Five people have been charged in connection with an Occupy protest at UC Berkeley in November that attracted national attention after a YouTube video showed police jabbing their batons at screaming students… Some of the defendants said they were upset that prosecutors had filed charges after Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said officials would not seek disciplinary action against those arrested. The charges “seem odd, given the evidence of what I think was excessive force and irregular arrest procedures,” said English Professor Celeste Langan, 54, one of those charged. A video of the protest showed police grabbing her by the hair and yanking her to the ground. Drenick said she couldn’t comment on why Langan and the others had been charged. “What is brought to us for purposes of review is the evidence gathered by the police officers,” she said.

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by Will Kane, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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