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UCB Occupation of Wheeler Hall, Afternoon and Evening Solidarity, 11/20/09: photos

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

About 40 people occupied Wheeler Hall at UC Berkeley before daylight Friday morning, November 20th. These are photos taken after police attacked solidarity demonstrators while setting up metal barricades around the building later in the morning. Corporate media had their live broadcast antennae set up as the occupation had made national news.

From the early morning...

cell phone videos: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/20/18629439.php

cell phone photos: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/20/18629452.php

cellphone photos from inside the occupation: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/20/18629466.php

photos: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/21/18629803.php

More coverage from actions across California 11/18-11/22:

For more information: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Alameda County Sheriff's Department reinforcement of Berkeley and UC police

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Occupier

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Front of Wheeler Hall

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Food toss -- black bag flies toward window

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Food toss -- this one didn't quite make it

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Speaking with mediators below

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Call and response with hundreds of solidarity demonstrators below window

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Hundreds at southeast corner of Wheeler Hall

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

The energy in the crowd remained high with serious and not-so-serious chants throughout despite the obvious tension and ever-present threat of police violence.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Sun sets on the occupation

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

Within minutes of this photo, and unbeknownst to the crowd, riot police were smashing through second-floor doors to arrest occupiers.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Demonstrators were encouraged to sit down in front of the barricades by mediators

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM

Crowds outside weren't being given the full story by the self-appointed mediators. And it was uncertain at the time if police intended to force their way through solidarity demonstrators to get more police in or arrested solidarity demonstrators out. What people outside did not know was that the "deal" that had been reached to get occupiers out with misdemeanor citation was made with police and authorities and not the occupiers themselves.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/2...

§Arrestee in tan coat being brought from back to front of building

by dave id

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:01PM