Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Take Action and come by the tree sit at the Oak Grove in front of Memorial Stadium UC Berkeley on Olmsted designed Piedmont Ave.
Watch Running Wolf predict the raid:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Police officer in a tie explains "We are just trying to restore the area to it's natural state"
http://youtube.com/...
Strawberry Creek used to run with falls in a canyon, but the University filled it in and built Memorial stadium over it. Will the cops tear down the stadium to restore the area to its natural state?
hey lets see what free republic has to say about the police raid on the oak grove:
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I would love to see somebody chop down a tree with one of these idiots in it.
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Look's down at his boy "C'mon son, grab your pelletgun, we're going to the park."
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That would have been my solution as well. I would chop away while somebody else videotaped it for upload to YouTube later.
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Trees are a crop.
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I Moved out of my apartment in Oakland. I am living in the Oak Grove. After we save old growth trees in Berkeley, we will save the old growth trees in the Amazon, we will save life on earth.
In a world which is quickly melting, we need every old tree we have to absorb CO2. "Public safety" demands it.
I woke up in the middle of the raid. Police had already cleared the main camp site, but hadn't noticed me on the edge of the grove. I started walking straight into the middle of the grove, to look for my stuff. I was quickly ordered to the sidewalk and complied. I watched the police load piles of stuff into a big front hoe machine which dumped it into a dumpster.
I asked nicely for my computer, backpack and at least my passport back. I was ignored. I asked less nicely if they are keeping my passport so i could not leave the country. I was ignored. I got more and more stressed out as I continued to watch things being dumped into the dumpster.
All day I feared I was not getting my passport back. At 2pm, Officer Wade who had ignored me earlier in the day, suddenly treated me with great respect and told me I would get my things back. I went to the station later in the afternoon and my computer worked, tho the (very tough) bag was filthy. My passport and other things were undamaged as well.
They still have my bright green 2 person tent. I didn't even bother asking for it as they want us to be cold.
Other people have been asking for all the "evidence of lodging" to no avail. My friend Ayr asked the police for our paints back, but the police said it was evidence of community building. Gosh, I want to go to jail for community building and climbing trees! (Ive already been arrested for riding bikes with friends).
We have plenty of blankets coming in but we need more tarps. We always need food and drinks. (More Organic Greens!)
We always need more parents and kids climbing the easy to climb trees. We will put you on our list of tree climbers, so the police can arrest us all. (they even claim the students are trespassing!)
The Oak Grove is a beautiful place. And we have the laws, (if not the law), on our side.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/...
Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/...
The Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act's main purpose is to prevent the construction of buildings used for human occupancy on the surface trace of active faults.
Hayward fault helicopter tour
http://quake.usgs.gov/...