by the name of Otter played guitar earlier this week.
Posted on 02/22/2007 8:04:49 PM PST by SmithL
BERKELEY -- UC police cleared an encampment beneath tree-sitting protesters next to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley today and removed hammocks, tarps, banners and other items belonging to tree supporters who hope to stop a proposed athletic training center on the site.
After warning the supporters that they were lodging illegally on campus, police began removing their belongings at 12:45 p.m. Most of the items will be held as evidence. Books and food will be returned, said UC Assistant Police Chief Mitch Celaya.
There were no arrests and no attempt to remove the tree-sitters. This was the second police sweep of the encampment, which provides food and other support for the half-dozen protesters who've been sitting in the oak and redwood trees since Dec. 2.
The protesters vowed to rebuild their camp.
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Otter seems to have moved up from his Animal House days.
Bad Otter ping for auld lang syne.
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Boy needs 14 stitches after otter attack
Three people bitten by two otters on Florida beach
Sexually Predatory Otter Captured
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(Cruddy JDs!)
Where's Julia Butterfly Hill these days?
She's still dead, if she's the one I'm thinking of.
Why would anyone camp under those sitting in a tree? It's just like parking a car beneath a crow nest - not a particularly smart action.
All in the name of saving the trees.
All in the name of saving the trees.
A fire hose would take care of this.
What DO these people do in the rain anyhow. Asking for a zot from God maybe.
Or use this "low-tech" weapon in mass quantities...
Either way, the tree huggers will scurry home in no time.
Anarchists & Marxists use useful idiots, who abound on a university campus. The Marxist leaders build up or trump up some "cause" or other to protest and to stage a sitin. It's never really about the socalled cause. The media are dense. They don't think about looking for the real story that is just below the surface, which is who the protestors' real leaders and funders are and what they are actually trying to achieve.
Re: UC police clear protesters' encampment beneath tree-sitters From OtterSings | 03/05/2007 7:39:17 PM PST read Hello, I am the Otter in the picture to which you wrote this response. Good to meet you. I merely wanted to let you know that you are mistaken. Perhaps a tree near the Stadium that you've climbed is a good place to watch the games, perhaps East of the Stadium, up in Strawberry Creek? The tree sitters protesting in the Memorial Oak Grove (a "Memorial," along with the Stadium, to those who died in World War I), are protesting west of the Stadium, below it, and cannot see into the stadium. None of our tree-sits are above the rim. The most we get to see is the sassy young co-eds work out. 'Just wanted to clear that up. Let me know if you have any other questions for a tree sitter. Peace, -Otter
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