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A number of peeping incidents have hit the UC Berkeley dormitories over the past few months, raising safety concerns among residents. At least five peeping incidents — mainly in Davidson and Cunningham Halls in Unit 2 — occurred between Feb. 16 and March 22 when several residents reported people peeping from
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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
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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
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The case of a UC Berkeley student who is suing a UCPD officer for allegedly violating her constitutional rights during a campus protest in 2009 began Monday in a federal court in San Francisco. Zhivka Valiavicharska — a graduate student in the rhetoric department — claims that UCPD officer Brendan
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For UC Berkeley graduate student Alex Barnard, the most disempowering moment of Wednesday night was not when he was repeatedly hit with a police baton, cracking one of his ribs. Instead, the most disturbing moment of his experience came afterward, when he says an officer told him he had “no
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