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Cops Break Up Sac State Occupation « Student Activism

Cops Break Up Sac State Occupation « Student Activism

Cops Break Up Sac State Occupation

Students occupying the administrations building at Sacramento State were rousted by police at three o’clock this morning, halfway through the third night of their action.

Activists staged sit-ins on eleven CSU campuses on Wednesday (and attempted a twelfth, though Long Beach officials closed the administration building before they arrived). Though most of those occupations ended voluntarily within a few hours, the Sac State students decided to stay put.

Relations between students and administrators at the Sac State occupation were mostly amicable until Friday evening, when police arrived to lock down the building. Activists who were already inside were permitted to stay,