Police Violence at UC Berkeley

I was out of town starting Friday morning for a beautiful wedding and visit with friends and family.  While I was gone a building on campus was occupied by some students (they sneaked in at night and chained the doors shut), a common tactic in student protests.  A crowd of students gathered around the building to support the occupiers, UC administration decided to call in outside police help, and things got crazy.  Below is a video of unprovoked police violence against students.  It's crazy and scary and not what I thought my university is about.  I have been upset with how the administration handled it.  Birgeneau is not showing the support for the students that I believed he had in him.  At first they said that the police handled themselves admirably but once the first person accounts and videos hit the internet they recanted and said they would call for an investigation.  It's appalling. 



Here is a list of videos and links, I haven't watched/read them all:

Best compilation website: http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/

Faculty letter to Birgeneau: http://www.paulnadal.com/doc/open_letter_to_birgeneau.html

Yaman Salahi, "Chancellor Birgeneau must be held accountable for violence against students" [letter]

KTVU 11/20, "Police Arrest Occupiers Of Wheeler Hall; 41 Arrested" with footage of police brutality [article + video]

YouTube Videos:-Student knocked/pulled over by cops, guns pointed at students [video]

- Police hitting students with batons at front side of Wheeler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI5l2_RghQ&feature=player_embedded#

Videos of Police Brutality

UC Berkeley Protests at Wheeler Hall Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6q0ebKT-QU

UC Berkeley Protests at Wheeler Hall Part 2 - Cops Attacking Students
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1PuiY4Go8Y

Student protests at UCLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm7XFOlyKLk&feature=related

UCLA Students Mased in the Face as UC Regents Run!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM4sl7WZkcw

UCLA students protest for taser incident- part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lturHqxVjH0

Students at UCLA protest a plan that would boost student fees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZlxQSGBgqU

UCB female student roughed up by police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EJtbp1i1Q8

Video of Police Brutality at UCB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI5l2_RghQ

Strong Images of Police Brutality
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21674608/detail.html

Violence on the east side of Wheeler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFY6R4BOvBs&feature=player_embedded