Monday, November 23, 2009

UCSC: Student protesters will be held accountable - Santa Cruz Sentinel


UCSC: Student protesters will be held accountable - Santa Cruz Sentinel:

"SANTA CRUZ -- The 70 UC Santa Cruz students who locked themselves inside Kerr Hall for three days left a 'huge mess' and will face possible criminal or campus sanctions, a campus spokesman said Sunday night.

The barricaded students were removed from the administration building early Sunday by 70 law enforcement officers, including UCSC police and officers from the Santa Cruz Police Department and the county Sheriff's Office.

The students' voluntary departure followed a demand by police that they immediately vacate or be arrested for unlawful assembly and trespass.

Damage to the building, particularly the second floor, involved trash and food left behind as well as electronic conference equipment ripped from tables, campus spokesman Jim Burns said Sunday. He estimated repairs and cleanup will cost 'thousands of dollars.'"