YouCaring page for homeless UC Berkeley student raises more than $75K

After living in a trailer with his family for about four to five months, campus senior Ismael Chamu was evicted from his Hayward home Tuesday.
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After living in a trailer with his family for about four to five months, campus senior Ismael Chamu was evicted from his Hayward home Tuesday.
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On Tuesday morning, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Yolanda Northridge postponed the plea hearings of Ismael Chamu and Peter Estrada.
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Ismael Chamu and Peter Estrada, two UC Berkeley students arrested last week on charges of vandalism, were arraigned at the Wiley M. Manuel Courthouse Monday afternoon on charges of alleged felony vandalism more than $400 and misdemeanor possession of tools to commit vandalism.
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Berkeley Police Department arrested Ismael Chamu on Thursday evening in connection with vandalism that recently appeared on the south side of campus. Chamu is a campus student who alleged BPD officers racially profiled and unlawfully detained him last June.
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Four days before Berkeley City Council voted to continue the Urban Shield police training program, the police officer who killed Philando Castile was acquitted by a jury of his peers. Only a week later, BPD faced new allegations of racial profiling from UC Berkeley student Ismael Chamu. In Berkeley and
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“My rights were not read. They did not give me counsel. Nobody knew. I literally just disappeared,” Chamu alleged.
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UC Berkeley administrators announced in a campuswide email Monday key Spring 2017 financial deadlines associated with the cancel for nonpayment policy, or CNP, a policy introduced in fall that was met with widespread criticism.
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Groceries in hand, campus junior Ismael Chamu was walking home from the 99 Cents Only Store when a red Ford pickup truck driven by two white men slowed beside him — “Son-of-a-bitch wetback,” one of the men yelled before driving away.
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Campus real estate spokesperson Christine Shaff said the old structures, which were about 40 to 50 years old, were not ADA accessible and contained lead paint.
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The Student Information Systems Project’s Executive Steering Committee announced in a campuswide email Thursday that the campus will waive late fees for adding and dropping classes after the deadline for the fall 2016 semester.
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