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UCB-PD Officer's Youtube Account - Footage of Students Posted
On youtube, there is an account maintained by a user named "Trueonfire". Trueonfire is a UC Berkeley Police officer, and had posted two video clips on his account. The videos were taken while he was on duty, watching a student rally on campus (11-18-10). Video while taken while acting as a police officer, not as a private citizen on his off-hours, was put on a public youtube account. The descriptions of the two videos show a sharp bias against the protest; they are police propaganda pieces against the students. The account has not had any further videos yet. But the account should be watched for further uses.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Trueonfire
TRUEONFIRE - What's on fire? The truth? The name of the user seems overly righteous and charged in a sense of a desire to expose the evil leftist communist plot... it's hard to put in words, but it makes sense that a cop with a rightwing sensibility would use a name like Trueonfire.
He claims to be 34 years old - probably true. Not just true, but trueonfire I suppose. Haha... He joined youtube on November 21, 2010, the same date the videos were posted. Trueonfire is the type of person who "likes" their own videos. That is a tacky thing to do.
Video 1: Cal Berkeley Protest 11-18-10
http://www.youtube.com/user/trueonfire#p/a/u/0/x9O5O1T3oCs
Posted: November 21, 2010
Description: "Cal Berkeley students protest and vandalize the campus, causing thousands of dollars damage."
In reality it's people standing around, a few people chalking, man with megaphone. This video has another cop in it - the cameraman is standing so close to the other officer that it gives it away - this is a police camera.
Video 2: Cal Berkeley Protest 11-18-10
http://www.youtube.com/user/trueonfire#p/a/u/1/kkZZbD_WGp0
Posted: November 21, 2010
Description: "Cal Berkeley Students and mostly non student protesters vandalize the campus with chalk and paint. Thousands of dollars in damage to buildings as students watch in anger at protesters."
In reality, students just standing around talking, a few people chalking. The officer tries to claim that most people there weren't students, but nobody in the video stands out as someone who is implausibly a student - everyone looks like a Cal student.
This second video contains a major "tell" that this video was made by a cop, because the last bit of the video has a student asking the officer a question about how much the protest will cost the school. The cop even goes further to leave his voice in the video, with his statement "cool isn't it" and an answer of "a lot". The student asks a question which a random person with a camera wouldn't know, and wouldn't respond to. He's obviously a cop. Then the cameraman swings around shows us who he standing with - more cops.
This second video also has footage of people being afraid of being "in frame" - the looks people give with the way they so quickly exit the frame is a major "tell" that this is a police camera in the hands of a police officer. One person in the footage even takes a picture of the cameraman, with a look on the student's face that makes it so obvious.
To reiterate the summery of this post: A UC Berkeley Police Officer took two videos taken while on duty as a police officer, and put them on Youtube. Furthermore, the two postings contain misinformation about the actions on campus. This is not an unimportant and inconsequential act.
TRUEONFIRE - What's on fire? The truth? The name of the user seems overly righteous and charged in a sense of a desire to expose the evil leftist communist plot... it's hard to put in words, but it makes sense that a cop with a rightwing sensibility would use a name like Trueonfire.
He claims to be 34 years old - probably true. Not just true, but trueonfire I suppose. Haha... He joined youtube on November 21, 2010, the same date the videos were posted. Trueonfire is the type of person who "likes" their own videos. That is a tacky thing to do.
Video 1: Cal Berkeley Protest 11-18-10
http://www.youtube.com/user/trueonfire#p/a/u/0/x9O5O1T3oCs
Posted: November 21, 2010
Description: "Cal Berkeley students protest and vandalize the campus, causing thousands of dollars damage."
In reality it's people standing around, a few people chalking, man with megaphone. This video has another cop in it - the cameraman is standing so close to the other officer that it gives it away - this is a police camera.
Video 2: Cal Berkeley Protest 11-18-10
http://www.youtube.com/user/trueonfire#p/a/u/1/kkZZbD_WGp0
Posted: November 21, 2010
Description: "Cal Berkeley Students and mostly non student protesters vandalize the campus with chalk and paint. Thousands of dollars in damage to buildings as students watch in anger at protesters."
In reality, students just standing around talking, a few people chalking. The officer tries to claim that most people there weren't students, but nobody in the video stands out as someone who is implausibly a student - everyone looks like a Cal student.
This second video contains a major "tell" that this video was made by a cop, because the last bit of the video has a student asking the officer a question about how much the protest will cost the school. The cop even goes further to leave his voice in the video, with his statement "cool isn't it" and an answer of "a lot". The student asks a question which a random person with a camera wouldn't know, and wouldn't respond to. He's obviously a cop. Then the cameraman swings around shows us who he standing with - more cops.
This second video also has footage of people being afraid of being "in frame" - the looks people give with the way they so quickly exit the frame is a major "tell" that this is a police camera in the hands of a police officer. One person in the footage even takes a picture of the cameraman, with a look on the student's face that makes it so obvious.
To reiterate the summery of this post: A UC Berkeley Police Officer took two videos taken while on duty as a police officer, and put them on Youtube. Furthermore, the two postings contain misinformation about the actions on campus. This is not an unimportant and inconsequential act.
For more information:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Trueonfire
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My kid worked a fulltime job through three years of community college to get accepted to UCB. Her application process, fulltime job and 4.0 community college average happened at the same time UC regents increased tuition over 30%. It was raised again this year another 8% making it that much more difficult to impossible for working families to send their kids to UC schools.
Students protested these criminal tuition hikes, UCB cops spayed them with tear gas, hit them with batons and one cop pulled out his weapon and pointed his gun at students. Parents watched the 6 o'clock news in shock, anger and absolute horror.
Last years student protests included a bulding occupation and students included in their demands that layed off janitors get their jobs back among other demands that demonstrated student solidarity with UC workers.
UCB cops, working families are working multiple jobs and their students are taking out mulitple loans to pay your salaries, so you can shoot meaningless videos and point guns at our kids. You should all be fired. Cops who assault our children should all face criminal charges.
Students protested these criminal tuition hikes, UCB cops spayed them with tear gas, hit them with batons and one cop pulled out his weapon and pointed his gun at students. Parents watched the 6 o'clock news in shock, anger and absolute horror.
Last years student protests included a bulding occupation and students included in their demands that layed off janitors get their jobs back among other demands that demonstrated student solidarity with UC workers.
UCB cops, working families are working multiple jobs and their students are taking out mulitple loans to pay your salaries, so you can shoot meaningless videos and point guns at our kids. You should all be fired. Cops who assault our children should all face criminal charges.
Give us confirmation this user is UCB-PD. A badge number, a name, information on the account.
If you're gonna make this a serious line of inquiry, let's go the full length. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of photographs of UCPD officers videotaping student protesters at rallies. Shouldn't be too hard to narrow things down..
If you're gonna make this a serious line of inquiry, let's go the full length. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of photographs of UCPD officers videotaping student protesters at rallies. Shouldn't be too hard to narrow things down..
it's detective work. You have to look at the clues in the video. If YOU want to sort through video and photos from that night, that's your prerogative. There's enough clues in the placement of the camera, the reactions of the people in the shot, and lastly the fact that a student asks the cameraman a question and the cameraman responds to that question... and more cops at the end too... it's fairly obvious what is up.
This is the incident, and the news confirms it was just chalk:
Dozens gather on UC Berkeley campus to protest tuition hikes
Bay City News
Posted: 11/19/2010 12:49:42 PM PST
Updated: 11/19/2010 01:23:22 PM PST
"BERKELEY -- About 30 students gathered at UC Berkeley this morning to protest tuition hikes of about 40 percent in the past two years. Protesters gathered at Sproul Plaza and wrote about tuition increases with chalk on nearby pillars. They began marching north from the plaza with signs at 11 a.m., UC police Lt. Alex Yao said. The UC Board of Regents on Thursday approved an 8 percent tuition hike for schools systemwide in efforts to help cover a $1 billion budget shortfall."
And so forth.... so if anyone has photos from that morning, let's see them.
This is the incident, and the news confirms it was just chalk:
Dozens gather on UC Berkeley campus to protest tuition hikes
Bay City News
Posted: 11/19/2010 12:49:42 PM PST
Updated: 11/19/2010 01:23:22 PM PST
"BERKELEY -- About 30 students gathered at UC Berkeley this morning to protest tuition hikes of about 40 percent in the past two years. Protesters gathered at Sproul Plaza and wrote about tuition increases with chalk on nearby pillars. They began marching north from the plaza with signs at 11 a.m., UC police Lt. Alex Yao said. The UC Board of Regents on Thursday approved an 8 percent tuition hike for schools systemwide in efforts to help cover a $1 billion budget shortfall."
And so forth.... so if anyone has photos from that morning, let's see them.
This is more footage of the same incident from a friend's camera. I suspect the cop filming at the beginning of this clip might be our guy.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNIHLz0oU5c&NR=1
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNIHLz0oU5c&NR=1
Trueonfire has retreated and has taken his videos down as of Sunday (Jan 2nd) night.
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