Berkely students (and others) attack "the man"

[RSBuletz]

<p>Looks like UCB protestors still lack objectivity. They attack the chancellors house, including the use of incendiary devices. These people need a Christmas break.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/12/12_uhouse.shtml[/url]”>http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/12/12_uhouse.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[momof2inca]

<p>These people need time in jail.</p>

[Cuse0507]

<p>Those idiots deserve about 10 years in jail. They’re lucky that they’re still alive-had the chancellor been armed, he probably would have been legally justified in killing those yahoos. Perhaps they don’t understand the Castle Doctrine?</p>

[alwaysamom]

<p>This is appalling. I know Bob and Mary Catherine Birgeneau very well. They are one of the loveliest couples one could imagine. Brilliant, kind, and amazingly interesting individuals who have been together since their first day of college orientation. Maybe it’s time for them to return to Toronto, where, I can say with certainty, that their home was never attacked by students.</p>

[ellemenope]

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They’re lucky that they’re still alive-had the chancellor been armed…

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<p>Yes, lucky that this was not the University of Miami! :)</p>

[ebeeeee]

<p>Wow. This is out of control. They need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.</p>

[andrewtdx]

<p>Actually, on 2 of the 8 were actually students. The rest were either local yahoos or people from out of town if you can believe that.</p>

[CelticClan07]

<p>Their families must be SO proud of them…They are more ignorant that I thought, if they believe violence will negate the tuition increase.</p>

[Columbia_Student]

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BERKELEY — At approximately 11 p.m. Friday (Dec. 11), a group of about 40 to 70 protesters stormed Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau’s home on the north side of the UC Berkeley campus, smashing planters, windows and lights while shouting, “No justice, no peace.” They also threw incendiary objects at the house, which could have caused a major fire.
Eight people, including two identified as UC Berkeley students, were arrested and charged with rioting, threatening an education official, attempted burglary, attempted arson of an occupied building, felony vandalism, and assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.
The attack at the chancellor’s home followed a four-day occupation of the campus’s Wheeler Hall building claiming to focus efforts on “opening the university.” UC Berkeley police arrested 66 students and other protesters early Friday morning, the same day the group was set to hold an unauthorized concert inside the classroom building, which threatened to compromise the ability to conduct final exams. At the university’s request, the UC Berkeley students without outstanding warrants were cited and released later Friday.

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[ucsd_ucla_dad]

<p>Most of the UCs have far more applicants than openings. It looks like this’d be an easy way to free up about 66 spots. Just think of the applicants who were rejected in favor of these students. Any student who vandalizes, disrupts the educational process, or makes threats should be immediately dismissed. If the students don’t like it there they can always leave.</p>

[BunsenBurner]

<p>“Eight people, including two identified as UC Berkeley students”</p>

<p>The other six? Eugene Anarchists, perhaps? They never miss a chance to participate in property-destroying activites.</p>

[bluebayou]

<p>One of the students was a tree-sitter. He should have been shown the academic door a long time ago.</p>