Sure looks like UC PD has used the generous % of the UC budget they get to create fascist club patches like other cops...
Remember that one of the most frequent things disabled people hear about why our public university isn't accessible 33 years post-ADA is "it's too expensive".
But shipping containers, gift cards for drivers' cars UC towed, cop OT, ammo, and club patches are "affordable".
They cut down mature trees today, violating a court order. 😢
“Healthy specimens of California's iconic redwoods and oaks used to adorn People's Park. The largest redwood on site was far older than the park itself... Over the years, the UC has felled several trees. What was a dense urban forest…was reduced to a handful of remaining trees. Those specimens were to be left alone, per a standing court order…flagrantly violated last night.” https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/04/18861569.php#PeoplesPark
"By starting the exercise under the cover of darkness and during students’ winter break, university leaders hoped to minimize a conflict with activists adamant the park should remain open space, a living tribute to free speech and student activism."
"He said the university did not notify residents or drivers about its plans to avoid alerting park supporters about the start of the operation.
“We did not want there to be a large protest scene,” Gibson said. “We wanted things to be as safe and smooth as possible, and that’s exactly what happened.”
Berkeley typically requires “no parking” signs be posted 72 hours before parking limits can begin. The city of Berkeley’s media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday afternoon."
Typical "laws are for YOU, not for us" UC attitude.
Direct action has held off the destruction of the historic autonomous People's Park in so-called Berkeley, California for a year. Now, documents show that the city is once again planning to fence off the area from the public - this time with barbed wire and double stacked shipping containers.
'UC Berkeley intends to re-fence People’s Park with double-stacked cargo containers and barbed wire...developers submitted sidewalk permits to the city as the cargo containers are expected to impede public right of way.
While developers are not permitted to break ground on the project in the meantime, they are allowed to install fencing around the park.
Park defenders and advocates held an overnight vigil this week in anticipation of a perimeter fence, but as of press time, nothing has been erected."
Perspective: People’s Park, born out of the tumult of the late 1960s, is no more
"The park still exists. However, the days when a human grab bag of disoriented drug users, teenagers, transients, drunks, drug dealers, disaffected locals, and wayward hippies roamed the lot are long past. Walk past the park nowadays and you are lucky to see one or two people eating on one of the benches or milling about."