From Morning Star Gali
JUSTICE VS POLICE BRUTALITY: Court arraignment was slated for Nov. 28 for three persons arrested, including a member of the Zapatista Ramona Collective Clara Luna. Luna was one of the tree sitters. Another protester we rearrested on Wednesday 15th at a vigil/protest at the Sacred Oak Grove site. Please take a few minutes to call the USB police chief and UCB Director of Community Relations and demand that all charges get dropped due to excessive police brutality against the arrestees and protesters. UC Chief of Police, Vicky Harrison: 510.642.6760
UCB Director of Community Relations, Irene Hegarty: 510.643.5296
Violent Arrests Made At Prayerful Gathering to Support Berkeley Tree-Sit by Oak Grove
Berkeley, CA -- Three people were violently arrested by University of California (UC) police officers at a midnight prayer vigil at the long-standing Oak Grove tree-sit on UC Berkeley's campus. More than 40people, lead by a group of Indigenous peoples, walked in procession to the Tree-sit to show support for Human Rights and Sacred sites and hold a prayerful candlelight vigil at the area, which is a sacred Ohlone burial ground."We heard that UC Berkeley wasn't allowing any food or water to be given to the tree sitters so we went to bear witness and offer our prayers," said Jimbo Simmons of the International Indian Treaty Council. "We were offering prayers and tobacco for the defense of this sacred Ohlone site and held a peaceful vigil for about an hour, then we witnessed one of the tree-sitters being violently attacked by a police officer. More officers arrived wielding batons and were very aggressive, they pushed me and abusively arrested two other people," Simmons stated.
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