CBS: Hundreds Of Berkeley High School Students March To UC Campus For Michael Brown, Eric Garner Demonstration. BERKELEY (KCBS)— Hundreds of Berkeley High School students gathered on the UC Berkeley campus to rally in support of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Many of the students were happy to have such a large gathering at the demonstration Wednesday. Students left classes and marched to Sproul Plaza on the UC campus in solidarity for the two unarmed black men killed by police in separate high-profile cases where no charges were filed against police by grand juries in both Ferguson and New York. The high school’s Black Student Union President Khadija Means noted the significance of where the free speech movement started decades ago.
“In a lot of ways Berkeley is a very progressive place and we’re going to tell the nation it’s time, because it ends today,” said Means. Ayana Preston said it’s important that her generation speaks out. “It’s up to the young generation to make change and if we can show that us as teenagers can go out and be passionate about this, then that means something. DailyCal: Berkeley High School students organize walkout, march peacefully to UC Berkeley.
Berkeley High School students peacefully marched to the Campanile in protest of police brutality and in solidarity with Ferguson protesters Wednesday afternoon.
Students filed off the Berkeley High campus about 2:30 p.m., congregating in front of Old City Hall to rally support before marching into traffic. Hundreds of Berkeley High students held signs and chanted phrases such as “black lives matter,” marching the streets of Southside before entering the UC Berkeley campus from Telegraph Avenue. Demonstrators marched in solidarity with victims of police force, including Michael Brown, an unarmed black man who was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Black Lives Matter protest by hundreds of Berkeley High students shows how it’s done. Hundreds of Berkeley High students staged a ‘die-in,” observing a 4.5 minute silence while lying at the foot of the Campanile on the UC Berkeley campus as part of a protest action on Dec. 10, 2014.
Photo: Tracey Taylor Until yesterday, UC Berkeley junior Franchesca Cavagnaro had never been to a protest. While walking on the Cal campus Wednesday afternoon, she came across a crowd, many hundreds-strong, of demonstrators gathered on the steps of Sproul Hall. She liked what she saw and knew she wanted to be part of it.
Berkeley High Students Take The Streets Against Police Brutality. 12.12.14 - On the heels of several nights of consecutive demonstrations and riots in the city, hundreds of Berkeley High students walked out of class and gathered in front of City Hall on Wednesday afternoon.
A moment of silence was held for Eric Garner, followed by a handful of black students sharing stories from their lives and leading chants. A handful of police officers watched from across the street. Before long, it was announced that the march would begin down Martin Luther King Jr Way. People took the streets chanting the standard variety of slogans, such as ”Black Lives Matter,” “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” and “I Can’t Breathe.” NBC: East Bay Protests for 5th Consecutive Night, Disrupt Peter Thiel Talk at UC Berkeley. Protesters march through Berkeley on Wednesday night.
Three BART stations were forced to temporarily close due to protests in the East Bay on Wednesday night. Oakland police estimated around 150 to 175 protesters marched into the city after starting at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley about 7 p.m. The Ashby BART station was closed after the march began in Berkeley and reopened as the march made its way into Oakland, where the 12th Street and Lake Merritt stations each closed temporarily after 11 p.m., according to BART officials and the agency's Twitter feed. Berkeley: Protesters shut down campus forum with PayPal co-founder.
By David DeBolt ddebolt@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 12/10/2014 03:32:39 PM PST1 Comment|Updated: about 14 hours ago.
Protesters break into Peter Thiel speaker event in Wheeler Hall. A group of about 50 protesters broke into Wheeler Auditorium as entrepreneur Peter Thiel spoke to an audience of UC Berkeley students and community members, cutting the event short.
Protesters had first gathered at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way about 7 p.m., after four nights of protests against police brutality and the decisions not to indict in the cases of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man shot by a white officer, and Eric Garner, who died after an officer put him in an apparent chokehold. Protesters first pounded on locked doors then pushed their way inside the crowded auditorium. “We honestly didn’t think the protests would interfere,” said Pierre Bourbonnais, president of the Berkeley Forum and former marketing manager at The Daily Californian.
“It’s pretty unimaginable and unfortunate. I’m in support of free speech, but this is not the right venue for that. Thiel left with his handlers as the protesters entered the auditorium, according to Bourbonnais. Uk.businessinsider. Getty / Chip SomodevillaPeter Thiel was chased off stage during his speech at UC Berkeley on Wednesday.
A bunch of angry protesters stormed through the doors during a speech by Peter Thiel on Wednesday at UC Berkeley, ultimately shutting down the lecture halfway through the evening's event. Thiel was speaking at an event hosted by the Berkeley Forum, a student organization at UC Berkeley. But after about 20 minutes, protesters came banging on the doors, interrupting the speech multiple times.
A sense of panic seemed to be overtaking the surprised audience, but Thiel went on and continued through the Q&A. At about 7:30 p.m. "F--k you! " After a few seconds of silence, Thiel, in his quiet, calm voice, said: "This is really a classic Berkeley event today — this is so cool! " Although Thiel insisted on going on with the Q&A, the protests got too loud at that point.
Reclaim UC sur Twitter : "Meanwhile in some racist alternate dimension at UCB: 'The crowd booed the protestors & shouted “Peter Thiel matters!” Confused Protesters Disrupt Dialogue Between Peter Thiel and UC Berkeley Students. By Susan Kruth December 11, 2014 Last night, entrepreneur and libertarian Peter Thiel was taking questions from students gathered to hear him speak at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) when scores of protesters broke into the venue and shouted Thiel down, halting the event.
The Berkeley Forum, the student organization that hosted the event, later criticized the protesters for depriving Thiel and audience members of the opportunity to “engage in productive discussion.” The incident is yet another deplorable example of the all-too-common “heckler’s veto,” which occurs when people opposed to someone’s viewpoint or expression silence the would-be speaker by creating such a commotion that the speaker is forced to step down. The Berkeley Forum, which describes itself as “non-partisan organization that invites guest speakers who span a variety of viewpoints and perspectives,” wrote in its statement: FIRE hopes that those involved in the protest heed this important reminder.
Berkeley: Protesters shut down campus forum with PayPal co-founder. Protesters break into Peter Thiel speaker event in Wheeler Hall. #BerkeleyProtests enter fifth night: Social media reaction.