for their involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration have had their criminal charges dropped in the last two weeks, 10 since this past Wednesday. The remaining two protesters are UC Berkeley professor Celeste Langan, who
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The criminal charges against two protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations were dismissed at a hearing Friday, leaving only two more hearings to determine the fate of the charges for the remaining protesters. Recent UC Berkeley graduate Erick Uribe — charged with blocking a public thoroughfare and
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OAKLAND — A judge lifted stay-away orders issued against two protesters in connection with the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests at a preliminary hearing Friday. At their arraignments last month, a total of 12 stay-away orders were issued to protesters who were charged in relation to the Nov. 9 demonstrations
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Thursday’s preliminary hearing for UC Berkeley associate professor of English Celeste Langan, who has been issued criminal charges for her involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest, was postponed until next month. The newly scheduled May 4 date will be almost six months after Langan’s initial arrest at the
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UC Berkeley associate English professor Celeste Langan — who has been presented with criminal charges regarding her involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests — will step down as acting director of the campus Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Langan will be replaced in her post by
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The stay-away orders recently issued against three Occupy Cal protesters could be overturned at a court hearing this week. Contending the orders are unconstitutional, BAMN attorneys filed a motion and supporting briefs Friday on behalf of three — Yvette Felarca, a BAMN organizer, and UC Berkeley students Joshua Anderson and Zakary
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Next week, Berkeley City Council could join the growing chorus of voices speaking out against the criminal charges filed against Occupy Cal protesters. Public outcry has surrounded the charges against demonstrators from Nov. 9, and the City Council could become the newest critic of what one council member described as
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This week, a dozen Occupy Cal protesters were issued orders to stay away from the UC Berkeley campus. Since many of those issued the orders are students, all 12 maintain their innocence, and none of the protesters have been convicted yet, concerns have been raised about the fairness of these
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A total of 12 protesters charged in connection with the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests have been issued orders to stay away from UC property. The final four were arraigned Wednesday, joining nine other Occupy Cal protesters who have been charged in regards to the Nov. 9 protests. All have
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