Archive for June, 2015

Six Irish Students Dead in Berkeley Balcony Collapse Didn’t Have to Die

Posted in The Berkeley Scene on June 22nd, 2015 by admin – Be the first to comment

by Steed Dropout
June, 22, 2015

“Why does anything have to die!””—Annon.

30 MINUTES BEFORE BALCONY CRASHED, COPS GOT NOISE COMPLAINT

Thirty minutes before a downtown balcony crashed onto a lower balcony, spilling six partiers to their deaths on the sidewalk—Berkeley police received a loud party complaint.

But the cops were tied up on a fireworks complaint and reports of gunshots, according to a staffer in the mayor’s office.
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No Berkeley, Ca, Cop Shots In Your Back

Posted in The Berkeley Scene on June 17th, 2015 by admin – Be the first to comment

by Steed Dropout
June 14, 2015

Cop pursuit. Photo by Ted Friedman.

Berkeley rates high with street people, and even those who have been arrested tell me they agree.

Now the ultimate best-of-award. Berkeley cops won’t gun you down from behind if you bolt. But are you feeling lucky, punk? (Eastwood).

According to on-line sources, the last time a Berkeley cop shot and killed a Berkeleyan was 2003. And that was a frontal shot and there was, reportedly, a threatening knife involved.

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