Tuesday, November 24, 2009

UC Berkeley to reconsider protest policies amid heavy criticism, claims of police brutality - ContraCostaTimes.com


UC Berkeley to reconsider protest policies amid heavy criticism, claims of police brutality - ContraCostaTimes.com:

"OAKLAND -- Amid complaints of police brutality and heavy criticism about the university's handling of a massive protest and takeover of a campus building Friday, the university announced it will ask for an independent investigation of police actions that could bring about changes to the way officers handle protest crowds.

The announcement came on a day when about 75 protesters, a few of them wearing casts and splints on their arms and fingers, gathered outside an Oakland courthouse to denounce what many say was abusive behavior by police at a UC Berkeley protest Friday."