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Hung Jury in Case of Support for Tree-Sitters in Oaks
Oakland, CA-The 12 person jury ended their deliberations today just prior to 5 pm after being unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the Berkeley tree-sit case.
Hung Jury in Case of Support for Tree-Sitters in Oaks
Oakland, CA-The 12 person jury ended their deliberations today just prior to 5 pm after being unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the Berkeley tree-sit case. The case had Eric Eisenberg, known as Ayr, on trial for violating an injunction that the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) obtained through a lawsuit they filed earlier in 2007 to curtail support for the 13-month tree-sit on University property. The tree-sit occupation seeks to save a grove of mature oaks from destruction.
The injunction bars those "acting in concert" with the tree-sitters from being in the oaks or placing items such as cooking implements, platforms and ropes in the trees. After receiving permission from a security guard at the oak grove, Ayr admits he clipped a bag of oranges to a rope so the protesters would not be without food. He was later arrested for that act. Ayr has been a liaison with police, the community and others since the onset of the protest on Dec. 2, 2006, and has acted as a primary ground support organizer.
Ayr acted as his own attorney in challenging UCB's interpretation of the injunction, which has been criticized by National Lawyers Guild attorneys and others in the community, as they have decried the double fence and barbed wire UCB erected around the protesters. The tree-sit receives substantial support from the community and students on campus as those working to preserve the oak grove await a decision in a major lawsuit challenging UCB's development plans.
As he left court, Ayr said, "I am proud to be a tree-sit supporter. I am also glad that at least for today, that is not considered a criminal act."
He had also invited the jury to come by the oak grove on Piedmont Avenue just north of Bancroft Way in Berkeley, where now regularly, "Grandmothers for the Oaks" show up on Sunday afternoons to bring food and water to the tree-sitters.
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Oakland, CA-The 12 person jury ended their deliberations today just prior to 5 pm after being unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the Berkeley tree-sit case. The case had Eric Eisenberg, known as Ayr, on trial for violating an injunction that the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) obtained through a lawsuit they filed earlier in 2007 to curtail support for the 13-month tree-sit on University property. The tree-sit occupation seeks to save a grove of mature oaks from destruction.
The injunction bars those "acting in concert" with the tree-sitters from being in the oaks or placing items such as cooking implements, platforms and ropes in the trees. After receiving permission from a security guard at the oak grove, Ayr admits he clipped a bag of oranges to a rope so the protesters would not be without food. He was later arrested for that act. Ayr has been a liaison with police, the community and others since the onset of the protest on Dec. 2, 2006, and has acted as a primary ground support organizer.
Ayr acted as his own attorney in challenging UCB's interpretation of the injunction, which has been criticized by National Lawyers Guild attorneys and others in the community, as they have decried the double fence and barbed wire UCB erected around the protesters. The tree-sit receives substantial support from the community and students on campus as those working to preserve the oak grove await a decision in a major lawsuit challenging UCB's development plans.
As he left court, Ayr said, "I am proud to be a tree-sit supporter. I am also glad that at least for today, that is not considered a criminal act."
He had also invited the jury to come by the oak grove on Piedmont Avenue just north of Bancroft Way in Berkeley, where now regularly, "Grandmothers for the Oaks" show up on Sunday afternoons to bring food and water to the tree-sitters.
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UC Berkeley looks so foolish in all of this. There modern day monument to facism as the Oak Grove is disturbing and makes one wonder what type of people are running the university. The keep raising the tuition, I guess so they can build monstrosities like they have in the enclosure.
It is so absurd. What kind of education can UC offer?
It is so absurd. What kind of education can UC offer?
The security racketeering is prevalent in many parts of the world. It's also clear at University of California at Berkeley, where they spent $100,000+ building a double chain-link fence around the Oak tree grove (http://saveoaks.com) that is a community gathering place, slated to be destroyed by the sports/automobile/oil/construction/security racketeers/gangsters, to enslave more people to unsustainable centralized sports/entertainment, further distracting them from holding the war criminals in government and multinational corporations accountable for the rape and pillage of our country and others for their resources. Greedy people are sick and need reeducation and deprogramming from years of brainwashing.
Cops, governments and corporations that repress public arts and assembly are sick. End capitalism's and fascism's exploitation of the public commons.
In the global climate crisis, planting trees is a noble sport. High awards for the ones that plant the most trees that survive. Stop dribbling rubber on asphalt and astroturf. Don't be puppets of the brainwashing system.
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Save Oaks in Berkeley
http://SaveOaks.com
Contact The University!
Let them know how you feel about protecting the magnificent Oak grove near Memorial Stadium.
UC President Robert Dynes
1111 Franklin Street #12113
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: (510) 987-9074 Fax: (510) 987-9086
UC Berkeley Chancellor
Robert Birgeneau
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-7464 Fax: (510) 643-5499
UC Board of Regents
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: (510) 987-9220 Fax: (510) 987-9224
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http://SaveOaks.com
Speak Out:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Speak%20Out.html
Sign up for Action Alerts:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Action%20Alerts.html
Alternatives:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Alternatives.html
Learn More:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Learn%20More.html
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More links:
http://freepublictransit.org because the mega-corrupt automobile cartel is still alive and utterly pathological. Beware the greenwash.
http://ecocitybuilders.org - cities without cars
http://carfree.com - cities without cars
Eliminate auto noise pollution, auto air pollution, looking for parking, holding onto steering wheels, asphalt suffocation, concrete suffocation, parking lot enslavement, parking meter enslavement, gas pump enslavement, auto insurance enslavement, auto repair enslavement, gridlock constipation, zero-exercise transportation, carbon monoxide brain death, global warming death wish, mass media brainwashing.
Ban automobile advertising.
Cops, governments and corporations that repress public arts and assembly are sick. End capitalism's and fascism's exploitation of the public commons.
In the global climate crisis, planting trees is a noble sport. High awards for the ones that plant the most trees that survive. Stop dribbling rubber on asphalt and astroturf. Don't be puppets of the brainwashing system.
----------------
Save Oaks in Berkeley
http://SaveOaks.com
Contact The University!
Let them know how you feel about protecting the magnificent Oak grove near Memorial Stadium.
UC President Robert Dynes
1111 Franklin Street #12113
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: (510) 987-9074 Fax: (510) 987-9086
UC Berkeley Chancellor
Robert Birgeneau
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-7464 Fax: (510) 643-5499
UC Board of Regents
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: (510) 987-9220 Fax: (510) 987-9224
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http://SaveOaks.com
Speak Out:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Speak%20Out.html
Sign up for Action Alerts:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Action%20Alerts.html
Alternatives:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Alternatives.html
Learn More:
http://saveoaks.com/SaveOaks/Learn%20More.html
----------------
More links:
http://freepublictransit.org because the mega-corrupt automobile cartel is still alive and utterly pathological. Beware the greenwash.
http://ecocitybuilders.org - cities without cars
http://carfree.com - cities without cars
Eliminate auto noise pollution, auto air pollution, looking for parking, holding onto steering wheels, asphalt suffocation, concrete suffocation, parking lot enslavement, parking meter enslavement, gas pump enslavement, auto insurance enslavement, auto repair enslavement, gridlock constipation, zero-exercise transportation, carbon monoxide brain death, global warming death wish, mass media brainwashing.
Ban automobile advertising.
For more information:
http://SaveOaks.com
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