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California has more diploma mills than any other state in the nation, but it is not doing enough to protect students from the unaccredited colleges and vocational schools that issue worthless degrees, state lawmakers said at hearing Wednesday. ...
Metune's appointment followed a series of Bay Citizen investigations that revealed the bureau had failed to properly oversee the state's 1,300 technical, vocational and other private postsecondary schools. The series found that the bureau failed to vigorously investigate complaints, monitor the quality of educational programs, and track or penalize unaccredited schools. The Bay Citizen later found more than 130 postsecondary schools operating with expired state approvals.
Video and police records indicate that Oakland Police Officer Robert Roche threw a stun grenade at protesters trying to help the injured Iraq War vet. ...
One of the most indelible images of the Occupy movement to date is that of Marine veteran Scott Olsen being carried away from a skirmish line of riot police at 14th Street and Broadway on October 25 in Oakland. Stunned and bleeding from an ugly gash on his forehead, the 24-year-old Wisconsin native had been struck in the head by an unknown projectile during the first salvo of tear gas, flash-bang grenades, and less-than-lethal munitions fired at hundreds of Occupy Oakland supporters facing off against Oakland police and several other Bay Area law enforcement agencies called in on mutual aid. ...
As several protesters ran to Olsen's aid, someone from the cluster of police appears to lob a flash-bang grenade into the crowd gathered around the young veteran. The stun grenade explodes amid a cloud of tear gas and deafening noise, scattering Olsen's rescuers.
The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) condemns Oakland Police (OPD) and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) violence, mass arrests and abuses against Occupy demonstrators at Saturday’s demonstration. Police violently attacked activists with chemical weapons, so called Less-Lethal munitions, and physical assaults. Hundreds were arrested unlawfully, without opportunity to disperse, and then detained for many hours on the street and then in buses, in stress positions, and without bathrooms, food or water. Once in jail, protesters faced inhumanely crowded conditions, abusive treatment and were denied access to legal counsel. Many remain unaccounted for, though certainly arrested and awaiting booking two days after being detained.
A new report from the California Energy Commission indicates that California’s utilities are well on their way to meeting the state’s clean energy goals.
The Oakland Police Department has disciplined two officers for violating department policy during the Occupy Oakland protests, The Bay Citizen has learned. The suspension of one officer and the demotion of his supervisor are the first known disciplinary actions OPD officials have taken in the wake of hundreds of police misconduct complaints following the Occupy demonstrations.
The department suspended Officer John Hargraves for 30 days for covering his name badge with a piece of black tape, a violation of California law. Lieutenant Clifford Wong was demoted to sergeant for failing to properly report the incident, according to police sources.
The department is still investigating the case of protester Scott Olsen, who suffered a fractured skull during an Oct. 25 clash between protesters and Oakland police. Olsen, an Iraq War veteran, is recovering from his injuries and has hired a lawyer, who sat in on Olsen’s first interview with Oakland police investigators several weeks ago.
Occupy Los Angeles is just beginning. Occupy 2.0 is now being launched.
Union leaders said today that they oppose efforts to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan because she's a strong advocate for labor and they think she's doing a good job under difficult circumstances.
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They showed a picture of his child to him that was not taken by the family. They arrested him for jaywalking even though he is a conscientious pedestrian. He gives names and badge numbers.
"They said if I do return something will happen to my family"
The video is so quiet you can hear the echo of [UC Davis Chancellor] Katehi's shoes on the concrete. The students remain seated, staring at her with disdain, less than 24 hours after the police Katehi ordered to disperse the protestors forcibly opened the mouths of some of the them to shove pepper spray down their throats.
I'm in awe of these UC students, here and in Berkeley, who have consistently adhered to the principles of creative, non-violent civil disobedience. ...
Kristin Stoneking, the woman seen in the video accompanying Katehi, wrote a long post on Facebook explaining the circumstances leading up to that video.
I include it here in it's entirety. It's worth reading to the very end.
Lt. John Pike, the U.C. Davis campus police officer who pepper-sprayed passive student protesters, is popping up in some of the world’s most famous paintings as part of an Internet meme intended to shame him for his actions. ...
More at the Pepper Spraying Cop Tumblr.
Thousands of demonstrators have marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge in one of several US rallies of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Some 250 people were arrested in New York alone, many of them as trouble flared near the stock exchange.
Protesters accused police of brutality, with TV images showing a man with a bloodied face being arrested. At least seven police officers were hurt.
The rallies marked two months since the movement against inequality began.
The march was planned before demonstrators were swept two days ago from New York's Zuccotti Park...
A number of protester encampments have been removed in US cities in recent days.
Scores of arrests were made as police cleared tents in Oakland, California and Burlington, Vermont.
But evictions went peacefully elsewhere, including Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The university embraces activism as part of its official history. But as the Occupy movement spreads to Berkeley, some students and faculty members said they feared that administrators were turning back the clock, using harsh tactics to suppress political advocacy protected by university policy that grew out of the Free Speech Movement. ...
“The events of last Wednesday are unworthy of us as a university community,” Birgeneau wrote in another letter to the faculty and students on Monday. “Most certainly, we cannot condone any excessive use of force against any members of our community.”
University officials said their decision to take a harder line against activities like encampments could be traced to three protests in recent years:...
The Berkeley protests have been “a transformation of the student movement, borrowing the language and tactics and methods of the Occupy movement,” Bernes said. “2009 is where it really started.” That year, undergraduate tuition increased by nearly 30 percent.
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