UC Berkeley’s Police Review Board saw a series of videos Monday night – some from police cameras, others from YouTube – showing officers using batons to prod, push, jab and strike protesters who put up seven tents on campus last fall and then linked arms in a bid to protect those tents… In all, 39 people were arrested on Nov. 9, including 22 UC Berkeley students and a professor. The university also faces a federal civil rights lawsuit stemming from the confrontation. Ronald Cruz, an attorney representing 24 protesters, said Monday that the legal battle was over “the ability of students and the community to defend public education.” Cruz said he had “no faith in the review board – that their actions will lead to any consequences to the administrators and police officers involved.”

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by Demian Bulwa, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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