Angry protests erupt as UC Berkeley fences off People’s Park for housing construction
by Jessica Garrison and Stuart Leavenworth, Los Angeles Times
Aug 03, 2022
3 minutes
BERKELEY, Calif. — Angry protesters faced off against police officers Wednesday, just hours after University of California, Berkeley construction crews fenced off historic People’s Park in preparation for redeveloping the symbol of 1960s counterculture into dorms for students and housing for the homeless.
Not long after workers blocked off the site, a group of protesters confronted the police and construction crews, shaking the metal fences, with some jumping over the structures to be tackled by California Highway Patrol officers.
A tense standoff ensued for several hours as crews
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