Shortly after midnight on January 31st, San Francisco police and fire marshals raided a benefit party for student arrestees from recent campus occupations. The party was organized by students from SF State, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis, to help raise money for fines issued during last semester's spate of demonstrations. Eleven people were arrested. A crowd gathered at the District Attorney's office/County Jail until arrestees were released. Most were charged with misdemeanors and released by morning, but one person remains jailed on felony aggravated assault charges. Amongst those physically injured by police, one person received a head injury and another sustained serious physical injuries to his arm.

Various witnesses have reported undercover police inside the party before it was raided, police and fire marshals threatening to break down the front doors, and SFPD using tasers on party-goers, beating people, smashing cameras of witnesses, and damaging the venue after it was cleared of people.

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