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(CN) - A federal judge refused to dismiss a civil rights complaint against six UC-Berkeley administrators by of students and activists who say police brutalized them in breaking up an "Occupy Cal" protest.
Twenty-four students and activists sued UC-Berkeley administrators and police in December 2011 for the violent response to an "Occupy Cal" encampment in November that year.
Protesters said they "were forcefully jabbed in their chests, stomachs, and groins, clubbed in the face, yanked by their hair, and beaten while lying on the ground."
Source: Courthouse News
"I sincerely apologize for the events of November 9th at UC-Berkeley and extend my sympathies to any of you who suffered an injury during these protests," Birgeneau wrote. "As chancellor, I take full responsibility for these events and will do my very best to ensure that this does not happen again."
Smith, who represents the protesters, said "an apology is not enough" and that Birgeneau should "own up to what he did and step down."
jdoors
The occupy wall street movement was so stupid and pointless. A thousand people asking for a thousand different things. Zero impact on anything. They had a chance ,they had the spotlight. If they had a clear focused message they could have made a difference. But it was just rich people are evil. I need someone to fix my life.
jdoors
The occupy wall street movement was so stupid and pointless. A thousand people asking for a thousand different things. Zero impact on anything. They had a chance ,they had the spotlight. If they had a clear focused message they could have made a difference. But it was just rich people are evil. I need someone to fix my life.
MystikMushroom
I find it ironic that many of the same end goals of both Occupy and the Tea Party are/were the same. Pundits on partisan political news networks spun them in opposite directions, however.
Big government feeds big corporations, and big corporations feed big government.
It's to bad both sides couldn't have found common ground and seen they were fighting the same fight from opposed wicks of the same candle.
Aleister
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
I haven't seen that video before. Are some of those police in jail for this assault? That one who kept hitting and hitting seems to be acting like a psychopath barbarian, and I hope he's not still working on the force.