The chancellor of UC Berkeley is criticizing campus police for yanking the hair of Occupy Cal protesters and shoving batons into their stomachs.
Initially, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said the protesters' actions were worthy of police action during last week's campus conflict, writing in an email to the campus community:
“It is unfortunate that some protesters chose to obstruct the police by linking arms and forming a human chain to prevent the police from gaining access to the tents. This is not non-violent civil disobedience.”
But on Monday afternoon, Birgeneau released another statement, explaining he had been traveling in Asia during the protest and had not actually seen video posted of the beatings until Sunday.
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