Sunday, March 18, 2012

UC Berkeley Professor Facing Occupy Charges

Protesters gathered in front of California Hall, calling for Chancellor Birgeneau to ask the District Attorney to drop the charges against the November 9 protesters.


Meanwhile, on the crime front at UC Beserkeley, the Daily Californian reports that a UCB professor, Celeste Langan, is being prosecuted for her actions in a November 9 Occupy action in a local courthouse.


http://www.dailycal.org/2012/03/17/uc-berkeley-professor-pleas-not-guilty-to-nov-9-charges/


"Supporters hoped their solidarity would help influence a dismissal of the charges, said Daniela Urban, vice chair of the Boalt Hall Chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild." 






The National Lawyers Guild was created in the 1930s as a legal arm of the Communist Party USA. Currently, they are up to their Che Guevara t-shirts in the anti-Israel, anti-America, and Occupy movements, among others.

“There is intense feeling that these charges are political,” said UC Berkeley associate English professor Geoffrey O’Brien during the press conference." 




English teachers, eh?

Here is a headline for the Daily Californian:

"Fousesquawk calls on UC Berkeley to fire professor Langan for breaking the law, bringing embarrassment to the university, and setting a poor example for her students."


......Only if she's convicted, of course.
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3 comments:

  1. Siarlys JenkinsMarch 18, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    Gary must think that his stock phrase about NLG is some kind of mantra. He can't claim ignorance of how incomplete his phraseology is...he reviews every comment here, before posting, and it has been posted at length. But why spoil a fun romp through cyber space over a few facts?

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  2. MiggieMarch 18, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    Reading the comments after the article, it seems that even the local residents (who will be in the jury pool ) are sick of this mindless incoherent violence and defiance of the police.

    The more that movement is identified with the Democrats, the better it will be for the Republicans. I can't believe the voters want a country that has things settled in the street.
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  3. Siarlys JenkinsMarch 21, 2012 at 9:11 PM

    "The more that movement is identified with the Democrats, the better it will be for the Republicans."

    A true statement. However, the underlying premise is not. Another way to say this is:

    The more often a lie identifying this movement with the Democrats is repeated, the sooner people will come to believe it, which will be better for Republicans.

    Miggie Goebbels knows his stuff.

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