Report blasts handling of Occupy Berkeley protests
In its report, the campus Police Review Board committee said members were particularly disturbed by the repeated striking of some protesters during the Nov. 9, 2011, crackdown… In an addendum to the main report, committee member Eve Weissman was more critical of the administration. She said school officials were heavily influenced by an unfounded belief that outside elements were behind the day’s actions and questioned the legal basis for removing the tents. “Campus leadership’s preparations for and response to the day’s action was unjustified, inadequate and irresponsible,” wrote Weissman, the board’s graduate school representative. The five-member Police Review Board committee, led by Berkeley law professor Jesse Choper, investigated the incident at the chancellor’s request.
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by Terence Chea, The San Francisco Chronicle.
